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Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
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The Honey Deuce — Grey Goose vodka, fresh lemonade and Chambord, crowned with a skewer of three honeydew melon balls in a commemorative cup you keep — has been the US Open's signature cocktail since 2007, and Good Morning America reports more than 3 million have been sold since. The scale is what makes the lines. Sportico reports the 2025 tournament sold a record 738,459 of them at $23 apiece, roughly $17 million in revenue and up 32% year over year, and Front Office Sports pegs the pace at one Honey Deuce sold every 1.5 seconds during the tournament.
The queues got bad enough to force an engineering fix. Front Office Sports quotes a fan complaint about spending "45 minutes in a terrible line missing the match" back when every drink was jiggered by hand, and reports the response — cocktail taps added to the dedicated Honey Deuce bar in 2024, plus Grey Goose infrastructure that pre-batches the vodka-lemonade base on site, with the Chambord still drizzled in last. Even so, the drink pours at four bars across the grounds, including at the Grandstand and Louis Armstrong Stadium per drinks trade site Spirited Drinks, and demand keeps a queue on all of them during big sessions.
Insider moves are about timing, not cutting. SheBuysTravel's visitor guide calls the Food Village "very crowded, with long lines and too many people jostling," recommends the first Thursday and Friday of the tournament for the lightest crowds, and notes American Express kiosks on the grounds have handed out two-for-one Honey Deuce coupons. No ticket? Good Morning America reports canned Honey Deuce Express delivery via Uber Eats and Cocktail Courier plus NYC pours like The Otter at The Manner in SoHo, and Sports Illustrated points to The Campbell in Grand Central during the tournament. damnlines has no camera here; the reporting above is the record, not a live measurement.
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Reservations: No reservations — the Honey Deuce is first-come, first-served at bars inside the tournament gates; getting in requires a US Open ticket or grounds pass, sold via usopen.org and Ticketmaster.
Walk-ins: No walk-ins without a ticket. Any session ticket or grounds pass reaches the bars; Fan Week (Aug 23-29, 2026) grounds admission is free.
2026 tournament runs Aug 23-Sep 13 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center — Fan Week with free grounds admission Aug 23-29, main draw Aug 30-Sep 13; bars pour during day and night sessions only.
$23 in 2025, commemorative cup included, per Sportico — up from $14 in 2014 and from the $18-22 range of earlier years, per NBC New York. The 2026 price is announced when the tournament opens in late August; recent history says expect it at or just above $23.
Waits of up to 45 minutes were reported at peak — Front Office Sports quotes a fan spending "45 minutes in a terrible line missing the match" before the 2024 fix. Cocktail taps and a pre-batched vodka-lemonade base have sped service since, but with one sold every 1.5 seconds, expect a queue at every bar during big sessions.
Early in the day session and early in the tournament. SheBuysTravel's guide says crowds are lightest on the first Thursday and Friday of the Open and describes midday Food Village crush, so grab your first one before the lunchtime swell. The guide also notes American Express kiosks have handed out two-for-one Honey Deuce coupons.
Yes. Good Morning America reports canned Honey Deuce Express cocktails via Uber Eats and Cocktail Courier, plus NYC pours like The Otter at The Manner in SoHo and a Grey Goose pop-up in Grand Central during the 2025 Open. Time Out points to Grey Goose's own zip-code locator for bars pouring it near you.
Grey Goose vodka (1.25 oz), fresh lemonade (3 oz) and a half-ounce of Chambord raspberry liqueur, garnished with a skewer of three honeydew melon balls and served in a commemorative US Open cup, per NBC New York's published recipe.
A record 738,459 during the 2025 tournament — roughly $17 million at $23 each, up 32% year over year, per Sportico. Good Morning America reports more than 3 million sold since the drink debuted in 2007; the 2024 edition topped 556,000.
Yes — the Honey Deuce bars are inside the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center gates, so any grounds pass or session ticket works. Fan Week (Aug 23-29, 2026) offers free grounds admission before the Aug 30 main draw; main-draw tickets are sold via usopen.org and Ticketmaster.
Sources: Sportico: 2025 U.S. Open's Honey Deuce Drink Sales Spike 32% Year-Over-Year · Front Office Sports: The Honey Deuce Effect — How Tennis Perfected the Signature Cocktail · NBC New York: What to know about the Honey Deuce, the U.S. Open's signature cocktail · Good Morning America: Honey Deuce season is served