Paradiso named World’s Finest Bar 2022 – Drinks Worldwide

Giacomo Giannotti’s El Born-district bar, hidden behind a fridge door behind a pastrami store, moved up from a 3rd place rating final 12 months, whereas Monica Berg and Alex Kratena’s London bar Tayēr + Elementary was named runner-up for the second 12 months working.

Barcelona cemented its standing as a world cocktail powerhouse with three bars within the prime 10; town’s Sips took third place whereas Two Schmucks completed in seventh.

The World’s 50 Finest Bars sponsored by Perrier, which is owned and run by William Reed, is now in its 14^th 12 months and voted for by an academy of 650 bar business consultants, independently adjudicated by Deloitte.

Mexico Metropolis’s Licorería Limantour took fourth place in addition to the Rémy Martin Legend of the checklist whereas the highest 10 is accomplished by Paris’ Little Purple Door, Double Hen Please of New York, Two Schmucks, last-year’s primary Connaught Bar from London, New York’s Katana Kitten, and Cartagena’s Alquimíco.

Nineteen bars left the checklist this 12 months, one lower than final 12 months’s 20, and of the bars that joined, 5 have appeared earlier than and 26 totally different cities are represented, up from 23.

Whereas Covid-19 shrunk the displaying from Singapore and Shanghai, the 2022 checklist does present a drift again in the direction of comparatively common service following a 2021 checklist colored by pandemic restrictions. New York and London return to their positions as probably the most represented cities with six and 5 bars respectively.

Mexico Metropolis made features with 4 bars within the checklist, whereas Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Athens, and Dubai every have three.

Regionally, Europe is residence to twenty bars, North America 12, Asia’s numbers halved to eight, South America 5, Africa & The Center East three and Australasia two.

The checklist

1. Paradiso, Barcelona, Spain
2. Tayēr + Elementary, London, UK
3. Sips, Barcelona, Spain
4. Licorería Limantour, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
5. Little Purple Door, Paris, France
6. Double Hen Please, New York, US
7. Two Schmucks, Barcelona, Spain
8. Connaught Bar, London, UK
9. Katana Kitten, New York, US
10. Alquímico, Cartagena, Colombia
11. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
12. Jigger & Pony, Singapore
13. Hanky Panky, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
14. BKK Social Membership, Bangkok, Thailand
15. Salmon Guru, Madrid, Spain
16. Drink Kong, Rome, Italy
17. Coa, Hong Kong, China
18. Florería Atlántico, Buenos Aires, Argentina
19. The Clumsies, Athens Greece
20. Baba au Ru, Athens, Greece
21. Café La Trova, Miami, US
22. Attaboy, New York, US
23. Devil’s Whiskers, London, UK
24. Tropic Metropolis, Bangkok, Thailand
25. Kumiko, Chicago, US
26. Sidecar, New Delhi, India
27. Tres Mono, Buenos Aires, Argentina
28. Argo, Hong Kong, China
29. Possibly Sammy, Sydney, Australia
30. Swift, London, UK
31. Line, Athens, Greece
32. Baltra Bar, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
33. Manhattan, Singapore
34. Overstory, New York, US
35. 1930, Milan, Italy
36. Dante, New York, US
37. A Bar with Shapes for a Title, London, UK
38. Zuma, Dubai, UAE
39. Locale Firenze, Florence, Italy
40. Purple Frog, Lisbon, Portugal
41. Cantina OK!, Sydney, Australia
42. CoChinChina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
43. Himkok, Oslo, Norway
44. Carnaval, Lima, Peru
45. Galaxy Bar, Dubai, UAE
46. L’Antiruario, Naples, Italy
47. Workers Solely, New York, US
48. Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo, Japan
49. Lucy’s Flower Store, Stockholm, Sweden
50. Bulgari Bar, Dubai, UAE