The World's 50 Best Bars has been ranking the world's top cocktail spots for 13 years, providing people with helpful marching orders each time they visit a new city.
The next global list comes out in October, but until then, the company gave us something to whet the appetite.
For the first time, they unveiled North America's 50 Best Bars, shining on a light on domestic hot spots, as well as those in Mexico and Canada.
The USA leads the way with 29 bars on the list, followed by Mexico with 11, Canada with eight, and the Caribbean with two. New York and Mexico City are particularly well represented, so you may want to plan your next trip around bar hopping—if you don't already.
New York's Attaboy took the top spot. Opened in 2012, it's celebrating its 10th anniversary, and continues to offer high-end drinks in casual digs. Known for its lack of a cocktail menu, the barkeeps talk to each guest to learn their preferences, and then whip up a drink on the spot. It's been on the World’s 50 Best Bars list every year since opening, so maybe check it out sometime if you haven't yet.
And, importantly, now you know where to go the next time you're in Halifax.
Here's the full list.
North America’s 50 Best Bars
- Attaboy, New York
- Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
- Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
- Katana Kitten, New York
- Kumiko, Chicago
- Café La Trova, Miami
- Baltra Bar, Mexico City
- Dante, New York
- Thunderbolt, Los Angeles
- Civil Liberties, Toronto
- Zapote Bar, Playa del Carmen
- La Factoría, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Kaito del Valle, Mexico City
- Sweet Liberty, Miami
- Café de Nadie, Mexico City
- Hanky Panky, Mexico City
- Double Chicken Please, New York
- Service Bar, Washington, D.C.
- Raised by Wolves, San Diego
- Sabina Sabe, Oaxaca
- El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara
- Selva, Oaxaca
- Amor y Amargo, New York
- Jewel of the South, New Orleans
- The Keefer Bar, Vancouver
- Dear Irving, New York
- Overstory, New York
- Herbs & Rye, Las Vegas
- El Pequeño Bar, Montreal
- Employees Only, New York
- The Dead Rabbit, New York
- Broken Shaker, Miami
- Friends and Family, Oakland
- Death & Co, Los Angeles
- Mace, New York
- Death & Co, Denver
- Arca, Tulum
- Mother, Toronto
- ABV, San Francisco
- El Floridita, Havana
- Bar Raval, Toronto
- Bar Leather Apron, Honolulu
- Clover Club, New York
- Bitter & Twisted, Phoenix
- Cloakroom Bar, Montreal
- Julep, Houston
- Bar Mordecai, Toronto
- Teardrop Lounge, Portland
- Bar Kismet, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Genever, Los Angeles