Rolling Bar Carts

Rolling bar carts on casters with wheel locks

A rolling bar cart is a small serving cart on four wheels that holds bottles, glasses, and mixing tools and rolls where you need it. The casters are what set this cart apart from a fixed bar cabinet: you can push the cart to the sofa for a round of drinks, out to the patio, or back against a wall when the party is over. Several models use locking casters so the cart holds still once it is in place. At Two Seventy Nine, rolling bar carts start at $225.

The carts come in two open shelves or two tiers, so bottles on top and glasses or an ice bucket below stay in easy reach. Frames include solid acacia and bamboo on a couple of models, iron with tempered glass shelves, and powder-coated metal. Shapes run round, oval, and rectangular, and colors cover brown, gold, gray, black, white, cream, and blue with natural, walnut, oak, and espresso wood tones.

Some carts add storage beyond the open shelves. Five hold a 6 or 12 bottle wine rack, three have a small cabinet behind a door, and two include drawers for bar tools and napkins. A removable tray top on the acacia cart lifts off so you can carry drinks to the table and set the tray back down when you return.

Because the whole point is mobility, these carts stay compact. Footprints run from about 14 inches wide up to 50 inches long, and heights sit near 30 to 40 inches so the top lands at a comfortable serving level. That makes a rolling cart a good fit for a living room, dining room, kitchen, or home office where you want a drink station that does not stay in one spot.

Whether you want a light metal and glass cart you can move with one hand or a heavier wood cart with a wine rack and cabinet, there is a rolling option here, starting at $225. Every order ships free with delivery in 5 to 7 days.