The World's Top 100 Places to Drink
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- 50 Best Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #9 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
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Rank 1. Sip & Guzzle
Innovative Japanese Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best #39 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #1 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 1. Mírate
Mexican Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best #93 · The World's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 1. Kumiko
Japanese Cocktail Bar
Julia Momosé is a name even casual drinkers know, and her Japanese cocktail bar and tasting menu spot in the West Loop is the kind of place that makes you feel like you've been let in on something. The staff somehow manage to be both impeccably sharp and genuinely warm, which is harder than it sounds. Go for the Japanese spirits, stay for the food, and let them pair drinks with both.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 3 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Winner · World's Best Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bar
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best #4 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
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Rank 6. Superbueno
Mexican Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best #12 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #9 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Ignacio "Nacho" Jimenez
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- 50 Best #62 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #13 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #5 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Europe
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- 50 Best Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #20 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
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- 50 Best Roku Industry Icon Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars · Simone Caporale
- 50 Best #1 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #1 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best #30 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #19 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 2 Pins
- 50 Best #56 · The World's 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best Campari One To Watch Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #54 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best 2026 · Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best #15 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
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- 50 Best Rémy Martin Legend of the List Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #27 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Europe
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- 50 Best Michter's Art of Hospitality Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #13 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Restaurant Bar
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Rank 6. Tlecān
Mexican
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- 50 Best #23 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2025 · Eli Martínez Bello · Bartenders' Bartender Award
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Rank 6. Handshake Speakeasy
Mexican Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best #2 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 2 Pins
- 50 Best 2026 · Rémy Martin Legend of the List Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 20. Moebius Milano
Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best #7 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Bar Team
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · International Bartender of the Year · Giovanni Allario
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best #49 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Bar Team
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- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 3 Pins
- 50 Best #8 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #1 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- 50 Best #31 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #47 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Hotel Bar
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Rank 20. Schmuck
European/Middle Eastern
- 50 Best 2026 · Three Cents Best New Opening Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #59 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #4 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 20. Jewel of the South
Southern Cocktail Bar
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Winner · Outstanding Bar
- 50 Best #44 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · Roku Industry Icon Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars · Chris Hannah
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- 50 Best #41 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #35 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #2 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #5 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Elika Liftee
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- 50 Best #16 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #2 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
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- 50 Best Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2025 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2025 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #64 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #17 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best #5 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 27. Martiny’s
Japanese Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best #75 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #23 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 27. Bar Pompette
French Cocktail Bar
Pompette pulls off something genuinely tricky: it feels like a Parisian café that wandered onto College Street and decided to stay. The cocktail list is where it gets interesting, with combinations that sound like a dare but somehow drink like a dream. Cool-kid regulars sprawl across bentwood chairs and the garden patio like they've nowhere better to be, which, honestly, they don't. One of Canada's 100 Best Bars, and worth every sip.
- 50 Best 2025 · Art of Hospitality Award
- 50 Best #55 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #8 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best #34 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2026 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #25 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best Michter's Art of Hospitality Award 2026 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #8 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- 50 Best #44 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
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- Sprudgie Awards 2024 · Finalist · Best New Cafe
- San Francisco Chronicle The Best Coffee in the Bay Area
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In SF
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- 50 Best #10 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Latin America & Caribbean
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean
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Dayglow is a coffee boutique that clearly decided "just coffee" was for quitters. The Bushwick spot stocks an absurd range of imported beans and signature drinks with ingredients like blue algae and clarified matcha, plus a full hand-brew menu if you just want something excellent and weird. The back of the house hides Niteglow, an in-house distillery pouring craft beers on draft. The crowd looks like they read the ModBar Wikipedia page for fun.
- Sprudgie Awards 2024 · Finalist · Notable Roaster
- Sprudgie Awards 2023 · Honoree · Best New Cafe
- Eater The Best Coffee Shops in New York City
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- 50 Best #14 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best #4 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Europe
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- 50 Best #19 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · International Bartender of the Year · Rob Libecans
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Bar Team
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Rank 27. True Laurel
American
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best #64 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #14 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 45. Sexy Fish
Japanese
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Rank 45. La Petite Maison (LPM) Dubai
Riviera French
- 50 Best #60 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Middle East & Africa
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- 50 Best #53 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – APAC
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – APAC
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- Sprudgie Awards 2025 · Finalist · Best New Cafe
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #2 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Christian Bak
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- 50 Best #79 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Europe
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
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- 50 Best #46 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #33 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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- Sprudgie Awards 2025 · Finalist · Notable Roaster
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #4 · U.S. Coffee Roasters Championship · Matthew Selivanow
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Rank 45. Amazonia
Amazonian Peruvian
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Carlos Delgado
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- 50 Best #45 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Hotel Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – APAC
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- 50 Best #21 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Bar Team
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
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One of those grand Mayfair hotels that's been around forever and somehow still feels genuinely special rather than stuffy. Think shining marble, original wood paneling, and a mahogany staircase so good that Ralph Lauren copied it. The crowd skews wealthy and quietly glamorous, the kind of people the impeccably discreet staff will never name. Three staff for every guest means you'll feel looked after in a way that's almost unsettling.
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Five Star
- 50 Best #6 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award 2026 · Europe's 50 Best Bars · Giorgio Bargiani
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- Sprudgie Awards 2025 · Finalist · Notable Roaster
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #4 · U.S. Coffee Roasters Championship · Matthew Selivanow
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Rank 63. Service Bar
Cocktail Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- 50 Best 2026 · #39 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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- 50 Best #89 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Europe
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Bar Team
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- 50 Best #69 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Middle East & Africa
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Hotel Bar
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Rank 63. The Bar in Front of the Bar
Cocktail Bar
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- 50 Best 2026 · Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars · Freddy Andreasson
- 50 Best #71 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
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- 50 Best #38 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best #17 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #61 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Latin America & Caribbean
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean
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- 50 Best #84 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · International Bartender of the Year · Vijay Mudaliar
- 50 Best #45 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #72 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #37 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 63. Library Bar
Cocktail Bar
Tucked off the grand lobby of the Fairmont Royal York, Library Bar is a jewel-toned cocktail den where the drinks are genuinely serious and the room looks like a film set from a better decade. The cocktail menu is built around a Michael Ondaatje novel set in Toronto, which sounds pretentious until you taste the drinks and realize the team actually pulled it off. The crowd dresses up a little, and nobody seems to mind.
- 50 Best 2026 · Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Hotel Bar
- 50 Best 2026 · #19 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #88 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – APAC
- 50 Best #5 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
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- 50 Best #76 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · International Bartender of the Year · Hedda Bruce
- 50 Best #37 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 63. Café La Trova
Cuban
A Cuban cocktail bar and restaurant in Little Havana where the drinks are as serious as the food and live music fills every corner of the room. Michelle Bernstein teams up with cocktail legend Julio Cabrera here, and together they've built something genuinely special. The crowd is locals and visitors who actually dress for dinner, all leaning in over classics like lechon and strong rum drinks.
- 50 Best #82 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #42 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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Rank 63. Thunderbolt
Southern-Inspired
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best 2025 · Sustainable Bar Award
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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- 50 Best #36 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Middle East & Africa
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- 50 Best #63 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Europe
- 50 Best #28 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
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- Sprudgie Awards 2025 · Honoree · Sustainable Cafe or Coffee Roaster
- Sprudgie Awards 2025 · Honoree · Sustainable Cafe or Coffee Roaster
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- The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #30 · Top 100 Coffee Shops
- Time Out The 24 Best Coffee Shops in Miami
- Eater Where to Drink the Best Coffee in Miami
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Rank 81. Carry On
Cocktail Bar
A cocktail bar inside a mock 1960s first-class cabin, where the flight attendants check you in, a beverage cart rolls through the aisle, and the "windows" show sky. People show up in vintage fits and take the whole bit very seriously, which somehow makes it better. The cocktails are genuinely great and genuinely pricey, reservations drop weekly and go fast, so treat this like an actual trip: plan ahead, dress up a little, and enjoy the ride.
- 50 Best 2025 · Best Bar Design Award
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best New Bar · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 81. Maru Coffee
Korean Coffee Shop
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- 50 Best #87 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New International Cocktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean
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Rank 81. Botanist
West Coast New American
Perched inside the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Botanist is the kind of upscale restaurant where people actually dress up and mean it, sneakers included. The kitchen leans hard into Pacific Northwest ingredients, wild seafood and Fraser Valley produce, handled with real care. The bar is its own destination, with a cocktail program so theatrically nature-obsessed it comes with edible clouds. A Michelin pick, and worth every bit of the occasion it demands.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 2 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Hotel Bar
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- 50 Best #91 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – APAC
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- 50 Best 2026 · #3 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
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Rank 81. Kaito del Valle
Japanese Cocktail Bar
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Bar Team – Latin America & Caribbean
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Rank 81. Cure
Southern
- 50 Best 2026 · #21 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Food & Wine 2025 · #1 · The 10 Top Bars in the US
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
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Rank 81. Arcane Estate Coffee
Panamanian
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- Punch Industry Icon
- Food & Wine 2025 · The 10 Top Bars in the US
- 50 Best 2026 · #100 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Civil Works is a cocktail bar where every drink comes loaded with a concept, and somehow it works. The current menu ties each cocktail to the history of Toronto's old Garment District, wars and labour movements and all, printed on an actual fabric-swatch book. Heavy stuff, but the bartenders keep things fun, so you'll find yourself ordering craft Jell-O shots between sips of a rye-and-carbonated-maple number. Come curious and dressed like you have opinions.
- 50 Best 2025 · Best Cocktail Menu Award
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · International Bartender of the Year · Elise Hanson
- 50 Best 2026 · #29 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 81. Prophecy
Cocktail Bar
The basement of Hotel Georgia has been many things over the years, and its latest life as a sleek cocktail bar is by far the best one. The drinks look effortless but apparently take months to develop, which you can taste. The crowd skews stylish and knows it, the music is low and moody, and digital art drifts across the walls. Order something off the cocktail menu and let the vibe do the rest.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · International Bartender of the Year · Jeff Savage
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- VinePair 2025 · Food & Beverage Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- 50 Best 2026 · #27 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
- 50 Best 2026 · #67 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2023 · Old Bay Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Libby Lingua
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
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Rank 81. Maru Coffee
Korean Coffee Shop
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Rank 81. Best Intentions
Midwestern Dive Bar
- 50 Best 2026 · #16 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 2 Pins
- 50 Best Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award 2026 · Europe's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best New International Cocktail Bar
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