By late summer, local bartender-turned-bar-owner, Bryan Arri, will have opened Fern Bar, his first cool and casual cocktail bar, in the Crossroads Arts District, focused on serving sugarcane- and agave-based craft cocktails. Arri worked at top cocktail spots Manifesto, The Monarch Bar, and Corvino Supper Club & Tasting Room before launching Fern Bar as a pop-up, hosting cocktail events while refining both his drink recipes and message about the importance of supporting small artisanal producers making hand-crafted rum, tequila, and mezcal with a sense of place. Fern Bar will open inside the former Architectural Salvage space in the old Broadway Bank building. Working with KEM Studios on the design, Arri says the bar will have natural elements of stone, leather, and wood featuring mature cacti, agave, and sugarcane plants inside the space. Whether you like to sip your tequila or mezcal straight or prefer yours shaken up in a delicious margarita, Arri wants Fern Bar to be the shady spot you come to imbibe in. fernbarkc.com