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Here is the World’s Best 100 Bars List

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By Mark Jessen - News

Published: 22 Oct 2019, Last Updated: 1 Nov 2023

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Sometimes it pays to stick around. That’s the story for Dante, a hostelry in New York that’s been around for 104 years that was just named the top bar of the World’s 50 Best Bar list for 2019. The bar has been around since 1915, but things really took a turn for the location when Australians Linden Pride and Natalie Hudson teamed with creative director Naren Young to update the bar in 2015.

But you don’t have to go to New York to find an incredible bar. The list of top 50—even the top 100—have plenty of locations for you to add to your bar crawling wish list. The number 2 bar is located in London’s Mayfair district—the Connaught Hotel. Six New York Bars made the list, along with 10 bars in the UK. Bars from Central and South America as well as throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East made it onto the list. The top 50 saw 17 new entries with a total of 31 new bars making it onto the top 100 list, including Maybe Sammy from Sydney, who took home both the honor of scoring number 43 and being a new entry to the list. Peru’s Carnaval scored marks as the highest new entry. While Buenos Aires’ Floreria Atlantico rose 11 places to reach number 3 on the list, the most improved was Madrid’s Salmon Guru, which rose 28 places to hit 19th. Maybe Sammy wasn’t the only Australian bar to make the list. Maybe Sammy’s fellow Sydneysider Bulletin Place came in at 66, as did the Baxter Inn at 79. Melbourne’s Black Pearl followed up at number 80. Sydney popped up again at number 95 with PS40, a new entrant on the list.

The list was announced at the Roundhouse in London. The list is based on the opinions of more than 500 drinks experts, bartenders, and writers, each of whom are given seven votes to cast. The question is whether you agree with those votes. There’s only one way to find out. Better get that passport ready.

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Here is the full list of the World’s 100 Best Bars in 2019:

1. Dante, New York
2. Connaught Bar, London
3. Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
4. The NoMad, New York
5. American Bar, London
6. The Clumsies, Athens
7. Attaboy, New York
8. Atlas, Singapore
9. The Old Man, Hong Kong
10. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
11. Manhattan, Singapore
12. Native, Singapore
13. Carnaval, Lima
14. Katana Kitten, New York
15. Guilhotina, São Paulo- Brazil
16. Three Sheets, London
17. Himkok, Oslo
18. High Five, Tokyo
19. Salmón Gurú, Madrid
20. Paradiso, Barcelona
21. Indulge Experimental Bistro, Taipei
22. The Dead Rabbit, New York
23. Coupette, London
24. The SG Club, Tokyo
25. Dr. Stravinsky, Barcelona
26. Employees Only, New York
27. El Copitas, St Petersburg
28. Scout, London
29. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
30. Operation Dagger, Singapore
31. Baba Au Rum, Athens
32. La Factoría, Old San Juan – Puerto Rico
33. Presidente, Buenos Aires
34. Schumann’s, Munich
35. Speak Low, Shanghai
36. Little Red Door, Paris
37. Linje Tio, Stockholm
38. The Old Man, Singapore
39. Lyaness, London
40. Happiness Forgets, London
41. Swift, London
42. Trick Dog, San Francisco
43. Maybe Sammy, Sydney
44. 1930, Milan
45. Sober Company, Shanghai
46. Electric Bing Sutt, Beirut
47. Kw?nt, London
48. Artesian, London
49. Coa, Hong Kong
50. Jerry Thomas Speakeasy, Rome
51. SubAstor, São Paulo – Brazil
52. Tay?r + Elementary, London
53. Lost & Found, Nicosia – Cyprus
54. The Bamboo Bar at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
55. Scarfes Bar, London
56. Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
57. Two Schmucks, Barcelona
58. Candelaria, Paris
59. Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam
60. Tommy’s, San Francisco
61. 28 HongKong Street, Singapore
62. Zuma, Dubai
63. Buck and Breck, Berlin
64. Oriole, London
65. Hanky Panky, Mexico City
66. Bulletin Place, Sydney
67. Sweet Liberty, Miami
68. Danico, Paris
69. Siete Negronis, Santiago – Chile
70. Baccano, Rome
71. Quinary, Hong Kong
72. BlackTail, New York
73. Central Station, Beirut
74. Dry Martini, Barcelona
75. Lobster Bar, Hong Kong
76. Long Island Bar, New York
77. Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
78. Satan’s Whiskers, London
79. The Baxter Inn, Sydney
80. Black Pearl, Melbourne
81. ABV, San Francisco
82. Drink Kong, Rome
83. Charles H, Seoul
84. Le Syndicat, Paris
85. Bar Trench, Tokyo
86. Nottingham Forest, Milan
87. Donovan Bar, London
88. Sin+Tax, Johannesburg
89. Bar Orchard Ginza, Tokyo
90. Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
91. Lost Lake, Chicago
92. Tropic City, Bangkok
93. The Pontiac, Hong Kong
94. Amor y Amargo, New York
95. PS40, Sydney
96. Frank Bar, São Paulo – Brazil
97. The Gibson, London
98. Mabel, Paris
99. Aviary, Chicago
100. Clover Club, New York