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Quick Review: Bar Oso, Whistler Village

  • April 30, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
“If you like spicy, you have to get it. It’s amazing,” she says. I’ve just asked the waitress at Bar Oso what the woman at the table next to mine is drinking. It’s a beautiful cocktail with muddled green leaves and oranges with a salted rim.

She explains that it’s their spicy margarita, made with Thai birds-eye chilies. Yikes. Sold!

It’s an odd place to find a lip-blistering margarita. Bar Oso is an authentic Spanish tapas bar. They’ve got a fantastic Spanish wine list and wonderful sangria. But now that I’ve seen it, I really need to have one of those margaritas. And they’re not kidding around. It is spicy as hell.

Spicy margarita at Bar Oso, Whistler Village (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Chef Jorge Muñoz Santos at Bar Oso, Whistler Village (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Pintxos at Bar Oso, Whistler Village (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Octopus and potatoes at Bar Oso, Whistler Village (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Beef short rib at Bar Oso, Whistler Village (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Gin and tonic at Bar Oso, Whistler Village (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)

The food here is great. To be clear, I sampled only a few dishes on this visit but everything I tasted was great. The chef is from Madrid. The pintxos are quintessential Basque-style tapas, and the Iberico ham is outstanding. Seared octopus is as tender as the fingerling potatoes that are mingled among its tentacles. Braised beef short rib is rich and supple and perfectly satisfying.

I highly recommend this place. It’s located in the heart of Whistler Village, and the restaurant is tiny, just like a true tapas bar in Spain would be, so it would be wise to make a reservation well in advance.

Bar Oso, 150 – 4222 Village Square, 604.962.4540

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Brad A. Johnson is a writer and photographer specializing in food and travel. His work has been honored by the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, James Beard Awards, World Food Media Awards, Food Photographer of the Year Awards, Society of Features Journalism Awards and others. Based in Southern California, Brad currently serves as Editorial Director of the new luxury consumer travel magazine of the Global Travel Collection (launching Spring 2023).

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