Juyoung Kang

Juyoung Kang is an American bartender. Kang serves as the head bartender at The Dorsey at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. Her work has been featured on KNPR and in The Atlantic, GQ, Men's Health, Forbes and Eater. Kang was named "Most Imaginative Bartender of the Year" by the United States Bartenders' Guild and Bombay Sapphire in 2014 and the following year, she was named the Nevada Restaurant Association's Bartender of the Year. She was named one of Wine Enthusiast's top "40 Under 40 Tastemakers" in 2017. Eventually, she became a bartender at the restaurant after a bartender failed to show up for their shift to work during a wedding with 300 guests.

Style and cocktails

Kang describes designing a cocktail menu as a "long process." She notes that in Philadelphia, her drinks were more "booze forward," while in California, the drinks are longer lasting and "more refreshing," with Las Vegas cocktail culture being a bit of both styles. In 2014, Kang was named Most Imaginative Bartender of the Year by the United States Bartenders' Guild and Bombay Sapphire for her variation on a Ramos Gin Fizz, the Lacy Fizz, which used a syrup made with eight spices and was garnished with flowers.

Personal life Three of Kang's favorite Las Vegas restaurants are Chada Thai, Raku and Izakaya Go. Kang's favorite bars include Other Mama, The Sand Dollar Lounge, District One Kitchen & Bar, Atomic Liquors, Bardot Brasserie, Herbs & Rye, the Vesper Bar, and the Laundry Room, the latter which she helped open. When Kang patronizes a bar, she asks the bartender to make whatever they want for her, preferring "a bit booze forward and bittersweet" cocktails.