The list of North
America's 50 Best Bars 2024 was announced at a live ceremony
in San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico
- Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City, is crowned No.1
and The Best Bar in Mexico,
sponsored by Perrier
- This year's list features 26 U.S. bars, 15 from Mexico, 7 hailing from Canada, and 2 based in the Caribbean
- Civil Liberties, Toronto, at No.21, is named The
Best Bar in Canada, sponsored by
Naked Malt, for the third year in a row
- La Factoría, Puerto Rico, No.18, earns The Best
Bar in the Caribbean, sponsored by
Amaro Lucano
- Claudia Cabrera of
female-led bar Kaito del Valle (No.28) in Mexico City wins the Roku Industry Icon
Award
- Simpl Things, Toronto, wins the Campari One To
Watch Award
- Library by the Sea, Grand Cayman, No.35, is awarded
London Essence Best New Opening Award
- True Laurel, San
Francisco, No.30, earns the Ketel One Sustainable Bar
Award
- Meadowlark, Chicago,
No.32, wins the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu
Award
- Martiny's, New York, No.4, is the Nikka Highest
Climber Award winner
- Avondale
Bowl, Chicago, earns Bareksten Best Bar Design
Award
- Superbueno, New York, No.2, wins Disaronno
Highest New Entry Award
SAN
MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico, April 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The list of North America's 50 Best Bars, sponsored by
Perrier, was announced at the live awards ceremony on April 23, 2024 at Rosewood San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This was the
second year that the awards ceremony was held in Mexico and continues to platform the country's
place as a leader of the global cocktail scene. The annual ranking
features bars from across North
America, including the USA,
Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Mexico City's Handshake
Speakeasy is crowned No.1 as The Best Bar in North America and The Best Bar in
Mexico, sponsored by Perrier.
New York City's Superbueno
is ranked at No.2 and claims the title of Disaronno Highest New
Entry as well as The Best Bar in Northeast USA 2024, sponsored by
Disaronno. New York City's
Overstory follows at No.3.
Toronto's Civil
Liberties, No.21, wins the title of The Best Bar in
Canada, sponsored by Naked
Malt for the third year in a row alongside Puerto Rico's La Factoría, at No.18,
recognized as The Best Bar in the Caribbean, sponsored by Amaro Lucano for the third year as well.
Overall, the U.S. leads the list with 26 bars followed by
Mexico with 15 bars, seven from
Canada and two on the list from
the Caribbean.
The full list of North
America's 50 Best Bars 2024 is at the bottom of this press
release.
Handshake Speakeasy makes history as the first bar in
Mexico to be named No.1 on a
North America's 50 Best Bars list.
The hidden bar is difficult to find, but those who discover the
Mexico City lounge are rewarded
with an unforgettable, high-end cocktail experience. While the
design and ambiance, with a long marble bar and copper arches,
recall the glamour and allure of the Prohibition era, the cocktail
menu looks to the future. Bar Director Eric
van Beek uses molecular mixology to create unexpected
cocktails that may appear traditional but reveal complex layered
flavors on the palate. On the menu, guests can find cocktails
featuring clarified juices, fat-washed spirits and unusual,
home-made syrups and infused cordials. Handshake Speakeasy also
features batch cocktails on draft and a laboratory hidden within
the bar where the team concocts its next liquid revelations.
Handshake Speakeasy has featured prominently on the global stage
since opening, ranking as No.3 on The World's Best Bars 2023 list
and No.2 on North America's 50
Best Bars 2023 list.
Emma Sleight, Head of Content for
North America's 50 Best Bars,
says: "What a momentous occasion for the Mexico cocktail scene! We give our biggest
¡Felicidades! to Handshake Speakeasy and head bartender
Eric van Beek for the team's
incredible work in delivering excellence. Handshake Speakeasy
continues to push the boundaries of the art of cocktail creation as
well as always putting service first, so we are pleased to see them
crowned the first bar in Mexico
City named No.1 on North
America's 50 Best Bars list. We also extend our
congratulations to all the other incredible bars on this year's
list that are testament to how exciting, innovative and dynamic the
North American bar scene truly is."
Elisa Gregori, Perrier Global
Business Unit Director, says: "It is an honor once again to join in
celebrating the hard work, ingenuity, and innovation of the great
bartenders, mixologists, and professionals who continue to push the
bar scene to new heights. North
America is the melting pot of the world, where cultures,
flavors, ingredients, and techniques combine. This is on display
like nowhere else in the bar community that leads the way in terms
of innovation and creativity, where hospitality is more of a way of
life than just a job. I would like to express my gratitude for
always raising the bar on what is possible in the cocktail culture.
And, likewise, the entire Perrier team would like to express their
gratitude to the bar community. Your extraordinary efforts and
unwavering commitment, with which you have created unique shared
experiences for everyone who has passed through your doors in the
past and in the future, are an inspiration."
New York Continues to Account for the Most of North America's Top Bars
Each year, New York continues
to excel in delivering the world's most amazing craft cocktails. In
2024, New York holds 12 of the 26
U.S. listees, including the continent's highest achievers. The list
includes Superbueno (No.2) which is the Disaronno Highest
New Entry, Overstory (No.3), and
Martiny's, which jumped 25 spots to No.4 to earn the
Nikka Highest Climber Award. Alongside these are additional
notable bars including Double Chicken Please (No.7),
Katana Kitten (No.12),
Employees Only (No.15), Dante (No.20), Attaboy
(No.31), The Dead Rabbit (No.33), Maison Premiere
(No.41), new entry Angel's Share (No.43), and
Milady's (No.44).
Cocktail hotspots across the U.S. such as New Orleans' Jewel of the South (No.7)
named The Best Bar in South
USA, sponsored by Tia
Maria, and Cure (No.47) have remained on the list
in 2024. Top establishments across the U.S. in cities that have
been consistently recognized for their cocktail culture include
Los Angeles' Thunderbolt
(No.8), named The Best Bar in West
USA, sponsored by Rémy Martin, Miami's Café La Trova (No.13),
Kumiko (No.19) from Chicago, which named The Best Bar in
Midwest USA, sponsored by
Torres Brandy, as well as
Service Bar (No.22) and Allegory (No.23) from
Washington DC. This year,
Los Angeles' Mírate (No.46)
and Chicago's Best
Intentions (No.48) are new entries to the list.
San Francisco's True
Laurel (No.30), another new entry, wins the Kettle One
Sustainable Bar Award, with new entry from Chicago Meadowlark (No.32) taking home
the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award.
Mexico City Continues to Grow Its Global Cocktail Presence,
Winning 9 of Mexico's 15
Bars
Mexico City accounts for more
than half of this year's best bars in the country. Handshake
Speakeasy (No.1) wins The Best Bar in Mexico, sponsored by Perrier for the third
year in a row.
Handshake Speakeasy is joined by Mexico City's
Rayo (No.5), Licorería Limantour (No.9), new entry
Tlecān (No.10), Café del Nadie (No.17), Baltra
Bar (No.26), Kaito del Valle (No.28), Hanky Panky
(No.42) and Brujas (No.45).
Mexico's wider bar scene
continues to grow, as can be seen in the list, which includes Playa
del Carmen's Zapote Bar (No.11), Guadalajara's El Gallo Altanero
(No.14), and Tijuana's Aruba
Day Drink (No.16), as well as the country's newest entry,
Bekeb (No.27) in San Miguel de
Allende, plus Arca (No.37) in Tulum and Oaxaca's Selva (No.34).
Canada Continues to Thrive in Cocktail Culture
Civil Liberties (No.21) in Toronto has been named The Best Bar in
Canada, sponsored by Naked
Malt for the third consecutive year. Vancouver's Botanist Bar (No.24),
Toronto's Bar Pompette
(No.29), Montreal's
Cloakroom (No.39), and a re-entry for this year in
Vancouver, The Keefer Bar
(No.49) are also part of the list.
The Caribbean: Grand Cayman
Joins the List
La Factoría (No.18) continues to remain on the list as
The Best Bar in the Caribbean,
sponsored by Amaro Lucano.
Grand Cayman has joined the
locations of top bars in the Caribbean with Library by the Sea
(No.35) as a new entry.
Special Awards
Among all the spectacular highlights, Simpl Things in
Toronto joins the stellar lineup
as Campari One To Watch, an accolade given to a bar outside
of the main list that the 50 Best team believes has the ability to
be named on future editions of the ranking.
Meadowlark (No.32) in Chicago is named winner of the Siete
Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award. The rotating menu
celebrates the history of the region, featuring local spirits and
liqueurs. Any bar on the North
America's 50 Best Bars list is eligible to enter this award,
which is decided upon by a panel of Academy Chairs. This award was
introduced in 2021 to reward bars for their innovation, design,
drinks craftmanship and menu communication.
Claudia Cabrera of
Mexico's Kaito del
Valle (No.28) receives the accolade of Roku Industry
Icon. For this award, all 270 members of the voting Academy are
asked to name the person who has done most to progress the bar
sector. Cabrera is a vocal advocate for gender equality in the
drinks industry and champions the need for more female
representation behind the bar. At Kaito del Valle and in the wider
industry, Claudia's dedication to her fellow bartenders, her
mentorship to colleagues and her passion to provide outstanding
hospitality shines through the bar's Japanese izakaya-style
cocktail menu.
Grand Cayman's Library by
the Sea (No.35) earns the London Essence Best New
Opening Award, as the bar enters the list for the first
time. Library by the Sea presents a drinks program highlighting
art, literature and local Caymanian and Caribbean culture, while balancing inventive
names and flavors that are enriched with the history of the region.
The bar brings each of its drinks concepts to life without
limitations, using bespoke ingredients made with local botanicals
such as a sea mineral-adjusted vermouth to bring the complexity and
heritage of local island flavors to the fore.
True Laurel in San
Francisco earns the title of Ketel One Sustainable
Bar at No.30. The award is gifted to bars that demonstrate the
strongest commitment to sustainability. The Ketel One Sustainable
Bar Award is independently adjudicated by 50 Best's international
audit partner, the Sustainable Restaurant Association.
Additional special award winners, announced prior to the reveal
of this year's list, include New
Orleans' Jewel of the South (No.6) receiving the
Michter's Art of Hospitality Award and Kate Boushel of the Barroco Group and
Atwater Cocktail Club (No.50) in Canada, who is celebrated as the winner of
Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award.
EDITOR'S NOTES:
1-50 LIST
Position
|
Bar
|
Town
|
1
|
Handshake
Speakeasy
|
Mexico City
|
2
|
Superbueno
|
New York
|
3
|
Overstory
|
New York
|
4
|
Martiny's
|
New York
|
5
|
Rayo
|
Mexico City
|
6
|
Jewel of the
South
|
New Orleans
|
7
|
Double Chicken
Please
|
New York
|
8
|
Thunderbolt
|
Los Angeles
|
9
|
Licorería
Limantour
|
Mexico City
|
10
|
Tlecān
|
Mexico City
|
11
|
Zapote Bar
|
Playa del
Carmen
|
12
|
Katana
Kitten
|
New York
|
13
|
Café La
Trova
|
Miami
|
14
|
El Gallo
Altanero
|
Guadalajara
|
15
|
Employees
Only
|
New York
|
16
|
Aruba Day
Drink
|
Tijuana
|
17
|
Café de
Nadie
|
Mexico City
|
18
|
La Factoría
|
San Juan
|
19
|
Kumiko
|
Chicago
|
20
|
Dante
|
New York
|
21
|
Civil
Liberties
|
Toronto
|
22
|
Service Bar
|
Washington
DC
|
23
|
Allegory
|
Washington
DC
|
24
|
Botanist
Bar
|
Vancouver
|
25
|
Herbs &
Rye
|
Las Vegas
|
26
|
Baltra Bar
|
Mexico City
|
27
|
Bekeb
|
San Miguel de
Allende
|
28
|
Kaito del
Valle
|
Mexico City
|
29
|
Bar
Pompette
|
Toronto
|
30
|
True Laurel
|
San
Francisco
|
31
|
Attaboy
|
New York
|
32
|
Meadowlark
|
Chicago
|
33
|
The Dead
Rabbit
|
New York
|
34
|
Selva
|
Oaxaca
|
35
|
Library by the
Sea
|
Grand
Cayman
|
36
|
Century
Grand
|
Phoenix
|
37
|
Arca
|
Tulum
|
38
|
Pacific Cocktail
Haven
|
San
Francisco
|
39
|
Cloakroom
|
Montreal
|
40
|
Bar
Mordecai
|
Toronto
|
41
|
Maison
Premiere
|
New York
|
42
|
Hanky Panky
|
Mexico City
|
43
|
Angel's
Share
|
New York
|
44
|
Milady's
|
New York
|
45
|
Brujas
|
Mexico City
|
46
|
Mírate
|
Los Angeles
|
47
|
Cure
|
New Orleans
|
48
|
Best
Intentions
|
Chicago
|
49
|
The Keefer
Bar
|
Vancouver
|
50
|
Atwater Cocktail
Club
|
Montreal
|
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About North America's 50
Best Bars
Following the success of The World's 50 Best Bars, sponsored by
Perrier, and the establishment of Asia's 50 Best Bars in 2016, 50 Best launched
North America's 50 Best Bars, with
the first edition of the awards held in New York, N.Y. on June
7, 2022. It shines a much-deserved spotlight on the region
as a world-class drinks' destination and acts as a mouthpiece for
the outstanding talent coming through. The inaugural North America's 50 Best Bars awards ceremony
and unveiling of the list provided a unique opportunity to unite
bartenders, bar owners, cocktail aficionados and drinks media from
all over the region at a captivating celebration of drinks,
hospitality, passion and talent. North
America's 50 Best Bars includes voting for bars from
Canada, the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean. William
Reed, which owns the 50 Best brand, is entirely responsible
for the organization of the awards, the voting system and the
respective lists.
How the Voting Works
The ranking for North America's
50 Best Bars will reflect the best bar experiences based on the
votes of the Academy members, who comprise anonymous North American
bar industry experts (including bartenders, bar owners, drinks
media and well-traveled cocktail connoisseurs) from the
USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. In 2023, the Academy expanded to
270 members. This change was implemented to obtain a wider snapshot
and ensure a greater number of diverse voices voting for the
awards. Moreover, as per all 50 Best lists for restaurants, bars
and hotels, 25 per cent of Academy members are refreshed annually
to keep the perspectives dynamic and relevant. Members of the 50
Best organization do not vote and do not control the composition of
the list; that is the collective role of the voting Academy. This
means that bars cannot apply to be on the list and no sponsors have
any influence on the list.
The Academy is divided into 7 regions: USA Northeast; USA Midwest; USA West; USA
South; Canada East; Canada West; Mexico and the Caribbean. Each region has its own panel of
members including a chairperson, called the Academy Chair. The
Chairs each then select a voting panel, ensuring a balanced
selection. Each North America Academy member will vote for 7 bars,
with a maximum of 5 in the home country (or state in the U.S.)
where they are based. Voters also have the option to vote for a
further 2 (or more) bars located outside of their home country (or
U.S. state) up to a maximum of 7.
Voting is carried out individually and strictly confidentially
on a secure site and remains confidential before the list
announcement. Academy Chairs are not privy to, and have no
knowledge of, the votes cast by the voters in their respective
regions. They are neither spokespeople for the 50 Best brand.
The list will be the result of a poll of 270 experts (all within
the North American continent), who each cast votes for the bars
where they have had their 'best experience' during the last 18
months before the voting deadline. The list is a simple computation
of votes by North American voters for bars in North America. Further information on the
Academy Chairs and how the voting works is available on the FAQs
page here.
About the Main Sponsor: Perrier
For more than a century, Perrier® has collaborated with some of
the world's most influential major artists, including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, Bernard Villemot,
and Jean-Gabriel Domergue, each of
whom in their own way have demonstrated a certain artistic
irreverence. With a history that began in 1863 in Vergèze, in the
Gard region of France, the
Perrier® brand is now recognized worldwide thanks to its iconic
green bottle. Appreciated in more than 140 countries, the brand is
acclaimed for its natural mineral water combined with the power of
its bubbles.
Partners:
- San Miguel de Allende –
Official Host Destination Partner
- Perrier – Official Water Partner; sponsor of The Best Bar in
North America and The Best Bar in
Mexico
- Michter's – Official American Whiskey Partner; sponsor of
Michter's Art of Hospitality Award
- Nikka Whisky – Official Whisky of the World Partner; sponsor of
Nikka Highest Climber Award
- Ketel One – Official Vodka Partner; sponsor of Ketel One
Sustainable Bar Award
- Siete Misterios – Official Mezcal Partner; sponsor of Siete
Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award
- The London Essence Co. – Official Mixers Partner; sponsor of
London Essence Best New Opening Award
- Disaronno – Official Italian Liqueur Partner; sponsor of
Disaronno Highest New Entry and The Best Bar in Northeast USA
- Roku Gin – Official Gin Partner; sponsor of Roku Industry Icon
Award
- Altos Tequila – Official Tequila Partner; sponsor of Altos
Bartenders' Bartender Award
- Matusalem – Official Rum Partner; sponsor of ceremonial
scarves
- Naked Malt – Official Scotch Whisky Partner; sponsor of The
Best Bar in Canada
- Rémy Martin – Official Cognac
Partner; sponsor of The Best Bar in West
USA
- Campari – Official Bitters Partner; sponsor of Campari One To
Watch Award
- Mancino Vermouth – Official Vermouth Partner; sponsor of
ceremonial shakers
- Amaro Lucano – Official Amaro
Partner; sponsor of The Best Bar in the Caribbean and ceremonial shakers
- Tia Maria – Official Coffee
Liqueur Partner; sponsor of The Best Bar in South USA
- Torres Brandy – Official Brandy
Partner; sponsor of The Best Bar in Midwest USA
- Scrappy's Bitters – Official Cocktail Bitters Partner
- Bareksten – Official Aquavit Partner; sponsor of Bareksten Best
Bar Design Award
- Live Aqua – Official Hotel and Venue Partner
- Rosewood San Miguel de Allende
– Official Hotel and Venue Partner
- Hotel Amatte – Official Hotel & Venue Partner
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