Cocktail lovers, prepare your palates to sip and savor—and then vote—for your favorite beverages in the annual Park City Area Restaurant Association (PCARA) Savor the Cocktail and Mocktail Contest.
Running July 1-31, Park City locals and visitors can try locally-sourced craft cocktails from many of Park City’s talented community of bartenders and mixologists.
The contest challenges contestants to create innovative cocktails and mocktails that feature at least two, if not more ingredients, sourced from local Wasatch Back purveyors. Imbibers are encouraged to try as many of these inventive concoctions as they would like throughout the month of July and submit their votes online. One vote may be cast per email address, per day, online at parkcityrestaurants.com. You must be 21 years of age to participate in the cocktail contest.
The bartender or mixologist with the winning cocktail and mocktail will each earn a $500 cash prize, city-wide recognition, and will be featured in a PCARA marketing campaign following the contest.
To see which restaurants are participating and learn more about the Park City Savor the Cocktail Contest, visit www.parkcityrestaurants.com
Winning Cocktail and Mocktail Recipes
In late summer 2023, Park City patrons voted Handle mixologist Reagan Chung’s “Gin” Cocktail and Mocktail #4 last summer’s favorite sippers. And now they can be yours at home with the recipes.
“Gin” Cocktail
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Alpine Gin
½ oz Cappelletti
¾ oz Rhubarb-honey syrup
¾ oz lemon juice
1/8 oz olive oil
Directions: Shake all ingredients, strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with lemon twist.
Mocktail #4
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Phony Negroni
¾ oz Rhubarb honey syrup
¾ oz lemon juice
1/8 oz olive oil
Directions: Shake all ingredients, strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
Chung received a $1,000 cash prize ($500 for each category), city-wide bragging rights, and was featured in PCARA’s fall 2023 Dine About event.