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.
Here is the full list of the World’s 100 Best Bars in 2019:
- Dante, New York
- Connaught Bar, London
- Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires
- The NoMad, New York
- American Bar, London
- The Clumsies, Athens
- Attaboy, New York
- Atlas, Singapore
- The Old Man, Hong Kong
- Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
- Manhattan, Singapore
- Native, Singapore
- Carnaval, Lima
- Katana Kitten, New York
- Guilhotina, São Paulo- Brazil
- Three Sheets, London
- Himkok, Oslo
- High Five, Tokyo
- Salmón Gurú, Madrid
- Paradiso, Barcelona
- Indulge Experimental Bistro, Taipei
- The Dead Rabbit, New York
- Coupette, London
- The SG Club, Tokyo
- Dr. Stravinsky, Barcelona
- Employees Only, New York
- El Copitas, St Petersburg
- Scout, London
- Jigger & Pony, Singapore
- Operation Dagger, Singapore
- Baba Au Rum, Athens
- La Factoría, Old San Juan – Puerto Rico
- Presidente, Buenos Aires
- Schumann’s, Munich
- Speak Low, Shanghai
- Little Red Door, Paris
- Linje Tio, Stockholm
- The Old Man, Singapore
- Lyaness, London
- Happiness Forgets, London
- Swift, London
- Trick Dog, San Francisco
- Maybe Sammy, Sydney
- 1930, Milan
- Sober Company, Shanghai
- Electric Bing Sutt, Beirut
- Kw?nt, London
- Artesian, London
- Coa, Hong Kong
- Jerry Thomas Speakeasy, Rome
- SubAstor, São Paulo – Brazil
- Tay?r + Elementary, London
- Lost & Found, Nicosia – Cyprus
- The Bamboo Bar at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
- Scarfes Bar, London
- Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
- Two Schmucks, Barcelona
- Candelaria, Paris
- Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam
- Tommy’s, San Francisco
- 28 HongKong Street, Singapore
- Zuma, Dubai
- Buck and Breck, Berlin
- Oriole, London
- Hanky Panky, Mexico City
- Bulletin Place, Sydney
- Sweet Liberty, Miami
- Danico, Paris
- Siete Negronis, Santiago – Chile
- Baccano, Rome
- Quinary, Hong Kong
- BlackTail, New York
- Central Station, Beirut
- Dry Martini, Barcelona
- Lobster Bar, Hong Kong
- Long Island Bar, New York
- Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
- Satan’s Whiskers, London
- The Baxter Inn, Sydney
- Black Pearl, Melbourne
- ABV, San Francisco
- Drink Kong, Rome
- Charles H, Seoul
- Le Syndicat, Paris
- Bar Trench, Tokyo
- Nottingham Forest, Milan
- Donovan Bar, London
- Sin+Tax, Johannesburg
- Bar Orchard Ginza, Tokyo
- Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
- Lost Lake, Chicago
- Tropic City, Bangkok
- The Pontiac, Hong Kong
- Amor y Amargo, New York
- PS40, Sydney
- Frank Bar, São Paulo – Brazil
- The Gibson, London
- Mabel, Paris
- Aviary, Chicago
- Clover Club, New York
