"West Midtown’s newest pièce de résistance, Avize, has added sophisticated excitement to an area that was starting to feel overrun with teenagers looking for cheap, watered-down drinks and bar snacks. The perfect date night, solo outing, or dinner with friends who appreciate an elevated meal, this is a place you’ll want to show up hungry (and thirsty) to. The Alpine-inspired restaurant has a cocktail program run by Jason Swaringen (formerly of the James Room, Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta, and Washington D.C.’s Michelin-starred Bresca), though everyone from the chef to the sommelier has had a say in what the tightly-curated drinks list should look like. With gin, lemon, eucalyptus, and bubbles, the Sultry and Brooding is their version of a French 75. And you can’t go wrong with either after-dinner drink: the Espresso Piemonte is made with vodka, espresso, fortified wine, and comte foam (yes, the French cheese) and the Young Grass Hoppa adds a twist to the classic Grasshopper cocktail (a creamy, green, mint-flavored combo that uses crème de menthe) with the addition of matcha." - Allison Ramirez, Henna Bakshi
