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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in WRAL and Raleigh Magazine. Updated September 2026.
The Haymaker · Downtown Raleigh
The Haymaker, the Fayetteville Street cocktail bar in downtown Raleigh, becomes Raleigh's longest-running Miracle pop-up every winter, redecorated into over-the-top Christmas kitsch with bartenders in tacky sweaters. The menu draws on Miracle's standing cocktail list alongside new additions each season. Order the Christmapolitan, a cranberry-and-vodka riff on the classic cosmopolitan, or the Snowball Old Fashioned, built with gingerbread bourbon, wormwood bitters and a massive round ice cube shaped like a snowball, and expect a portion of the holiday mug sales to go to charity.
Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing · Downtown Raleigh
Wye Hill, the brewery and kitchen on South Boylan Avenue in downtown Raleigh, turns tropical each winter for Sippin' Santa. Both the interior and exterior get a full lights-and-decorations treatment built around a Christmas-in-July theme, with a tiki-inspired cocktail list replacing the regular menu. Order a rum-based tropical drink built for the season, browse the mocktail options if you are skipping the rum, and expect the regular beer list to make way for the takeover through late December.