Drinks

3 Cocktail Recipes to Celebrate Pride in Spirit

Say cheers to Pride with these drinks from Gotham, Tacofino and Papi's Seafood and Oyster Bar

By Janine Verreault /

Raise a glass this Pride with three cocktail recipes from iconic B.C. restaurants to get in the spirit—this year and beyond.

1. Pridecar from Gotham Steakhouse

This drink has a medium-sweet style with the coconut flavour providing volume and depth with tropical undertones.

Ingredients

  • 1¼ oz Remy Martin VSOP cognac
  • ½ oz Cointreau orange liqueur
  • ½ oz Limoncello lemon
  • ½ oz lemon juice
  • ¼ oz coconut syrup
  • Coupe
  • Half sugared rim garnish

Instructions

  1. Build all ingredients in shaker, hard shake to count of 10.
  2. Strain into chilled coupe with pre-sugared rim.

 

2. Te Amo from Tacofino

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz Butterfly Pea and Lavender-infused Cazadores Blanco Tequila
  • 1 oz fresh lime juice
  • ½ oz Aperol
  • ¾ oz house-made blueberry syrup
  • Soda water

Instructions

  1. Fill a Collins glass with ice.
  2. Add the infused tequila, Aperol, lime juice, blueberry syrup, and top with soda.
  3. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Butterfly Pea and Lavender-infused Cazadores Blanco Tequila

  • 750 mL Cazadores Blanco Tequila
  • ¼ cup Butterfly Pea Flower
  • 2 tbsp lavender

Instructions

  1. Combine tequila, butterfly pea flower and lavender.
  2. Let infuse for 24 hours before using.

 

3. One Proud Papi by Brandon Bourne, bar manager at Papi’s Seafood and Oyster Bar

Ingredients

  • 2 oz pineapple juice
  • 1 oz Tito’s Handmade Vodka
  • 1 oz blue curaçao
  • 1 oz coconut milk
  • Coconut shavings for garnish

Instructions

  1. Rim a rock glass with an orange wedge. Rub it along the glass at a slow, steady pace to make it even. Remove any pulp or seeds.
  2. Lay out Pride-coloured coconut shavings. Slowly run a quarter of the glass rim in each colour—pink, yellow, blue, green—as pictured.
  3. Add ice, 2 oz of pineapple juice, 1 oz Tito’s, 1 oz blue curaçao, 1 oz coconut milk into a cocktail shaker and shake until mixed.
  4. Add ice to the rainbow-rimmed glass. Strain the cocktail into the chilled glass.
  5. Sit back and enjoy your One Proud Papi cocktail.

This story was originally published in July, 2019 and was updated July 29, 2025.