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Time Out
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
These U.S. bars were just named the best in North America
If you're like a lot of us, you look forward to a bar visit on your vacation. It's always fun to see seasonal or specialty cocktails on the list, and soaking up the boozy atmosphere and music can be elating. (Truth be told, we also love a great mocktail and staying sharp for the evening). So if you're thinking of building a trip around visiting one of the continent's best bars, we're thrilled for you. Winners of North America's Best Bars 2025 have just been announced, and 26 of those 50 are here in the U.S. There are also 14 in Mexico (including the No. 1 pick, Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City), eight from Canada and two from the Caribbean. The first U.S. bar on the list is Superbueno in New York, which was also No. 2 last year —way to hold strong! Jewel of the South in New Orleans rose from the No. 6 spot to No. 4. Overstory in New York fell from No. 3 to No. 6, taking over the Jewel's former spot. Other U.S. bars in the top 10 are Sip & Guzzle in New York, showing up at No. 5 out of nowhere (it wasn't on the list last year) and Kumiko in Chicago, rising to No. 10 from No. 19. Sip & Guzzle has an enormously interesting backstory, based on an 1874 contingent of Japanese samurai who came to New York, where bartender Jerry Thomas invented a cocktail specifically for the Japanese diplomat Tateishi Onojirou Noriyuki. Today in Tokyo, Shingo Gokan's The SG Club imagines the kind of bar those samurai would have opened upon returning, and in a playful turn, Sip & Guzzle (with the same initials) imagines the bar that the samurai would have opened if they returned to New York with everything they'd learned. That's for sure on my visit list the next time I'm in New York! The Best Bars in North America 2025: 1. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City 2. Superbueno, New York 3. Tlecān, Mexico City 4. Jewel of the South, New Orleans 5. Sip & Guzzle, New York 6. Overstory, New York 7. Bar Pompette, Toronto 8. El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara 9. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City 10. Kumiko, Chicago 11. Clemente Bar, New York 12. Mírate, Los Angeles 13. Café La Trova, Miami 14. Bar Mauro, Mexico City 15. Martiny's, New York 16. Pacific Cocktail Haven, San Francisco 17. True Laurel, San Francisco 18. Employees Only, New York 19. Double Chicken Please, New York 20. Baltra Bar, Mexico City 21. Civil Liberties, Toronto 22. Aruba Day Drink, Tijuana 23. Service Bar, Washington, D.C. 24. Thunderbolt, Los Angeles 25. Best Intentions, Chicago 26. Botanist Bar, Vancouver 27. Arca, Tulum 28. The Keefer Bar, Vancouver 29. Selva, Oaxaca 30. Library by the Sea, Grand Cayman 31. Cloakroom, Montreal 32. La Factoría, San Juan 33. Maison Premiere, New York 34. Bijou Drinkery Room, Mexico City 35. Hanky Panky, Mexico City 36. Atwater Cocktail Club, Montreal 37. Bar Mordecai, Toronto 38. Meadowlark, Chicago 39. Bisous, Chicago 40. Kaito del Valle, Mexico City 41. Yacht Club, Denver 42. Katana Kitten, New York 43. Angel's Share, New York 44. Mother, Toronto 45. Allegory, Washington, D.C. 46. Dante, New York 47. Café de Nadie, Mexico City 48. Silver Lyan, Washington, D.C. 49. Bekeb, San Miguel de Allende 50. Cure, New Orleans If you want to see the continuing list, here's No. 51-100, named for the first time this year.
South China Morning Post
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for March 20-22
It's guest shifts galore this weekend with many bars across Hong Kong hosting guests for unique collaborations that should make this weekend's bar crawl diverse and compelling. We don't have space for all of them in our round-up, so we've selected the most unique and appealing: Paulo Naranjo coming to the St. Regis Bar, Darkside getting down and dirty with New Orleans-based Jewel of the South, and Peel Street upstart Not 2 Sweet emphasising local connections by hosting Dara. Thursday, March 20 The St. Regis Bar hosts Paulo Naranjo The St. Regis Bar Hong Kong will host St Regis Bar Jakarta's Paulo Naranjo, bar and beverage manager of The St. Regis Bar Jakarta. Photo: Handout What: The St. Regis Hong Kong kicks off this weekend hosting bar and beverage manager Paulo Naranjo from its sister establishment in Jakarta, which ranked 88th in Asia's Best Bars for 2024. Naranjo will be working with Don Julio Por Amor to bring two signatures from Jakarta to thirsty drinkers here in Hong Kong. Look forward to the Lawyer's Sour Deal, which adds white rum, sour grapefruit liqueur, pomelo and lemon to tequila, or A Settled Trader, which creates a medley of flavours using Don Julio Blanco Cinnamon with amaretto, Palo Cortado sherry, lemon and cream of coconut. Advertisement Where: 2/F, The St. Regis Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Drive, Wan Chai When: 7-11pm Friday, March 21 'Front Row' at DarkSide with Jewel of the South Chris Hannah from New Orleans' Jewel of the South will mix up cocktails at DarkSide for two nights this weekend. Photo: Handout What: From one side of Victoria Harbour to another. Rosewood Hong Kong's latest series of special experiences for its anniversary month includes a guest shift all the way from Louisiana and the banks of the Mississippi River. For two nights, the hotel's premier cocktail bar, DarkSide , hosts Jewel of the South, an establishment that celebrates New Orleans' storied bar culture – originator of numerous classic cocktails like the Vieux Carré, Sazerac, Ramos Gin Fizz, Grasshopper and more – and which ranks among the world's very best. Representing the visiting establishment is co-founder Chris Hannah, who'll be serving five unique cocktails on the night. Where: Rosewood Hong Kong, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Advertisement When: 8.30-11pm Saturday, March 22
