The Top 11 Cocktail Bars Near Babar Restaurant
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Rank 1. Maison Boire
Traditional Cuisine
A coffee-colored cube in Granby's center houses an open kitchen where vegetables, fish, and meat meet flame and maple smoke. The dining room—black tables, glassed wine cellar, chef's counter—radiates understated refinement, while rooftop gardens signal what the cooking promises: restraint, clarity, the particular sweetness of things char-marked and alive.
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A glittery ten-year-old destination where locals and visitors mingle over inventive cocktails like mezcal-based 24 Karot, anchored by warm service and classic technique. DJ nights and top-shelf agave spirits draw crowds to the bar, while fried chicken and truffle pasta keep the mood unpretentious.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Canada
- 50 Best 2026 · #62 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · International Bartender of the Year · Kate Boushel
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Rank 3. The Coldroom
Cocktail Bar
A duck painted above an unmarked door ushers you downstairs into a 19th-century warehouse where the Sallerach—Courvoisier, rhubarb, anise absinthe—captures the spirit-forward traditions of nearby Salle Climatisée. The speakeasy rewards those willing to order by mood rather than menu.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Canada
- 50 Best 2026 · #97 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Canada
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Rank 4. Bar Dominion
Cocktail Bar
A Art Deco room with original tilework and woodwork holds ninety years of Montreal's weight lightly. Andrew Whibley's cocktails have the precision of his Cloakroom pedigree, while Pablo Rojas's kitchen turns out impeccable steak frites and a raw bar that doesn't apologize. Grand hotel elegance married to gastropub appetite.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #37 · Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
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Rank 5. Bar Bisou Bisou
Cocktail Bar
Stone and whitewashed brick frame this Old Montreal aperitivo bar, where sherry, vermouth, and amaro take center stage. Order a Nouvelle Saison—tequila, Calvados, rosé, Nonino amaro, red cabbage—or drift through low-ABV drinks meant to linger. Small plates like Spanish tortilla and briny Gildas anchor the ritualistic sipping.
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #24 · Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada
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Rank 6. El Pequeño Bar
Cuban-Inspired Cocktail Bar
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Rank 8. Bar George
British
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
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