Office & AdminWine & Beverage

Ivy Mix

Bartender, Co-Owner; Beverage Director; Co-Founder | Whoopsie Daisy, Fiasco!; Titán; Speed Rack
A bar is a team. I find the more we can ask our team to contribute, the more sense of ownership they have over the space. At Leyenda, we did R&D together, and people put their own cocktails on the menu. At Whoopsie Daisy, we share all of the portfolio tastings that happen and encourage staff to go and taste. If someone really likes something, we take that recommendation and put that bottle on the list.

Experience

2026 - Present
Beverage Director & Co-Owner
TitánBrooklyn, NY
2024 - 2024
Co-Author
A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood
2024 - Present
Co-Owner
Whoopsie DaisyBrooklyn, NY
2021 - Present
Co-Owner
2020 - 2020
Author
Spirits of Latin America
2019 - 2019
Philanthropy & World's Best Bar Mentor
Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards
2016 - 2016
Mixologist of the Year
Wine Enthusiast
2015 - 2025
Co-Owner
LeyendaBrooklyn, NY
2015 - 2015
American Bartender of the Year
Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards
2015 - 2015
Most Innovative Women
Food & Wine
2013 - 2013
40 Under 40
Wine Enthusiast
2013 - 2013
Drink Ambassador of the Year
Imbibe Magazine
2011 - Present
Co-Founder
Speed Rack
2012 - 2012
30 Under 30 for New York City
ZagatNew York, NY
2012 - 2012
Helen David Humanitarian Award
Tony Abou-Ganim
2011 - 2015
Bartender
Clover ClubBrooklyn, NY
2010 - 2010
Bartender
Lani KaiNew York, NY
2009 - 2009
Bartender
Fort DefianceBrooklyn, NY

Education

B.A., Philosophy and Fine Arts
Bennington CollegeBennington, VT

Advice from Ivy Mix

Quotes about career path, skills, and teamwork from an industry leader.
I educate myself through travel.
Traveling the world, eating & drinking in other places, and seeing how they use flavor and how they approach hospitality is the only way to keep learning.
I look to hire the person who gets that certain scratch itched by serving people.
The best hospitality professionals get a giant serotonin boost and a dose of gratification after giving a patron something that they want. It's a specific type of person who loves to give and feels good doing so.
I find inspiration when looking at successful people in any industry.
I find success within politics or art particularly inspiring. For flavor inspiration, I tend to study perfumeries and also pastry bakers, to see what kind of interesting flavor combinations they may work together.
For self-care, I invest a lot in keeping my body and mind in as best health as I can.
I regularly go to the acupuncturist and chiropractor and get many massages sprinkled in. I also have an arsenal of therapists who I talk to regularly.
I opt to listening to political podcasts to get the information that I need and to stop doom-scrolling various news apps.
Daily I listen to: The Daily, NPR Up First and the NPR Politics Podcast (and some others sprinkled in). I also use this amazing news aggregator called Ground News. For work, I think reading Punch Drink is an absolute must to stay informed on what's going on.

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