Most of the ’50 Best Bars’ in North America are in the US, according to new ranking

(NEXSTAR) – This gives us an idea for the most expensive bar crawl of all time.

Fifty of North America’s best bars were honored in Mexico last week during a beverage-industry ceremony presented by William Reed Ltd., a U.K.-based multimedia firm specializing in the food and drink sector. Ranked by the firm’s 50 Best brand, this year’s list of the “50 Best Bars” in North America includes speakeasies, pubs and cozy cocktail lounges across the continent — but the U.S. is especially well-represented.

Coming in at No. 1 is NYC’s Double Chicken Please, a relatively new cocktail bar serving its take of classic low-ABV cocktails in a front room, and more experimental cocktails “designed to represent a drinkable meal” in the back room, according to 50 Best.

“The Back Room at Double Chicken Please offers inventive craft cocktails that deconstruct, redefine and rebuild iconic dishes into liquid form such as the Japanese Cold Noodle, Cold Pizza, Key Lime Pie, NY Beet Salad, Mango Sticky Rice and others,” reads an excerpt from the bar’s website.

There’s also chicken sandwiches available on the bar’s food menu, of course.

In addition to Double Chicken Please, dozens of U.S. bars were honored in the 2023 rankings, including 11 others in NYC alone, two in Chicago, two in Los Angeles, two in Miami, two in New Orleans, two in D.C., and one each in Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The complete list of “North America’s 50 Best Bars,” according to 50 Best, is below:

1. Double Chicken Please – New York City
2. Handshake Speakeasy – Mexico City
3. Katana Kitten – New York City
4. Licorería Limantour – Mexico City
5. Jewel of the South – New Orleans
6. Dante – New York City
7. Overstory – New York City
8. Kumiko – Chicago
9. Café La Trova – Miami
10. Thunderbolt – Los Angeles 
11. Zapote Bar – Playa del Carmen
12. Civil Liberties – Toronto
13. Attaboy – New York City
14. Employees Only – New York City
15. Bar Pompette – Toronto
16. Baltra Bar – Mexico City
17. Rayo – Mexico City
18. Mace – New York CIty
19. Botanist Bar – Vancouver
20. Hanky Panky – Mexico City
21. El Gallo Altanero – Guadalajara 
22. Sabina Sabe – Oaxaca
23. Arca – Tulum
24. La Factoría – San Juan
25. Café de Nadie – Mexico City
26. Kaito del Valle – Mexico City
27. Herbs & Rye – Las Vegas
28. Pacific Cocktail Haven – San Francisco
29. Martiny’s – New York City
30. Death & Co – Los Angeles
31. Selva – Oaxaca
32. Atwater Cocktail Club – Montreal
33. Service Bar – Washington D.C.
34. Sweet Liberty – Miami
35. Cloakroom – Montreal
36. Cure – New Orleans
37. Mother –  Toronto
38. Milk Room – Chicago
39. Maison Premiere – New York City
40. Aruba Day Drink – Tijuana
41. Bar Leather Apron – Honolulu
42. Yacht Club – Denver
43. Bar Mordercai – Toronto
44. The Dead Rabbit – New York City
45. Allegory – Washington D.C.
46. Clover Club – New York City
47. Brujas – Mexico City
48. Platform 18 – Phoenix
49. Youngblood – San Diego
50. Milady’s – New York City

The 2023 honorees were chosen by a voting body of “more than 260 experts,” including bartenders, bar owners and media representatives, according to 50 Best.

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