Ivy Mix

Ivy Mix (born c. 1985) is an American bartender. She was head bartender and co-owner of the James Beard Award-nominated bar Leyenda in Brooklyn, New York, which closed in 2025. Currently, she is co-owner of Whoopsie Daisy wine bar in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. She co-founded Speed Rack alongside Lynnette Marrero. Mix was named Best American Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktail in 2015.

Early life and education

Ivy Mix grew up in Tunbridge, Vermont. Her parents are artists. She has an identical twin sister, Tess. As a child, Mix rode horses. She wanted to be an Olympic horseback rider when she grew up.

When Mix was nineteen, she was visiting Antigua Guatemala. She visited Café No Sé, where she tasted mezcal for the first time. She credits Café No Sé as introducing her to bar culture and bartending. At the bar, drinks were served on an honor system, and Mix found herself indebted to the bar. She paid off her tab bartending. She began smuggling mezcal over the border from Mexico into Guatemala.

Style, cocktails and influences

Mix's style is heavily influenced by her time in Latin America and the vibrant, colorful cocktails of tiki culture. One of Mix's signature cocktails is the Tia Mia, which she created when working at Lani Kai. It is a variation on a Mai Tai containing mezcal, Jamaican rum, orgeat, lime, and curaçao. One of her favorite cocktails is the Irish Coffee at Fort Defiance in Red Hook, New York. Mix enjoys drinking sherry, wine and Negronis.

Personal life

Mix lives in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.