These 11 NYC bars were just named the very best in North America
The 50 Best brand, behind all sorts of world-spanning culinary lists, just unveiled its 1 to 50 ranking of the best bars in North America and, once again, New York dominates the well regarded survey.
Although Mexico City's Handshake Speakeasy was crowned the top drinking den in the region for the second year in the row, New York distinguished itself as a premier destination, home to 11 of the 26 mentioned U.S. locales on the list, including Superbueno, which lands at the number two spot for the second year in a row.
"Whether you visit on a Monday or a Saturday, Superbueno is perpetually full and poppin'," writes our Food and Drink Editor Morgan Carter in her review of the downtown Manhattan destination.
A bunch of new entries also made appearances: the subterranean Sip & Guzzle at number 5 and Daniel Humm's Clemente Bar at number 11.
Usual—deserving!—suspects abound as well: there's elegant cocktail destination Overstory (number 6), the award-winning Martiny's (number 15), perennial favorite Employees Only (number 18), the ever-popular Double Chicken Please (number 19), Maison Premiere in Brooklyn (number 33), Japanese-American cocktail bar Katana Kitten (number 42), old-time go-to Angel's Share (number 43) and legendary MacDougal Street Italian café turned small plates restaurant and cocktail bar in 2015 Dante (number 46).
Basically, no matter what area of New York you're in, you can find a stellar cocktail that's been recognized as such by a team of drinking experts.
Oh, how we love thee, New York.
The 50 best bars in North America in 2025 according to 50 Best Bars:
Of course! Here's the list with "in" instead of a dash:
1. Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City
2. Superbueno in New York
3. Tlecān in Mexico City
4. Jewel of the South in New Orleans
5. Sip & Guzzle in New York
6. Overstory in New York
7. Bar Pompette in Toronto
8. El Gallo Altanero in Guadalajara
9. Licorería Limantour in Mexico City
10. Kumiko in Chicago
11. Clemente Bar in New York
12. Mírate in Los Angeles
13. Café La Trova in Miami
14. Bar Mauro in Mexico City
15. Martiny's in New York
16. Pacific Cocktail Haven in San Francisco
17. True Laurel in San Francisco
18. Employees Only in New York
19. Double Chicken Please in New York
20. Baltra Bar in Mexico City
21. Civil Liberties in Toronto
22. Aruba Day Drink in Tijuana
23. Service Bar in Washington DC
24. Thunderbolt in Los Angeles
25. Best Intentions in Chicago
26. Botanist Bar in Vancouver
27. Arca in Tulum
28. The Keefer Bar in Vancouver
29. Selva in Oaxaca
30. Library by the Sea in Grand Cayman
31. Cloakroom in Montreal
32. La Factoría in San Juan
33. Maison Premiere in New York
34. Bijou Drinkery Room in Mexico City
35. Hanky Panky in Mexico City
36. Atwater Cocktail Club in Montreal
37. Bar Mordecai in Toronto
38. Meadowlark in Chicago
39. Bisous in Chicago
40. Kaito del Valle in Mexico City
41. Yacht Club in Denver
42. Katana Kitten in New York
43. Angel's Share in New York
44. Mother in Toronto
45. Allegory in Washington DC
46. Dante in New York
47. Café de Nadie in Mexico City
48. Silver Lyan in Washington DC
49. Bekeb in San Miguel de Allende
50. Cure in New Orleans
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