It’s Friday night and it’s been a long week of work and holiday shopping, typically, this would have been a perfect night out on the town for dinner, a drink and maybe enjoy a walk through Winter at the Market. While this year many of us find ourselves at home, not wanting to brave dining out. Our local restaurants want to make sure you can experience that night-out by cooking your favourite menu items at home and sipping well-crafted cocktails.
Better than take-out, local restaurants here in St. Catharines have created meal and cocktail kits for you, here are a few St. Catharines based options to consider…
Dispatch
With ready to prepare meals and fan-favourite cocktail kits and bases, Dispatch has every ingredient you need, along with easy-to-follow instructions.
At a quick glance, our taste buds are screaming. Dispatch has packed their depth of expertise in the culinary and hospitality industry into each take home experience. Kits available right now are; Tajine Royale, a mediterranean chicken dish, Meze Experience, a delicious turkish ‘seacuterie’, and Chili Caramel Pork Belly, perfect for dinner or brunch with sweet and savoury flavours.
With your Dispatch-At-Home kit selected, Kick it up a notch and enjoy one of these refreshing twists at cocktail hour; Mumbai Mule, Michelada Beer, or the Pineapple Scrumpy. Don’t forget the cocktail bases, Horchata or Sunflower Seed Orgeat. Perfect for the at-home creators with their own cocktail ideas.
Refreshed continually, keep an eye out for new Dispatch-At-Home & Cocktail Kit options.
Pharmacii
It is hard to plan anything during this time, but Pharmacii has the cure we all are looking for, Survival Cocktail Kits. With an aesthetic that stands out from the crowd, Pharmacii focuses their kits on classics and has incorporated the holiday season with their latest cocktail release.
Back in May, Pharmacii started us all off in quarantine with a survival kit that definitely got us through. Now it’s time to feel the spirit of the holiday’s with their new Santa’s Sangria, spice up your evening with a Spicy Margarita, or shine extra bright with the Supernova.
Now, get to cure-ating your own survival kits at home with Pharmacii.
Bolete
Seasonally sensational. Bolete has a focus on fresh and locally sourced ingredients that are sure to save the holiday season. Consider Bolete’s seasonal Meal Kits. Pairing fresh ingredients with easy instructions… Truffle aioli. Caramelized onion. Brie. Bacon. Brioche buns… say no more.
While planning for your family holiday meal, be sure to check out Bolete’s Market. Pick up select local wines Two Sisters Vineyards, The Farm Wines, and Canalside Soda to name a few. Or, elevate your classic dishes with in-house made chutneys, sauces, vinegars, oils, and smoked meats from In The Smoke Cookery.
Chz Plz
There really is something about eating together that brings people closer together… Consider these Sharable Charcuterie Boxes, overflowing with local flavour. Customize your own charcuterie box with artisan local cheese, fruit, pickles, and preserves all beautifully assembled.
A Chz Plz charcuterie board is great as an appetizer or as the main course, sit down and connect with the family this holiday season.
