Best Bartenders Share Fave Bars

RM’s Best Bartender noms share where they like to belly up when they aren’t shaking it up at their home bar—and what you might find them ordering.

The Blind Barbour’s
Brian Small

SIPPING AT:
SideBar

Gussie’s
Kaylah Thomas

SIPPING AT:
Aunty Betty’s

The Cellar @ Wolfe & Porter’s
Jacob Gallant

SIPPING AT:
Revival 1869, Clayton

Dram & Draught’s
Duke Campbell

SIPPING AT:
Aunty Betty’s

Watts & Ward’s
Tyler Etheridge

SIPPING AT:
Landmark

Killjoy’s
Brianna Beatty

SIPPING AT:
Circa 1888

Aunty Betty’s
Rey Kukela

SIPPING AT:
Wolfe & Porter

Clockwork’s
Kellie Corcoran

SIPPING AT:
William & Company

William & Company’s
Jefferson Cañaveral

SIPPING AT:
The Longleaf Lounge or Natural Science

Flask Cocktail Bar’s
Bryan Nuñez

SIPPING AT:
Watts & Ward

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Voting closes at midnight on Dec. 1, 2024. 

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