Ivy Mix

Bar Owner, Speed Rack Founder, Author

Ivy Mix is co-owner of Whoopsie Daisy, Leyenda & Fiasco! in Brooklyn New York; the co founder of Speed Rack and the author of two books, Spirits of Latin America and A Quick Drink.

Ivy served her first cocktail when she traveled to Guatemala at 19 years old, where she lived and worked for many years, later joining some of New York City’s most iconic bars — from cocktail waitressing at Mayahuel, bartending at Fort Defiance, to being on the opening staff of Lani Kai.

In May 2015, Ivy and her long-time mentor Julie Reiner opened Leyenda, Brooklyn’s agave-forward cocktail darling, which has garnered many awards and has been recognized as one of the best bars in America by Eater, GQ, Thrillist, and more. During this time, she also conceptualized and co-founded (alongside Lynnette Marrero) Speed Rack, the women+, high-speed bartending competition that raises money for breast cancer research.

Over the tenure of her career, Ivy has been recognized within the culinary and cocktail industry as one of the best bartenders in the country. She was named “American Bartender of the Year” at Tales of the Cocktail’s 2015 Spirited Awards and “Mixologist of the Year” by Wine Enthusiast in 2016. Her work with Lynnette Marrero garnered the pair the honor of two Tales of the Cocktail 2019 Spirited Awards: “Philanthropy” and “World’s Best Bar Mentors.”

In Spring 2020, Ivy published her award-winning cocktail book, Spirits of Latin America, and most recently co-authored A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood with Lynnette Marrero and Megan Krigbaum, which published in April 2024.

In March 2021, Ivy joined forces with wine expert Conor McKee and beverage director Piper Kristensen to open FIASCO! Wine and Spirits. An Imbibe 75 “Place to Watch,” FIASCO! is a wine and spirits shop focused on small and independent producers in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. Exactly three years later and less than a block away, the team welcomed Whoopsie Daisy, a natural and biodynamic wine bar.