
Industry Innovator 2017
Joshua Widner is highlighted as an Industry Innovator: the professionals who are actively involved in defining what it means to eat and drink in our region.
Joshua Widner is king of cocktails in Springfield – and now also Bentonville, Arkansas. In just four short years, he’s opened four different bar concepts and is now embarking on a new pursuit: teaching other industry entrepreneurs the ins and outs of how to build a successful cocktail program. Juggling Cherry Picker Package x Fare, Golden Girl Rum Club and two locations of Scotch & Soda (one in Springfield and one in Bentonville) might make it seem like he never sleeps, but craft cocktails are his passion – and who needs sleep when you have that to fuel you?