When Boleo bartender Mony Bunni competed in Speed Rack Midwest in 2015, she failed miserably. She was in the process of opening the bar Queen Mary at the time, and the annual all-female ...

Dry January is over, and just in time for Speed Rack, a high-intensity bartending competition coming to Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom on Feb. 13. The contest features an all-women lineup of mixology ...

Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix founded Speed Rack (www.speed-rack.com), an all-woman bartending competition that raises money for breast cancer treatment. The Southeast regional competition is at The ...

Does quantity win out over quality when it comes to mixed drinks? No, but bartenders at Denver’s top bars must excel at both to serve the growing number of cocktail aficionados who want the best ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chelsea Davis is a SF based journalist covering food, drink & travel. The eighth US season of Speed Rack is back and stronger than ...

A worldwide bartending competition for womxn+ will shake and stir things up at the Graduate Hotel Roosevelt Island this month. The ninth edition of Speed Rack gathers bar professionals from all over ...

Close your eyes, cop a look behind the craft cocktail bar within your corneas, and tell me what you see. Is that a woman holding your highball glass and lemon swizzle? No, great optimist. That's ...

Some serious stirring and shaking is about to arrive in New York with the third annual Speed Rack competition. This Sunday, December 15, female bartenders go head-to-head for the elite award of ...

This is a man's world, the late James Brown sang, and never more so than behind a bar — especially one with craft cocktails. That's exactly what bartenders Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero wanted to ...

More than 100 people cheered on the two women hustling behind a makeshift bar on stage as they mixed, stirred, shook, poured and garnished four cocktails for the thirsty judges sitting across from ...