These two Vancouver bars just landed on the list of the 50 best in North America
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The best and brightest of the North American bar scene gathered in Vancouver Tuesday night for the North America's 50 Best Bar s awards ceremony.
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The event marked the first time the awards were held in Canada.
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The live ceremony, held at the JW Marriott Parq, ranked the best bars across the continent. The number-one spot went, for the second year in a row, to the team from Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City.
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Two Vancouver bars notched spots on the top-50 list. Botanist Bar, located in the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, took the number 26 spot on the list, while The Keefer Bar, at 135 Keefer St. in Chinatown, took the number 28 spot.
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The highest ranking on the list for a Canadian drinking establishment went to Toronto's Bar Pompette, which came in at number seven. Toronto's Civil Liberties (#21), Montreal's Cloakroom (#31) and Atwater Cocktail Club (#36), and Toronto-based bar Mother (#44) rounded out the Canadian representation in the top 50.
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The fourth edition of North America's 50 Best Bars also included a 51-100 best bar ranking, released earlier this month.
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That list included four more bars in B.C.
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Prophecy in Vancouver, a speakeasy bar in the basement of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, came in at number 53. Laowai cocktail bar, hidden behind Blnd Tger Dumplings in Vancouver's Chinatown, came in at number 67. Humboldt Bar in downtown Victoria came in at number 69 and the cool cocktail bar Meo in Chinatown, ranked number 92.
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