Proof

Charleston, South Carolina

Top 10 nominee for Best U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2022 Spirited Awards and Top 10 nominee for Best U.S. Bar Team at the 2024 Spirited Awards.

Proof describes itself as an intimate craft cocktail bar on King Street with over a hundred selections, an extensive wines-by-the-glass list and, in its words, a real good beer list, and its Instagram is blunter still: a fun place to party on King Street. It opens at noon every day and closes at two, with happy hour from four to seven on weekdays. The Spirited Awards placed it in the U.S. top ten for Best U.S. Cocktail Bar in 2022 and for Best U.S. Bar Team in 2022 and 2024.