The 63 Best Places to Drink and Stay in Albuquerque
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The best places to drink and stay 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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Happy Accidents and Daydream Rum Bar hold the next two places. AAA shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with the James Beard Awards next.
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The awards
- VinePair VinePair: Brewery of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- VinePair Brewery of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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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.
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- 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 3. Daydream Rum Bar
Tropical Cocktail Bar
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- The 50 SevenRooms Best Bar Design Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Bar
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Keys
- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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A Nani Chacon mural is the first thing you see, painted across the vintage facade of what used to be a 1965 roadside motor inn. Inside, the Palisociety has turned it into a sharp boutique hotel, with midcentury bones still visible beneath playful textiles and the kind of terracotta and turquoise palette that reads as genuinely Southwestern rather than gift-shop. Route 66 runs right outside, so the location earns its nostalgia without trying very hard.
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- AAA AAA: Three Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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