Chattanooga bar's cocktail named one of the best in America

November 24, 2015 at 12:01 a.m. | Updated November 24, 2015 at 10:45 a.m.

by Staff Report

The Flying Squirrel restaurant on Chattanooga's Southside. The owners of the $1.5 million eatery, which opened in 2013, say it is a work of art with its exposed trusses and giant cedar beams that make up the backbone of the building, to the locally crafted fixtures and furnishing.
The Flying Squirrel restaurant on Chattanooga's Southside. The owners of the $1.5 million eatery, which opened in 2013, say it is a work of art with its exposed trusses and giant cedar beams that make up the backbone of the building, to the locally crafted fixtures and furnishing.
photo The Best Cocktails in America issue

A cocktail at the Flying Squirrel bar in Chattanooga has been named one of the best in America.

Restaurant Hospitality magazine awarded bartender Matt Ballard's cocktail "The Reverend" honorable mention in its Best Cocktails in America contest.

"We're extremely excited and proud," Flying Squirrel owner Max Poppel said.

All of the winners can be found in the magazine's November 2015 issue.

Earlier this year the restaurant was named one of the best-designed bars in the nation by the American Institute of Architects. The restaurant features a glass and wood design built, in part, from pieces of a 115-year-old barn from McMinnville.

photo Thre Flying Squirrel

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