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The Best Places to Drink in Albuquerque

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The best places to drink in Albuquerque, according to the experts: VinePair, the James Beard Awards, and The Pinnacle Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bow & Arrow Brewing Co comes out on top.

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  1. Rank 1. Bow & Arrow Brewing Co

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    Address
    608 McKnight Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM · Albuquerque
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Wednesday 3 PM–9 PM

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  2. Rank 1. Happy Accidents

    Cocktail Bar

    A cocktail bar with its own craft distiller's license, which means the team controls everything in the glass from the spirit up. Set in a wildly decorated corner spot in Nob Hill, Happy Accidents runs a sustainability-forward program with a menu spanning tightened-up highballs and martinis to stranger, more playful builds. Food leans New Mexican and Southern. A Spirited Awards Top 4 Finalist and a James Beard semifinalist for cocktail service in 2025.

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    +5 more awards at Happy Accidents
    Address
    3225 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM · Albuquerque
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–Midnight

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  3. Rank 3. Daydream Rum Bar

    Tropical Cocktail Bar

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    Address
    3123 Central Ave NE, Unit D, Albuquerque, NM · Albuquerque
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    Closed today, opens Thu 5 PM

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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.