The Best Cocktail Bars in Albuquerque
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The best cocktail bars in Albuquerque, according to the experts: The Pinnacle Guide, Food & Wine, and the Spirited Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Happy Accidents comes out on top.
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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.
The awards
- The Pinnacle Guide The Pinnacle Guide: 1 Pin
- Food & Wine Food & Wine: The 10 Top Bars in the US
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Food & Wine The 10 Top Bars in the US
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 2. Daydream Rum Bar
Tropical Cocktail Bar
The awards
- The 50 SevenRooms Best Bar Design Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Bar