03/02/2026
The Cornsilk Road arrives in Toronto on March 11 at 7 PM at Little Sister Portland, marking the Canadian debut of the internationally recognized Indigenous-led beverage series founded by Chockie Tom.
Originally launched at Little Red Door in Paris and later presented at Allegory in Washington, D.C., The Cornsilk Road brings together beverage, music, and storytelling through Indigenous leadership. Each edition reflects the place it lands.
Northern Sisters, Heartberry Edition
Northern Sisters marks the first Canadian chapter of The Cornsilk Road and celebrates collaboration with First Nations bartenders to imagine what hospitality looks like when it is fully Indigenous-led. From ingredients to storytelling to sound, the room is authored Indigenous.
Presented in the week of International Women’s Day, the evening honors Indigenous matriarchs and the femme leadership that continues to shape food systems, hospitality, and creative culture.
Heartberry Edition draws from the Ojibwe understanding of strawberry as “heart berry,” centering care, kinship, and gathering with intention.
This is a night of Indigenous ingredients, Indigenous music, and story held together with purpose.
The Experience
The Cornsilk Road is designed with accessibility at its core.
The program foregrounds thoughtfully developed no- and low-alcohol beverages crafted with the same depth and intention as full-ABV cocktails. Carefully curated spirits selections and beers will also be available. The goal is not substitution. It is choice.
The beverage menu features ancestral fermented preparations alongside contemporary builds, with Indigenous ingredients sourced intentionally and presented with storytelling woven into the experience.
An Indigenous-curated soundtrack spanning rock lineage, hip hop, electronic, and contemporary expression shapes the room throughout the evening.
Food offerings will highlight locally sourced Indigenous ingredients wherever possible, showcasing regional producers and contemporary Indigenous foodways.
