12 Hottest Cocktail Spots Around Atlanta Right Now
"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
