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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Phoenix New Times and PHOENIX magazine. Updated September 2026.
Little Rituals · Downtown Phoenix
PHOENIX magazine: Aaron DeFeo, an Arizona bartender since his Tucson days, partnered with Bitter & Twisted founder Ross Simon to open this downtown Phoenix bar, and it took Best U.S. Hotel Bar at the 2025 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. DeFeo builds the menu like a vintage photo album, each drink a memory shaped from house-made ingredients, sonic infusions, fat washes and clarification. Order the Reality Check, raspberry and citrus over a guava backbone with French vermouth and prosecco.
Carry On · Downtown Phoenix
Phoenix New Times: the 90-minute airplane-simulation bar. Boarding passes, takeoff/landing window views, 2025 Best Bar Design Award from North America's 50 Best Bars.
Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour · Downtown Phoenix
Phoenix New Times 10 Best Cocktail Bars. Globally inspired cocktails inside the Luhrs Building. The annual illustrated Book O' Cocktails is the calling card.
Highball · Willo
PHOENIX magazine named this Willo District room its Best Cocktail Bar for a First Date in the 2025 Best of the Valley awards, calling the program nationally recognized and award-winning. It comes from Libby Lingua and Mitch Lyons, and the speakeasy-like environs carry handcrafted drinks built on unlikely starting points. Order one of the two the magazine singles out: the drink inspired by Ben & Jerry's ice cream, or the one inspired by elote.
The Ostrich · Downtown Chandler
Phoenix New Times 10 Best Cocktail Bars. Basement speakeasy under Crust Simply Italian, Prohibition-era cocktails under bartender Brandon Casey.