Are you #SippinSweets?
We are “Sippin’ Sweets” in North Carolina during the month of December. Restaurants across the state will be serving new craft cocktails featuring sweetpotatoes as a main ingredient.
Never thought of using NC sweetpotatoes in a beverage? Now’s your time to try! Not only can you visit the locations below, but check back as we will be featuring recipes you can make at home all year long.
Restaurant/Bar |
Cocktail Name |
Town |
| TOPO Restaurant & Brewery | Sweet TOPOtato | Chapel Hill |
| The Fiction Kitchen | Tater In The Rye | Raleigh |
| Highland Avenue | Herbie Goes Potatoes! | Hickory |
| Midtown Grille | Wagon Wheel | Raleigh |
| Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen & Bar | Sweetpotato Maple Apple Ginger Smash with Honey Bacon Swizzle Stix | Winston-Salem |
| King James Public House | Gimme
Shelter and Limo Wreck (Note: 2 sweetpotato cocktails available) |
Asheville |
| New Town Bistro & Wine Bar | Old Salem Sweetpotato Cocktail | Winston Salem |
| Top of the Monk | The Jessica Rabbit | Asheville (Patton Ave. location) |
| Ashten’s | The Hot Potato | Southern Pines |
| Plant | State Flag | Asheville |
| The Lobster Trap | Smokey Sweetpotato | Asheville |
| HomeGrown | Sweet Tater Sangria | Asheville |
| Ambrozia Bar & Bistro | The Sweet Southern Lady | Asheville |
| Dean’s Seafood Grill & Bar | The Spirit of Covington | Cary |
| e2 emeril’s eatery | Sweetpotato & Spice | Charlotte |
| Vivace | Autunno Inverno | Charlotte |
| The Cowfish Sushi Burger Bar | TBD | Charlotte |
| Gravy | Sweet D’s Potato Pie | Raleigh |
| Ed’s Southern Food and Spirits | Britt’s Sweetpotato Ginger Old Fashioned | Goldsboro |
| Urban Orchard Cider Co | Sweetpotato Pie Cider | West Asheville |
| Daugherty’s American Kitchen and Drink | Candied Sweetpotato Hot Buttered Rum | Asheville |
| Chef and the Farmer | The Fall Guy | Kinston |
| Dandelion Market | TBD | Charlotte |
| Little Hen | Beauregard Collins, Travis’ Nightcap and Jewell
Note: 3 cocktails available |
Apex |
| Centro | Dimes y Diretes | Raleigh |
| 518 West Italian Café | Sweetpotato Egg Nog | Raleigh |
| Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack (South) | The Frosted Sweetpotato Pie | Arden |
| Buku | Sweet Carolina | Raleigh |
| Cameron Bar and Grill | The 1949 | Raleigh |
| Vue 1913 | Beet My Sweet Mountain View | Asheville |
| London Bridge Pub | Sweetie Potato | Raleigh |
| The Remedy Diner | Granny’s Lil’ Secret | Raleigh |
| Busy Bee Café | BEE Sweet | Raleigh |
| Presidents Lounge Grove Park Inn | Beet My Sweet Mountain Vue | Asheville |
| Coquette Brasserie | Mon Chéri, Pomme | Raleigh |
| 300 East | Later Tater | Charlotte |
Photo taken by Stacey Price Sprenz