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Perth, Australia
In South Fremantle's sun-bleached streetscape, Madalena's Bar sits at the intersection of neighbourhood wine bar and seafood kitchen, with a program built around local fishmongers rather than imported prestige. The format suits the coastal rhythm of the suburb: unhurried, produce-led, and grounded in the Western Australian coastline that supplies it. A useful address for those who want the region on a plate.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Madara sits in Causeway Bay’s late-night bar circuit, where drinking rarely separates cleanly from food. The useful read here is pairing logic: a bar built for the post-dinner window, with snacks and plates functioning as part of the evening rather than an afterthought.
Boise, United States
Madre - Boutique Taqueria on Boise's South La Pointe Street occupies a niche that few Mountain West cities have managed to fill: a taqueria operating at boutique scale, where format and pacing matter as much as the food itself. It sits in a Mexican dining scene that ranges from fast-casual counters to full-service restaurants, carving out a more considered middle ground. For Boise diners, it represents a shift in how the city thinks about taco culture.
Milan, Italy
On the Navigli canal in Milan's Ticinese district, Mag Cafe occupies a stretch of waterfront where the city's aperitivo culture meets a more considered approach to what goes in the glass. The address at Ripa di Porta Ticinese places it within one of Milan's most historically layered neighbourhoods, where working-class tradition and contemporary creative life have coexisted for decades.
Biddeford, United States
Magnus on Water sits at 12 Water St in Biddeford, Maine, where the state's raw coastal character shapes a cocktail programme built around local ingredients and regional storytelling. The bar draws on Maine's natural and cultural geography, translating it into drinks that reflect place rather than trend. For anyone exploring the city's emerging hospitality scene, this is where the conversation tends to start.
Healdsburg, United States
Maison Healdsburg brings fine dining credentials to Healdsburg's bar scene, with partners Jade Hufford, Evan Hufford, and Ryan Knowles channeling decades of high-end hospitality experience into a more relaxed format on Healdsburg Avenue. For wine country visitors accustomed to tasting rooms, the cocktail program represents a different reason to stop in town.
Seoul, South Korea
In Seoul's Seocho District, Maison Jo occupies a niche that few establishments in the city have attempted: French charcuterie and pastry executed to national certification standard. Chef Ouram Cho holds France's official charcuterie qualification, a first for a Korean chef, while pastry chef Eunhee Lee trained in France. The result is a counter that regulars return to for precision that reads as deeply considered rather than performative.
Solingen, Germany
Maku Concept occupies a prominent corner address on Ohligser Markt in Solingen, and its 2026 Star Wine List recognition places it in a select tier of drink-focused venues operating well outside Germany's major city circuits. For a city better known for blade manufacturing than bar culture, Maku signals a shift worth tracking.
Barcelona, Spain
Maldita Barra occupies a corner of Carrer del Rosselló in the Eixample, operating across three registers — cafeteria, restaurant, and wine bar — in a format that mirrors how Barcelona increasingly treats daytime and evening drinking and eating as a single, continuous conversation. The hybrid model places it squarely in the city's growing cohort of neighbourhood spots that resist single-category classification.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Ranked #75 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 list, Maltail is one of Kaohsiung's most decorated drinking destinations, sitting on Zhonghua 4th Road in the Qianjin District.
Milan, Italy
Ranked #168 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Mandarin Garden occupies a precise address in Milan's Brera-adjacent financial quarter at Via Andegari, 9. The name and location place it within a city bar scene that has moved decisively toward programme-led, internationally recognised operations. A useful stop for anyone mapping Milan's current cocktail tier.
Fargo, United States
At the corner of Fargo's emerging North Side, Mångata Wine & Raw Bar brings a wine-forward, raw-bar format to a city more accustomed to craft beer and pub grub. The Swedish word for the road-like reflection of moonlight on water sets the tone: atmospheric, deliberate, and a register above the surrounding block. For Fargo, it represents a meaningful shift in what a neighbourhood bar can ask of its guests.
Miami, United States
On Ocean Drive, Mango's operates at the intersection of South Beach spectacle and serious bar programming. Ranked among the World's 50 Best Bars in 2010, it has spent decades anchoring the strip's entertainment scene. The energy is loud, the drinks are cold, and the room makes no apologies for either.
Seoul, South Korea
A Star Wine List-recognised bar tucked into the residential-commercial streets of Gangnam-gu, Manon et Manon sits in a tier of Seoul wine destinations that prioritise list depth over spectacle. The address in Nonhyeon-ro places it within reach of Cheongdam's more theatrical bar scene while operating at a quieter register — a deliberate contrast to the neighbourhood's louder venues.
Las Vegas, United States
A retail wine shop and lakeside restaurant in the residential northwest of Las Vegas, Marche Bacchus occupies a category of its own in a city that rarely prioritises neighbourhood dining. The lake setting removes you from the Strip's gravity entirely, making it a practical destination for visitors who want a wine-led afternoon with food rather than another casino dining experience.
Dublin, Ireland
Housed inside the RHA Gallery on Ely Place, Margadh operates as a daytime café before shifting into a wine bar with a tasting menu format each evening. The concept places Irish produce at the centre of both the food and drinks program, making it one of the more considered dual-format venues in Dublin 2. The name translates from Irish as 'market', a signal of intent rather than decoration.
Marietta, United States
Marietta Proper is a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Bar in Marietta, GA.
Geneva, Switzerland
Marius occupies a storied address on Place des Augustins in Geneva's Plainpalais neighbourhood, stepping into a space vacated by a long-running predecessor. Run by Marc Popper, who also owns the adjacent Bombar, it operates as a compact drinking and eating venue where the back bar and the room's atmosphere carry equal weight. A natural stop for anyone moving through Geneva's left-bank bar circuit.
The Hague, Netherlands
Marius Wijncafé occupies a quietly residential stretch of Piet Heinstraat, a deliberate distance from The Hague's central tourist circuit. The draw is the wine list: a deeply curated selection that positions this café among the city's most serious wine-focused addresses. For visitors who know what they're looking for, the relative obscurity is part of the point.
Oslo, Norway
A Grünerløkka institution where a wine bar and a kitchen share the same address on Torvbakkgata, Markveien Mat & Vinhus og Vinbaren Dr. Kneipps holds a Star Wine List award for 2026 and draws a local crowd that returns for the list as much as the food. The format sits squarely in Oslo's neighbourhood dining tradition: serious wine without formality, and a kitchen that plays a supporting role without stepping back entirely.
Paradise, United States
Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip operates at a different scale than the city's smaller bar programs, trading intimate craft for a multi-room architectural spectacle designed for high-capacity nightlife. The venue's position inside one of the Strip's most design-forward hotel properties places it in a specific tier of Las Vegas club culture where space, production, and resident DJ programming define the offer.
Hobart, Australia
On Salamanca Place, one of Hobart's most visited stretches of sandstone and weekend market bustle, Mary Mary operates as a bar with a serious cocktail program and the kind of address that puts it in direct conversation with the city's better-known drinking rooms. The bar sits at 2a Salamanca Pl, positioning it squarely within the precinct that has anchored Hobart's food and drink identity for decades.
Seattle, United States
Mashiko Japanese Restaurant occupies a quiet stretch of California Avenue SW in West Seattle, where it has built a reputation as one of the city's most committed sustainable sushi destinations. The restaurant draws a loyal neighborhood following and positions itself within a broader Pacific Northwest tradition of sourcing-conscious Japanese cuisine, making it a reference point for diners who treat provenance as seriously as technique.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Massalia Restobar sits on Beukenplein in Amsterdam's Oost district, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026 for a wine program that rewards serious drinkers without demanding formality. The format blends bar accessibility with restaurant depth, making it one of the more considered wine-led addresses in a neighbourhood that has shifted decisively toward quality over the past decade.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Located on Sankt Peders Vej in Hellerup, just north of central Copenhagen, Mastro holds a 2026 Star Wine List award — placing it among a small tier of Danish venues recognised for serious wine programming. The address puts it squarely in neighbourhood territory rather than tourist-circuit dining, and that positioning shapes everything about what it offers regulars and first-time visitors alike.
Athens, Greece
Materia Prima is a wine bar in Koukaki, one of Athens' most active neighbourhoods for independent drinking, positioned near the Acropolis Museum. Under owner Michalis Papatsibas, it operates as a space-led concept where the physical environment does as much work as the bottle list. For wine-focused visitors to Athens, it represents the newer, more considered wave of the city's evolving bar scene.
Barcelona, Spain
A wine bar and enoteca in Barcelona's Sant Gervasi district, Matos Bar de Vins & Enoteca occupies a classic boutique space on Carrer de Muntaner with careful, elegant decoration and a notable communal table. The format sits between neighbourhood wine bar and specialist cellar, drawing a local crowd from one of the city's quieter, more residential upper quarters.
Berlin, Germany
A Star Wine List 2026 recipient in Prenzlauer Berg, Mauerwinzer has established itself as one of Berlin's more considered wine addresses. The wine program draws on European tradition while anchoring itself firmly in the city's increasingly serious wine-bar scene. Located on Wolliner Strasse, it rewards visitors who want depth and intention in the glass rather than spectacle.
New York City, United States
The Vazquez family's Mayahuel New York City transforms Astoria into a temple of Mexican tradition, where house-made tortillas crafted through ancient nixtamalization meet premium agave spirits in an atmosphere of genuine familia hospitality that honors the Aztec goddess of maguey.
Florence, Italy
The bar occupies a position in Florence's serious cocktail tier, where craft and neighbourhood character matter more than spectacle. It draws a consistent crowd on Via Dante Alighieri, a few steps from the Bargello.
Kufstein, Austria
Mazerat Wein. Wirt occupies a quietly serious position on Kufstein's Unterer Stadtplatz, where its 2026 Star Wine List recognition places it among Austria's most carefully curated wine bars. The format sits closer to a Viennese Weinlokal tradition than a casual Weinstube, with the wine program doing the editorial work. For visitors treating Kufstein as more than a stopover between Innsbruck and Munich, this is the address that rewards attention.
Lansing, United States
Meat BBQ on Turner Road sits in the working-class grain of Lansing's north side, a neighbourhood spot where the smoker does the talking and the crowd is reliably local. The menu leans hard into American barbecue fundamentals, and the address alone tells you something about the clientele: this is not a destination restaurant chasing out-of-town attention, it is a place the neighbourhood has already claimed.
Linköping, Sweden
The sister venue to Meetly Vallastaden, Meetly Storgatan occupies a building on Linköping's central Storgatan that has a documented history as a wine bar address. Torsten Rosell and his team brought their wine-focused format to the city centre after establishing the Vallastaden original, creating a compact bar with serious bottle depth and a position at the quieter, more considered end of the Swedish provincial wine bar scene.
Linköping, Sweden
Meetly Vallastaden is a compact wine bar in Linköping's Vallastaden district, open since 2020 and oriented around tastings, themed evenings, and a program built for regulars and curious visitors alike. The western address puts it at some distance from the city centre, which shapes both its audience and its atmosphere — this is a neighbourhood bar with a serious wine focus, not a tourist stopover.
Melbourne, Australia
A late-night institution on Spring Street, Melbourne Supper Club occupies a first-floor room where the wine list runs deep, the hours run long, and the crowd runs from theatre-goers to bar industry professionals. Recognised at World's 50 Best Bars in 2009, it holds a 4..
Copenhagen, Denmark
A two-storey wine bar on Peder Hvitfeldts Stræde in central Copenhagen, Melo offers a compact but considered format: high counters for casual glasses, table service for something slower, and homemade snacks calibrated to hold their own alongside the wine list. It sits within Copenhagen's broader shift toward wine-led neighbourhood drinking, where the food programme is part of the editorial point, not an afterthought.
Tokyo, Japan
Memento Mori sits inside Toranomon Hills Business Tower, placing it in Tokyo's newer wave of architecturally ambitious bar addresses rather than the city's traditional late-night drinking corridors.
Brookline, United States
Merai gives Brookline a serious cocktail address with national attention behind it: a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Bar. The draw is not a kitchen narrative or chef-led tasting format, but a bar programme positioned within the current American shift toward technique, restraint, and destination-level drinking outside the usual downtown corridors.
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Inside the Mercat de l'Olivar, one of Palma's oldest covered markets, Mercat Negre operates as the anarchic counterpoint to the island's polished dining scene. Driven by the same restless energy that made Clandesti a reference point for serious eating in the Balearics, this counter-format operation brings creative, market-led cooking into a genuinely public, genuinely chaotic space.
Belfast, United Kingdom
Set in a Victorian former bank on Skipper Street, the bar trades in classic cocktail craft, an extensive spirits collection, and the kind of formal-but-warm Irish hospitality that the city does better than most.
Kraków, Poland
Ranked #483 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Mercy Brown occupies a measured position in Kraków's cocktail scene from its address on Straszewskiego — a street that has quietly become one of the city's more serious drinking corridors.
Minneapolis, United States
Operating out of a North Minneapolis address with over 120 years of bar history behind it, Meteor is a neighborhood anchor built on the direct proposition that great drinks and genuine hospitality belong together. The bar carries its community commitments seriously, functioning less as a destination concept and more as a place that earns its regulars over time. For visitors tracking Minneapolis's bar scene beyond the downtown corridor, it represents the North Side's lived-in drinking culture.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A Kalamaria institution since its 2012 pivot from wine retail to bistro format, Methi operates as the kind of neighbourhood wine bar that eastern Thessaloniki returns to week after week. The sharing-focused format draws regulars who treat the room as an extension of their own table, with a list weighted toward Greek producers and a floor staff that knows the difference between a guided pour and a hard sell.
Austin, United States
Mezcalería Tobalá on East 6th Street is Austin's dedicated mezcal bar. The space anchors a stretch of the East Side that has become the city's most concentrated corridor for serious spirits programming, with a 4..
San Francisco, United States
The room's neighbourhood positioning, away from the SoMa cocktail corridor, gives it a local regulars character that most destination bars in the city lack.
Madrid, Spain
A wine bar on Calle de Gutenberg in Madrid's Retiro district, Micasita Bar à Vin has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition in 2025 and 2026, placing it among a select tier of Spanish venues where the wine program carries serious editorial weight. The format is bar à vin rather than restaurant, which means the list does more structural work than the kitchen — and rewards guests who arrive with curiosity rather than a fixed order in mind.
Poznań, Poland
Mielżyński at Wojskowa 4 holds a 2026 Star Wine List award, positioning it among the credentialed specialists in Poznań's wine and spirits retail scene. The address points toward a serious bottle shop and bar hybrid rather than a casual pour-and-go, with a selection depth that earns trade-level recognition. For anyone building a cellar or seeking informed guidance on Polish and imported wine, it warrants a direct visit.
Warsaw, Poland
One of Warsaw's earliest dedicated wine venues, Mielżyński na Burakowskiej sits in the Wola district near Powązki Cemetery, drawing a committed crowd of wine drinkers who treat it as a reference point rather than a casual stop. The Mielżyński name carries weight across Polish wine culture, and the Burakowska address delivers that same depth of list in a neighbourhood that rewards those willing to look beyond the city centre.
Warsaw, Poland
The second Warsaw outpost of Robert Mielżyński sits in Mokotów on Czerska Street, running around fifteen tables with sightlines into an open kitchen. Where the original built its name on wine retail and hospitality in Poznań, this address leans into the wine-bar format proper, placing serious bottles alongside food in a neighbourhood that rewards that kind of focused ambition.
Montréal, Canada
Ranked #271 in the 2025 Top 500 Bars list, Milky Way Cocktail Bar occupies a considered position in Montreal's Southwest drinking scene on Rue Centre in Pointe-Saint-Charles. The bar sits within a generation of Montreal venues that have pushed the city into serious international cocktail recognition, offering a program worth planning around for anyone moving through the city's bar circuit.
Helsinki, Finland
Minne Champagne & Wine sits on Helsinki's Esplanadi, one of the city's most architecturally deliberate addresses, and has held Star Wine List recognition for three consecutive years (2024, 2025, 2026). The bar operates in a specialist tier of the Finnish wine scene where list depth and format discipline carry more weight than breadth of offering. For visitors already familiar with Helsinki's cocktail circuit, Minne represents the wine-focused counterpoint.
Tokyo, Japan
On the 13th floor of a Ginza tower, Mixology Salon occupies the upper tier of Tokyo's serious bar scene, earning back-to-back Asia's Best Bars recognition in 2018 and 2019. The programme leans on Japanese precision and craft technique, drawing regulars and first-timers alike who want something more considered than a hotel bar.
Bangkok, Thailand
Mod Kaew Wine Bar has earned back-to-back Star Wine List recognition in 2025 and 2026, placing it among Bangkok's most seriously regarded wine destinations. Located on Soi Sueksa Wittaya off Sathon Soi 12 in Bang Rak, it operates in a neighbourhood that has quietly become one of the city's more concentrated pockets of considered drinking. For wine-focused evenings in Bangkok, the recognition is hard to argue with.
Leeds, United Kingdom
Mojo Leeds has held a place on Merrion Street since before the city's bar scene acquired its current ambitions, and its 2009 World's 50 Best Bars ranking at number 24 remains a reference point for what a neighbourhood bar at full stretch looks like. Open daily until 5am, it draws students, industry workers, and regulars in roughly equal measure.
Halmstad, Sweden
A wine-forward pizza and vinbar on Tylösandsvägen in Halmstad, Molino Pizza & Vinbar earned Star Wine List recognition in 2026, placing it among a small cohort of Swedish venues where serious wine curation meets casual Italian-influenced formats. The combination positions it as a reference point for drinking well outside Sweden's major cities.
Ybbs an der Donau, Austria
Momentum Bar à Vins operates as a genuine wine bar in Ybbs an der Donau, with late-night hours that signal atmosphere over sustenance. The list runs lean and deliberate, built around intelligent selection rather than volume. For a Danube town of this size, it occupies a distinct position: a bar that takes wine seriously without dressing the exercise up as something else.
Madrid, Spain
Ranked 146th in the Top 500 Bars for 2025, Momus occupies a corner of Madrid's Centro district where the city's serious cocktail culture intersects with neighbourhood intimacy. The address on Calle de San Bartolomé places it inside Chueca, one of the few Madrid barrios where late-night drinking still feels like a local pursuit rather than a tourist programme.
Thessaloniki, Greece
An all-day wine bar in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Monmarti opens at 10 AM and builds its identity around a 250-label wine list curated by owner Sakis Tassiou. The format sits between neighbourhood wine shop and full-service restaurant, serving from breakfast through to late evening. It belongs to a quieter, residential tier of Thessaloniki dining that rewards those who look beyond the waterfront.
Miami, United States
Holding a 4., it occupies a quieter register than the Strip's louder venues — a deliberate counterpoint to South Beach spectacle. Plan to arrive without a rigid schedule.
Berlin, Germany
A hand-built neighbourhood bar on Monumentenstraße in Schöneberg, Monu earns its reputation through a tightly curated natural wine list assembled by founders Ine Haesaert and Vivian Kuper. The atmosphere is warm and lived-in, the bottles are chosen with quiet exacting care, and the bar sits firmly within Berlin's growing cohort of wine-led drinking rooms that prioritise provenance over performance.
San Francisco, United States
Moongate Lounge occupies a quiet address on Waverly Place in San Francisco's Chinatown, one of the few drinking destinations in the neighborhood that draws a serious cocktail crowd. The bar operates at the intersection of Chinese-American heritage and contemporary technique, making it a distinct entry point into a part of the city that remains underserved by the premium bar scene.
Zaragoza, Spain
Ranked #240 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Moonlight Experimental Bar sits in Zaragoza's Casco Antiguo and represents the city's growing presence in Spain's serious cocktail conversation. The bar's experimental approach places it in a specialist tier where back-bar depth and program discipline matter more than volume or spectacle. A destination for drinkers who approach spirits with the same seriousness they bring to wine.
Paris, France
Ranked #81 in the 2025 Top 500 Bars list, Moonshiner operates from a concealed entrance on Rue Sedaine in Paris's 11th arrondissement, placing it among the city's most recognised cocktail addresses. The format follows a tight, sequenced approach to drinking that rewards patience and precision. For serious bar-goers visiting Paris, it belongs in the same conversation as Candelaria and Danico.
Lagos, Portugal
Among Lagos's more focused drinking destinations, Mosto functions as both a well-stocked wine retail space and a casual bar, with floor-to-ceiling windows flooding the room with natural light and a central kitchen turning out petiscos alongside the pours. It sits at the quieter, more considered end of the Algarve's bar scene — a reference point for anyone who wants wine knowledge alongside their glass. See how it compares with Four Degrees and Vaniti Lagos nearby.
Adelaide, Australia
Recognised by Star Wine List in both 2024 and 2026, Mother Vine occupies a corner of Adelaide's East End bar precinct on Vardon Avenue that has become one of the city's more serious wine-focused drinking addresses. The dual award signals a wine program with enough depth and consistency to attract sustained critical attention, placing it in a distinct tier among Adelaide's bar options.
Zürich, Switzerland
Mövenpick Weinbar on Nüschelerstrasse sits in central Zürich's financial district, drawing on the Mövenpick Group's substantial wine portfolio to anchor a bar programme that prioritises selection over spectacle. High tables and a modern, uncluttered interior position it clearly in the mid-to-upper tier of Zürich's wine bar scene, a step removed from both hotel lobby pomp and neighbourhood cave informality.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Mr. Pants Wine Bar operates out of a compact corner of Blairgowrie's Delta Central, drawing a loyal circuit of Johannesburg wine drinkers who treat the address less as a destination than a ritual. The format is low-key and deliberately unpretentious, with a curation that rewards guests who know what to ask for. Among the city's wine-focused regulars, it has earned the status of a well-kept local institution.
New York City, United States
Much Obliged on Avenue B brings a thoughtful wine-forward drinking program to Alphabet City, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026 alongside a small plates menu that extends the case for serious drinking east of First Avenue. The format suits both a deliberate evening at the bar and a quicker early stop, positioning it as one of the more considered options in a Lower East Side-adjacent neighbourhood that rewards exploration.
Madrid, Spain
Muñeca Brava has earned back-to-back Star Wine List recognition in 2025 and 2026, placing it among Madrid's most consistently awarded bars for its wine program. Located in the Retiro district on Calle de Gutenberg, it operates in a neighbourhood that rewards serious drinkers willing to look beyond the obvious. For those tracking Spain's wine bar scene, this is a reliable reference point.
Mérida, Mexico
With a 4., it holds a firm position in Centro's bar circuit, where the interplay between drinks and food matters as much as the spirit list. Plan around the square's evening character for full effect.
London, United Kingdom
A red-neon basement bar on Hanway Street, Murder Inc. occupies a corner of central London that runs deliberately against the grain of the neighbourhood's polished cocktail scene. With the feel of a dive bar transplanted from somewhere grittier, it draws a crowd that prefers atmosphere over formality. The kind of place that rewards those who know where to look in the streets behind Tottenham Court Road.
Berlin, Germany
A longstanding address on Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin-Mitte, Muret La Barba draws on the Italian enoteca tradition to anchor celebrations, slow evenings, and milestone meals. Its reputation rests on wine depth and a room that rewards unhurried company. For Berlin residents and visitors who know where to look, it occupies a specific and dependable place in the city's Italian dining scene.
Helsinki, Finland
Muru Wine Bar on Lönnrotinkatu has held a Star Wine List award for four consecutive years, placing it among Helsinki's most consistently recognised wine destinations. The format leans toward the specialist end of the city's bar scene, where list depth and wine-led programming matter more than cocktail theatrics. It sits in the Punavuori neighbourhood, close to several of Helsinki's better independent drinking addresses.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's first dedicated Muscadet bar, on Sankt Eriksgatan in Vasastan, built around the Loire's most misunderstood appellation. Sommelier Gustav Hökstrand, who has worked across the city's most serious wine programmes, brings the depth of a specialist cellar to a neighbourhood format. The result is a bar that argues, convincingly, for Melon de Bourgogne as a category worth this much attention.
Oslo, Norway
A former hardware store on Arendalsgata that Sagene locals converted into a neighbourhood bar after the founding family retired in 2017, Mysterud brings the unhurried character of Oslo's inner-north residential streets into a drinking room that feels genuinely lived-in. The back bar rewards the curious, and the crowd tends to be regulars rather than tourists passing through.
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Inside Hotel GRACE LA MARGNA, one of St. Moritz's landmark addresses, N/5 the Bar occupies a position where alpine architecture and contemporary cocktail technique meet on equal terms. The programme leans toward precision and restraint rather than resort-circuit excess, making it a reference point for serious drinking in the Engadin. For those who want more than a vin chaud between ski runs, this is the address.
Boston, United States
NAMU Distilling Company on Heath Street brings Korean-American spirits production into Boston's drinking scene, with house-made soju, gin, and makgeolli-based spirits served alongside anju snacks. The operation earned Star Wine List recognition in 2026, placing it among a small peer group of spirit-forward venues where what's in the glass is the primary editorial subject.
Trondheim, Norway
On a cobblestone stretch of Bakklandet, NB6 operates as Trondheim's most reliably democratic drinking address: sommeliers, chefs, and neighbourhood regulars share the same stools without ceremony. The atmosphere is unhurried and the back bar rewards curiosity, making it a credible stop at any point in the day or night.
Mexico City, Mexico
NIV is a wine bar in Condesa that focuses on small producers, family projects, and terroir-driven labels from Mexico and beyond. The list reads as a quiet argument for wines made with intention over convenience — a format that sits outside the mainstream Mexico City drinking scene and closer to the specialist end of the bar spectrum.
