Handshake Speakeasy Tops the 2024 World’s 50 Best Bars List

On Tuesday, 50 Best announced the honorees of its annual World’s 50 Best Bars list. At this year’s awards ceremony in Madrid, Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy nabbed the top spot, marking the very first time a Mexican bar was ranked No. 1 in the world.

Opened in 2023 in CDMX’s Colonia Juárez neighborhood, Handshake Speakeasy was named the best bar in North America by 50 Best this past April. Tucked behind a secret door in a supply room full of vintage spirits, the Art Deco space is moody and seductive with black marble and brass accents. Behind the stick, beverage director Eric van Beek is revolutionizing classic cocktails with innovative techniques developed at the speakeasy’s on-site lab.

Next on the winner’s podium is Hong Kong’s Bar Leone, making an impressive World’s 50 Best debut in the No. 2 position. Owned by Lorenzo Antinori, the bar was also awarded the Highest New Entry Award. In third place is last year’s top bar, Barcelona’s Sips, while London’s Tayēr + Elementary and Singapore’s Jigger & Pony round out the top five.

Two new New York City bars also claimed spots on the list: Martiny’s, which debuted at No. 24, and Superbueno (winner of VinePair’s 2023 Next Wave Award for Bar Program of the Year), which entered the ranking at No. 27.

Keep reading for the full list of the world’s top bars, according to 50 Best.

Rank
Bar Name
Location

1
Handshake Speakeasy
Mexico City

2
Bar Leone 
Hong Kong

3
Sips 
Barcelona 

4
Tayēr + Elementary 
London

5
Jigger & Pony
Singapore 

6
Line 
Athens 

7
Tres Monos 
Bueno Aires 

8
Alquímico 
Cartagena 

9
Zest 
Seoul 

10
Paradiso 
Barcelona 

11
Himkok 
Oslo 

12
BKK Social Club
Bangkok

13
Connaught Bar 
London

14
Double Chicken Please 
New York City 

15
Overstory 
New York City 

16
Lady Bee 
Lima 

17
Baba au Rum 
Athens

18
Coa
Hong Kong 

19
The Cambridge Public House 
Paris 

20
Tlecān 
Mexico City 

21
Caretaker’s Cottage 
Melbourne

22
CoChinChina
Buenos Aires 

23
Salmon Guru 
Madrid 

24
Martiny’s 
New York 

25
Bar Benfiddich 
Tokyo 

26
Maybe Sammy 
Sydney 

27
Superbueno 
New York City

28
Nutmeg & Clove 
Singapore

29
Satan’s Whiskers 
London

30
Panda & Sons 
Edinburgh 

31
Tan Tan 
São Paulo 

32
Licorería Limantour 
Mexico City 

33
Drink Kong 
Rome

34
Jewel of the South 
New Orleans 

35
Byrdi 
Melbourne 

36
Locale Firenze 
Florence 

37
Scarfes Bar 
London 

38
Moebius Milano 
Milan 

39
Bar Nouveau 
Paris 

40
Mimi Kakushi
Dubai

41
Bar Us 
Bangkok 

42
Virtù
Tokyo 

43
Atlas 
Singapore 

44
La Sala de Laura 
Bogotá

45
Röda Huset 
Stockholm 

46
Florería Atlántico 
Buenos Aires 

47
Analogue Initiative 
Singapore 

48
El Gallo Altanero 
Guadalajara 

49
Danico 
Paris 

50
1930
Milan

 

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