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It's 2009, the 40th Anniversary of "Canada's Drink": The Caesar
It has been 40 years since Walter Chell, bartender at the Owl’s Nest Bar in the Calgary Inn, created the Caesar.
What was happening in 1969?
- Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon
- In August, more than half a million people gathered in Woodstock -Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated 37th President of the US
- The NY Jets upset Baltimore (16-7) in Super Bowl,
- and Walter Chell creates Canada's Favorite Cocktail: The Caesar!
40 years ago
The Caesar, also known as the Bloody Caesar, was developed to celebrate the opening of Marco's Italian restaurant at the Calgary Inn in 1969.
Bartender and mixologist Walter Chell spent three months creating this new cocktail. Challenged to create a beverage that went well with Mediterranean food, Walter Chell mixed flavours of Spaghetti Vongole (spaghetti with clams), with lime, Worcestershire sauce and celery salt to create this new unique taste.
The original Caesar cocktail recipe was similar to the already popular Bloody Mary cocktail, with one major exception – the addition of mashed clams blended into the tomato juice.
Caesar recipe guide
Caesar trivia
- Canada's #1 selling cocktail
- More than 250 million Caesars are sold every year
- The Calgary Inn is now the Calgary Westin Hotel
- Other names for the Caesar - Bloody Caesar, a Canadian Caesar, a Salted Caesar, Clamdigger
- Walter Chell was born in Montenegro
