Each 12 months, 50 Greatest ranks the perfect eating places and bars internationally and likewise in distinct areas, like Asia, Latin America, and North America. The 2025 50 Greatest Bars in North America had been introduced on April 29 throughout a reside ceremony on the JW Marriott Parq resort in Vancouver. The annual rating options bars throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Mexico Metropolis’s Handshake Speakeasy took the primary slot for the second 12 months in a row, and Superbueno in New York took second place for the second 12 months in a row. The highest 5 are rounded out by Tlecān in Mexico Metropolis, Jewel of the South in New Orleans, and Sip & Guzzle in New York.
Total, 26 U.S. bars made the listing, adopted by 14 from Mexico, eight from Canada, and two within the Caribbean. New York led the best way for cities, with 11 bars on the listing.
Awards had been additionally given in classes like Greatest New Opening (Clemente Bar in New York), Greatest Cocktail Menu (Civil Works in Toronto), Bar Design (Carry On in Phoenix), and Sustainability (Thunderbolt in Los Angeles).
Voting is nameless and carried out by a 300-person academy that’s equally break up between bartenders and bar house owners, drinks writers and educators, and well-traveled cocktail consultants. Voters are merely requested to call the place they’ve had their “greatest expertise” over the last 18 months earlier than the voting deadline. The total listing is beneath.
North America’s 50 Greatest Bars – 2025
1. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico Metropolis
2. Superbueno, New York Metropolis
3. Tlecān, Mexico Metropolis
4. Jewel of the South, New Orleans
5. Sip & Guzzle, New York Metropolis
6. Overstory, New York Metropolis
7. Bar Pompette, Toronto
8. El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara, Mexico
9. Licorería Limantour, Mexico Metropolis
10. Kumiko, Chicago
11. Clemente Bar, New York Metropolis
12. Mírate, Los Angeles
13. Café La Trova, Miami
14. Bar Mauro, Mexico Metropolis
15. Martiny’s, New York Metropolis
16. Pacific Cocktail Haven, San Francisco
17. True Laurel, San Francisco
18. Staff Solely, New York Metropolis
19. Double Hen Please, New York Metropolis
20. Baltra Bar, Mexico Metropolis
21. Civil Liberties, Toronto
22. Aruba Day Drink, Tijuana, Mexico
23. Service Bar, Washington, D.C.
24. Thunderbolt, Los Angeles
25. Greatest Intentions, Chicago
26. Botanist Bar, Vancouver
27. Arca, Tulum, Mexico
28. The Keefer Bar, Vancouver
29. Selva, Oaxaca, Mexico
30. Library by the Sea, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
31. Cloakroom, Montreal
32. La Factoría, San Juan, Puerto Rico
33. Maison Première, New York Metropolis
34. Bijou Drinkery Room, Mexico Metropolis
35. Hanky Panky, Mexico Metropolis
36. Atwater Cocktail Membership, Montreal
37. Bar Mordecai, Toronto
38. Meadowlark, Chicago
39. Bisous, Chicago
40. Kaito del Valle, Mexico Metropolis
41. Yacht Membership, Denver
42. Katana Kitten, New York Metropolis
43. Angel’s Share, New York Metropolis
44. Mom, Toronto
45. Allegory, Washington, D.C.
46. Dante, New York Metropolis
47. Café de Nadie, Mexico Metropolis
48. Silver Lyan, Washington D.C.
49. Bekeb, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
50. Remedy, New Orleans
