Italy has five bars among the 50 best in the world, the list revealed “World's 50 Best Bars 2023“, presented in Singapore this week.
According to the ranking, the best places to have a drink in Italy are: Drink Kong in Rome (21st place); Freni and Frizioni, in the Italian capital (33rd); 1930 em Milan (42nd); L'antiquario, in Naples (44th); It is Local Florence, in Florence (46th).
The highlight goes to Freni e Frizioni in Rome, who climbed more than 50 places to enter the selection.
The best bar on the planet is “Yep“, opened in 2021 in Barcelona by Italian Simone Caporale and Marc Álvarez. The place is described by the awards as “a bar that knows that the drinks must be serious, but the way they are delivered is not”.
Among the highlights of the place is the Primordial, a mixture of Scotch whiskey, wine and pear, which is served to customers in two iron shell-shaped hands, instead of a glass.
In second and third positions are “Double Chicken Please”, in New York, and “Handshake Speakeasy”, in Mexico City, respectively.
This is the first time in 15 years that the World's 50 Best Bars awards ceremony leaves Europe for Asia.
“When we launched the World’s 50 Best Bars, our intention was to highlight unmissable destinations for cocktail lovers,” said new director William Drew.
And Singapore is, without a doubt, one of them: there are three bars from the territory in the ranking, although it was unable to surpass the record of Spain, which reached the top. The jury was made up of 680 experts, bartenders, consultants and journalists.
Brazil, however, did not have bars in the top 50, but had two establishments on the expanded list: Tan tan, located in Pinheiros, in the west zone of São Paulo, and commanded by Thiago Bañares and Caio Carvalhaes, in 56th position, and the SubAstor, which is located in Vila Madalena, also in the capital of São Paulo, occupying 58th place.
Check out the full ranking:
- Sips, Barcelona
- Double Chicken Please, New York
- Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
- Paradise, Barcelona
- Connaught Bar, London
- Little Red Door, Paris
- Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
- Tayer + Elementary, London
- Alquímica, Cartagena
- Himkok, Oslo
- Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
- Line, Athens
- BKK Social Club, Bangkok
- Jigger and Pony, Singapore
- Maybe Sammy, Sidney
- Salmon Guru, Madrid
- Overstory, New York
- Zest, Seoul
- Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar, Bangkok
- Coa, Hong Kong
- Drink Kong, Rome
- Hanky Panky, Mexico City
- Caretaker's Cottage, Melbourne
- Café La Trova, Maimi
- Baba Au Rum, Athens
- Cochinchina, Buenos Aires
- Katana Kitten, New York
- Satan's Whiskers, London
- Wax On, Berlin
- Floreria Atlantico, Buenos Aires
- Huset Wheel, Stockholm
- Sago House, Singapore
- Freni and Frizioni, Rome
- Argo, Hong Kong
- A Bar with Shapes for a Name, London
- The SG Club, Tokyo
- Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
- The Cambridge Public House, Paris
- Pandas & Sons, Edinburgh
- Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
- Scarfes Bar, London
- 1930, Milan
- Carnival, Lima
- L'antiquario, Naples
- Baltra Bar, Mexico City
- Locale Firenze, Florence
- The Clumsies, Athens
- Atlas, Singapore
- Jewel of the South, New Orleans
- Galaxy Bar, Dubai
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