The Best Cocktail Bars in Panamá
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The best cocktail bars in Panamá, according to the experts: The 50 and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Umi comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Umi
Modern Japanese Cocktail Bar
The cocktails here pull from Japanese technique and Panamanian ingredients, landing somewhere that feels like neither borrowed nor forced. It's a sleek bar inside Panama City's top Japanese restaurant, all clean lines and warm wood, with a drinks list that outshines most dedicated cocktail bars in town. The hand rolls have their own following, but this is a room where ordering just a drink and sitting with it a while makes complete sense.
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Rank 2. Amano
Cocktail Bar
The founders import the spirits themselves, which you can also buy straight off the shelf while you're there, a nice bit of vertical integration. Amano is a second-floor cocktail bar in San Francisco with the feel of a jungle that got into the drinks business, fruity and fun rather than serious, with ribs and fish tacos to keep things grounded. The crowd tends toward the kind of people who'd rather have a good time than impress anyone.
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