The World's 50 Best Bars is an annual list that celebrates the best of the international drinks scene, providing a yearly ranking of bars, voted for by more than 650 drinks experts from across the globe.[1][2][3][4]

History

The list was first announced in 2009, with annual award ceremonies held in London since the inaugural event in 2012. In 2022, the ceremony moved for the first time from London to Barcelona.[5] Incorporating grand hotel bars, secretive speakeasies, quirky salons and dive bars, The World's 50 Best Bars list aims to celebrate the diversity and universality of the drinks culture and to reflect new bar scenes developing all over the world. The World's 50 Best Bars is owned and organised by William Reed Ltd, the group behind The World's 50 Best Restaurants. William Reed is solely responsible for organising the awards, collating the votes, and producing the lists. None of the employees of the organiser or any of the sponsors associated with the awards, including the main sponsor, has any influence over the results.[6]

In 2016, The World's 50 Best Bars brand was extended with the launch of Asia's 50 Best Bars, the first regional Bars award for the brand. A second regional list, North America's 50 Best Bars, was launched in 2022.[7]

The voting process

The list is compiled by votes from The World's 50 Best Bars Academy, which comprises more than 650 drinks experts with 50/50 gender parity, including renowned bartenders, consultants, drinks writers, and cocktail specialists from around the world.[8] The Academy of voters is spread across 28 global geographic regions, each headed by an Academy Chair who selects their region's voters, with the distribution of voters designed to reflect the relative development and sophistication of the drinks sector, and the concentration of quality bars, in each region. Voters are required to remain anonymous and voting is confidential, secure and independently adjudicated by Deloitte.[9]

The World's Best Bars

World's Best Bars
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2009 England Milk & Honey London United States Milk & Honey NYC France Buddha Bar
2010 England Milk & Honey London United States PDT (Please Don't Tell) Italy Harry's Bar
2011 United States PDT (Please Don't Tell) England The Connaught Bar England Artesian
2012 England Artesian United States PDT (Please Don't Tell) England Nightjar
2013 England Artesian England Nightjar Japan High Five
2014 England Artesian United States The Dead Rabbit England Nightjar
2015 England Artesian United States The Dead Rabbit England Nightjar
2016 United States The Dead Rabbit England The American Bar England Dandelyan
2017 England The American Bar England Dandelyan United States The NoMad
2018 England Dandelyan England The American Bar Singapore Manhattan
2019 United States Dante NYC England The Connaught Bar Argentina Florería Atlántico
2020 England The Connaught Bar United States Dante NYC Greece The Clumsies
2021 England The Connaught Bar England Tayēr + Elementary Spain Paradiso
2022 Spain Paradiso England Tayēr + Elementary Spain Sips

Asia's 50 Best Bars

Asia's Best Bars
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2022 Hong Kong Coa Singapore Jigger & Pony Hong Kong Argo

North America's 50 Best Bars

North America's Best Bars
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2022 United States Attaboy Mexico Handshake Speakeasy Mexico Licorería Limantour
2023 United States Double Chicken Please Mexico Handshake Speakeasy United States Katana Kitten

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Home". worlds50bestbars.com.
  2. ↑ "World's 50 Best Bars 2020 goes virtual in November". Drinks International.
  3. ↑ "The World's 50 Best Bars named – one Australian bar makes the list". 4 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "The 50 best bars in the world in 2021". The Drinks Business. 13 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Barcelona acogerá los premios 'The World's 50 Best Bars' el próximo octubre". El País. 26 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "About us". worlds50bestbars.com.
  7. ↑ "North America Is Getting Its Own Best Bars Awards". Inside Hook.
  8. ↑ "The best bars in the world for 2021 have been revealed". CNN Travel. 7 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Voting System". worlds50bestbars.com.
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