On Tuesday, 50 Greatest introduced the honorees of its annual World’s 50 Greatest Bars record. At this 12 months’s awards ceremony in Madrid, Mexico Metropolis’s Handshake Speakeasy nabbed the highest spot, marking the very first time a Mexican bar was ranked No. 1 on the earth.
Opened in 2023 in CDMX’s Colonia Juárez neighborhood, Handshake Speakeasy was named the greatest bar in North America by 50 Greatest this previous April. Tucked behind a secret door in a provide room filled with classic spirits, the Artwork Deco house is moody and seductive with black marble and brass accents. Behind the stick, beverage director Eric van Beek is revolutionizing basic cocktails with modern methods developed on the speakeasy’s on-site lab.
Subsequent on the winner’s podium is Hong Kong’s Bar Leone, making a formidable World’s 50 Greatest debut within the No. 2 place. Owned by Lorenzo Antinori, the bar was additionally awarded the Highest New Entry Award. In third place is final 12 months’s high bar, Barcelona’s Sips, whereas London’s Tayēr + Elementary and Singapore’s Jigger & Pony spherical out the highest 5.
Two new New York Metropolis bars additionally claimed spots on the record: Martiny’s, which debuted at No. 24, and Superbueno (winner of VinePair’s 2023 Subsequent Wave Award for Bar Program of the Yr), which entered the rating at No. 27.
Preserve studying for the total record of the world’s high bars, in response to 50 Greatest.
| Rank | Bar Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Handshake Speakeasy | Mexico Metropolis |
| 2 | Bar Leone | Hong Kong |
| 3 | Sips | Barcelona |
| 4 | Tayēr + Elementary | London |
| 5 | Jigger & Pony | Singapore |
| 6 | Line | Athens |
| 7 | Tres Monos | Bueno Aires |
| 8 | Alquímico | Cartagena |
| 9 | Zest | Seoul |
| 10 | Paradiso | Barcelona |
| 11 | Himkok | Oslo |
| 12 | BKK Social Membership | Bangkok |
| 13 | Connaught Bar | London |
| 14 | Double Rooster Please | New York Metropolis |
| 15 | Overstory | New York Metropolis |
| 16 | Girl Bee | Lima |
| 17 | Baba au Rum | Athens |
| 18 | Coa | Hong Kong |
| 19 | The Cambridge Public Home | Paris |
| 20 | Tlecān | Mexico Metropolis |
| 21 | Caretaker’s Cottage | Melbourne |
| 22 | CoChinChina | Buenos Aires |
| 23 | Salmon Guru | Madrid |
| 24 | Martiny’s | New York |
| 25 | Bar Benfiddich | Tokyo |
| 26 | Possibly Sammy | Sydney |
| 27 | Superbueno | New York Metropolis |
| 28 | Nutmeg & Clove | Singapore |
| 29 | Devil’s Whiskers | London |
| 30 | Panda & Sons | Edinburgh |
| 31 | Tan Tan | São Paulo |
| 32 | Licorería Limantour | Mexico Metropolis |
| 33 | Drink Kong | Rome |
| 34 | Jewel of the South | New Orleans |
| 35 | Byrdi | Melbourne |
| 36 | Locale Firenze | Florence |
| 37 | Scarfes Bar | London |
| 38 | Moebius Milano | Milan |
| 39 | Bar Nouveau | Paris |
| 40 | Mimi Kakushi | Dubai |
| 41 | Bar Us | Bangkok |
| 42 | Virtù | Tokyo |
| 43 | Atlas | Singapore |
| 44 | La Sala de Laura | Bogotá |
| 45 | Röda Huset | Stockholm |
| 46 | Florería Atlántico | Buenos Aires |
| 47 | Analogue Initiative | Singapore |
| 48 | El Gallo Altanero | Guadalajara |
| 49 | Danico | Paris |
| 50 | 1930 | Milan |
