North America’s 50 Best Bars were revealed at a live awards ceremony in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on Thursday 4th May with New York’s Double Chicken Please winning first place.
The second annual ranking is part of World’s 50 Best Bars and the North American awards honour the best bars in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Here’s the full list.
North America’s 50 Best Bars 2023
1. Double Chicken Please, New York
2. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
3. Katana Kitten, New York
4. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
5. Jewel of the South, New Orleans
6. Dante, New York
7. Overstory, New York
8. Kumiko, Chicago
9. Café La Trova, Miami
10. Thunderbolt, Los Angeles
11. Zapote Bar, Playa del Carmen
12. Civil Liberties, Toronto
13. Attaboy, New York
14. Employees Only, New York
15. Bar Pompette, Toronto
16. Baltra Bar, Mexico City
17. Rayo, Mexico City
18. Mace, New York
19. Botanist Bar, Vancouver
20. Hanky Panky, Mexico City
21. El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara
22. Sabina Sabe, Oaxaca
23. Arca, Tulum
24. La Factoriìa, San Juan
25. Café de Nadie, Mexico City
26. Kaito del Valle, Mexico City
27. Herbs & Rye, Las Vegas
28. Pacific Cocktail Haven, San Francisco
29. Martiny’s, New York
30. Death & Co, Los Angeles
31. Selva, Oaxaca
32. Atwater Cocktail Club, Montreal
33. Service Bar, Washington, D.C.
34. Sweet Liberty, Miami
35. Cloakroom, Montreal
36. Cure, New Orleans
37. Mother, Toronto
38. Milk Room, Chicago
39. Maison Premiere, New York
40. Aruba Day Drink, Tijuana
41. Bar Leather Apron, Honolulu
42. Yacht Club, Denver
43. Bar Mordecai, Toronto
44. The Dead Rabbit, New York
45. Allegory Washington, D.C.
46. Clover Club, New York
47. Brujas, Mexico City
48. Platform 18, Phoenix
49. Youngblood, San Diego
50. Milady’s, New York
You can view last year’s winners here.