Tag: cocktails

Jay Swift’s New American pacesetter in the Old Fourth Ward has become an incubator for talented, up-and-coming bartenders: The restaurant’s former mixologist James Ives went on to cocktail stardom in New Orleans.

Twenty-four-year-old David Durnell wins our vote as the city’s rising-star bartender.

Like his menus that flow with the seasons, chef-owner Billy Allin’s beverage program also evolves constantly.

The fine collection of agave spirits—boutique tequilas, rare sotols from Chihuahua, and a peerless selection of artisanal mezcals—at Riccardo Ullio’s newest Midtown venture is an education and delight; sip them neat one at a time or in flights of three.

Atlanta’s hometown liquor store. If you went to college here, this was likely the first place you bought a bottle of Smirnoff or Jägermeister.

The connoisseur’s paradise—but what else would you expect from the crew behind Holeman and Finch Public House?

Owner and chief mixologist Jerry Slater runs this food-industry favorite that conjures a Southern vibe with its brick-lined room (a former train depot), punch served in crystal bowls, and small plates like candied bacon Cracker Jacks and smoked pimento cheese with cauliflower pickles.

No establishment has done more to raise Atlanta’s cocktail consciousness than Holeman and Finch, a bastion of free-thinking alchemy where smoked egg whites may be a secret ingredient and where Greg Best and Andy Minchow (co-owners among several others) encourage democracy, with the staff banding together to create quirky, exquisite drinks.