Park City Area Restaurant Association invites locals and visitors to raise a glass to summer and another round of the Mountain Mixer Park City cocktail contest. Two dozen bartenders and mixologists from Park City Area Restaurant Association member restaurants are featuring their newest, most in ventive cocktails on their summer menus. “Every year, our local restaurants quite literally raise the bar on the most creative, refreshing craft cocktails that our community is lucky enough to savor all month long,” Park City Area Restaurant Association Executive Director Ginger Wicks said. “From sweet to spicy to smoky to sparkling, we encourage guests to sip as many of our cocktail contenders as possible before the finalists compete for the top prize later this summer.”  The full lineup of mixologists and their featured cocktails in this summer’s Mountain Mixer Park City cocktail contest is available online at parkcityrestaurants.com/mountain-mixer-park-city/mm-2026.  The cocktails:  Cucumber Jalapeño Gimlet — Chace Ciulla, Timbers at Park City Sheraton Between the Rows — Michael Ranallo Mackenzie Wallace, tupelo Park City Barbie’s Bad Decision — Alex Gonzales, Royal Street Café  Guava Getaway — Tristan James Beattie, Flanagan’s on Main Tea Timber — Michael Hansen, Windy Ridge Café  Tamarind d’Oro Margarita — Miguel Morales, The Brass Tag Sounds of Dolomites — Milana Powers, The Nelson Cottage Soleil Violette — Litonya Curtis, Grappa Italian Restaurant Cena Strawberry Spritz — Adam Krebs, Cena Ristorante Pine’n Lime’n — Charles Nash, 7880 Club Rockin’ in Morocco /Gnaoua and World Music Festival — James Moore, High West Saloon The Darlene Spritz — Indy Lance, Matilda Utah Mountain Sour — Jason Berrett, Stein Eriksen Lodge Cucumber Sour — Lindsay McKeown, Twisted Fern Freedom of Peach — Victor Wilson, Pine Cone Ridge Lily Lake Fizz — Russell Smith, Alpine Social Aid Pleasure Club Crimson Smoked — Adriel Danan, Dos Olas Bloods Lake — Allan Joseph Anderson, Handle 40° North — Jordan Greiner, Goldener Hirsch Coco Verde — Charles Franco, Grub Steak A panel of secret judges will visit each participating venue throughout July to evaluate the cocktail entries and select the top 10 finalists. The finalists will be announced on Aug. 1, when tickets will also go on sale for the live finale at Silver Lake Lodge. The culminating event, where one cocktail will be crowned the 2026 Mountain Mixer Champion, will take place on Aug. 22. To learn more, visit parkcityrestaurants.com. The post Mountain Mixer Park City cocktail contest returns appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less