The Hog Wallow Tavern sits at 10 Linden Street in downtown Geneva, and its award resume reads like a clerical error. FLX Finest Gold for Best Specialty Cocktails four years straight (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Gold for Best Margaritas three of the last four years. Gold for Best Happy Hour two years running. Gold for Best Bar and Grill. Their bartender, Adriane Holden, won Gold for Best Bartender in 2022. At some point you stop reading the individual awards and accept the larger conclusion: this is the bar in the Finger Lakes.

The Linden Street location puts the Hog Wallow in the heart of Geneva's walkable dining and drinking district, and the tavern leans into its role as the neighborhood gathering spot. The atmosphere is lively without being rowdy — this is a place where the cocktail program is serious but the dress code is not, where the TVs show games but the conversation at the bar is usually better than what is on screen. The cocktail list is where the Hog Wallow separates itself from every other bar and grill in the region. These are not drinks assembled from a laminated recipe card — they are crafted with intention, using fresh ingredients and local spirits, by bartenders who clearly care about the details. The margaritas, in particular, have earned their own cult following, consistent enough to win gold year after year against every other bar in the Finger Lakes.

The food menu covers locally sourced pub fare — elevated enough to justify a dinner visit, unpretentious enough that nobody looks twice at a basket of fries. But be honest with yourself: you are coming here for what is in the glass. Happy hour is the move. The Hog Wallow has figured out something that most taverns never manage — it is simultaneously a serious cocktail bar, a comfortable neighborhood hangout, and a place where you can watch a game without sacrificing drink quality. That combination does not exist elsewhere in the Finger Lakes, and the four-year awards streak suggests that voters agree.