Meet your 2025 Best Bartender. Willco’s Nolan Ruhmke grabs the coveted crown from last year’s winning mixologist Kaylah Thomas of Gussie’s.
Raleigh’s 2024 Best Bartender
Meet your 2024 Best Bartender. Gussie’s bar guru Kaylah Thomas grabs the coveted crown from last year’s winning mixologist Kelly Lynch.
Cocktail Classic Creations
Raleigh Magazine’s Best Bartender Nominees shake up some riffs on classics—in tandem with top liquor labels—with these Cocktail Classic creations.
Raleigh’s 50 Best Bars
Raleigh Magazine reveals its class of best bars for 2023 across a range of categories, including Best Overall and Best Bartender.
Raleigh’s 2023 Best Bartender
Meet your 2023 Best Bartender. Watts & Ward bar wizard Kelly Lynch steals the coveted crown from last year’s winning mixologist Colby Kress.
What Even Is a Bar?
What you need to know when voting for your favorite Raleigh bars/bartender in our Best Bars Awards