North America’s 50 Best Bars 2022 & 2023

There have only been two years of North America’s 50 Best Bars so far, and they haven’t published the 51-100 lists yet, but I’ve compiled what they’ve got so far. While they publish the names of the voting regions, they don’t publish the exact boundaries. Therefore, I’ve had to guess what region a city falls in – it’s usually obvious, but not always.

I finally found a way to embed all the data directly onto the site but it does lose it’s color coding – if you want to see that, head to the original Google Doc here. You can sort by any column heading to see the list for that year. Average is simply the sum of their ranks divided by the number of times they’ve been on the list.

As always, bar rankings are based on data from The World’s 50 Best Bars – I am not affiliated with The World’s 50 Best Bars or William Reed Ltd.

Bar	City	Voting Region	Times on List	Average Rank	2022	2023	Visited
Double Chicken Please	New York City	USA Northeast	2	9	17	1	Oct 2022
Handshake Speakeasy	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	2	2	2
Katana Kitten	New York City	USA Northeast	2	4	4	3	Oct 2022
Licorería Limantour	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	4	3	4
Jewel of the South	New Orleans	USA South	2	15	24	5
Dante	New York City	USA Northeast	2	7	8	6	Oct 2022
Overstory	New York City	USA Northeast	2	17	27	7
Kumiko	Chicago	USA Midwest	2	7	5	8
Café La Trova	Miami	USA South	2	8	6	9
Thunderbolt	Los Angeles	USA West	2	10	9	10
Zapote Bar	Playa del Carmen	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	11	11	11
Civil Liberties	Toronto	Canada East	2	11	10	12
Attaboy	New York City	USA Northeast	2	7	1	13
Employees Only	New York City	USA Northeast	2	22	30	14	Oct 2022
Bar Pompette	Toronto	Canada East	1	15	1000	15
Baltra Bar	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	12	7	16
Rayo	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	1	17	1000	17
Mace	New York City	USA Northeast	2	27	35	18
Botanist Bar	Vancouver	Canada West	1	19	1000	19
Hanky Panky	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	18	16	20
El Gallo Altanero	Guadalajara	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	21	21	21
Sabina Sabe	Oaxaca	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	21	20	22
Arca	Tulum	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	30	37	23
La Factoría	San Juan	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	18	12	24
Café de Nadie	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	20	15	25
Kaito del Valle	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	20	13	26
Herbs & Rye	Las Vegas	USA West	2	28	28	27	July 2016Jan 2023
Pacific Cocktail Haven	San Francisco	USA West	1	28	1000	28	Feb 2020
Martiny’s	New York City	USA Northeast	1	29	1000	29
Death & Co (Los Angeles)	Los Angeles	USA West	2	32	34	30
Selva	Oaxaca	Mexico and the Caribbean	2	27	22	31
Atwater Cocktail Club	Montreal	Canada East	1	32	1000	32	Feb 2019
Service Bar	Washington D.C.	USA Northeast	2	26	18	33	Mar 2018
Sweet Liberty	Miami	USA South	2	24	14	34
Cloakroom Bar	Montreal	Canada East	2	40	45	35	Feb 2019
Cure	New Orleans	USA South	1	36	1000	36
Mother	Toronto	Canada East	2	38	38	37
Milk Room	Chicago	USA Midwest	1	38	1000	38	Apr 2018
Maison Premiere	New York City	USA Northeast	1	39	1000	39
Aruba Day Drink	Tijuana	Mexico and the Caribbean	1	40	1000	40
Bar Leather Apron	Honolulu	USA West	2	42	42	41
Yacht Club	Denver	USA West	1	42	1000	42
Bar Mordecai	Toronto	Canada East	2	45	47	43
The Dead Rabbit	New York City	USA Northeast	2	38	31	44	Oct 2022
Allegory	Washington D.C.	USA Northeast	1	45	1000	45
Clover Club	New York City	USA Northeast	2	45	43	46	Oct 2022
Brujas	Mexico City	Mexico and the Caribbean	1	47	1000	47
Platform 18	Phoenix	USA West	1	48	1000	48
Youngblood	San Diego	USA West	1	49	1000	49
Milady’s	New York City	USA Northeast	1	50	1000	50
ABV	San Francisco	USA West	1	39	39	1000	Feb 2016Feb 2023
Amor y Amargo	New York City	USA Northeast	1	23	23	1000	Oct 2022
Bar Kismet	Halifax	Canada East	1	49	49	1000
Bar Raval	Toronto	Canada East	1	41	41	1000
Bitter & Twisted	Phoenix	USA West	1	44	44	1000
Broken Shaker	Miami	USA South	1	32	32	1000
Dear Irving	New York City	USA Northeast	1	26	26	1000
Death & Co (Denver)	Denver	USA West	1	36	36	1000
El Floridita	Havana	Mexico and the Caribbean	1	40	40	1000
El Pequeño Bar	Montreal	Canada East	1	29	29	1000
Friends and Family	Oakland	USA West	1	33	33	1000
Genever	Los Angeles	USA West	1	50	50	1000
Julep	Houston	USA South	1	46	46	1000
Raised by Wolves	San Diego	USA West	1	19	19	1000
Teardrop Lounge	Portland	USA West	1	48	48	1000
The Keefer Bar	Vancouver	Canada West	1	25	25	1000

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