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Cascais E Estoril, Portugal

Bar e Duna da Cresmina

Set back from the dunes of Cresmina along the Cascais coastline, Bar e Duna da Cresmina occupies the kind of position that shapes a drink's entire character. The bar draws from the Atlantic-facing bar culture that defines this stretch of the Estoril Coast, where the line between beach club and serious drinking destination has grown increasingly blurred. For visitors working through Portugal's bar scene, it belongs on the itinerary alongside the region's more documented venues.

Cascais E Estoril, Portugal

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bar e Restaurante Urca

Set on the ground floor of a residential building along the quieter Urca shoreline, Bar e Restaurante Urca splits into a street-level bar and an upstairs dining room, each operating at its own pace. The venue draws a steady Carioca crowd for cold chopp and petiscos with the bay as backdrop. It sits closer to neighbourhood institution than tourist stop.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Barcelona, Spain

Bar Electricitat

Bar Electricitat sits on Carrer de Sant Carles in the Barceloneta district, one of Barcelona's oldest neighbourhood bars and a reference point for vermouth culture in the city. The back bar carries a depth of bottled spirits that puts it in a different tier from the cocktail-forward venues that now dominate the local scene. Come for the atmosphere, stay for what's on the shelves.

Barcelona, Spain

Berlin, Germany

Bar Elisabeth

Bar Elisabeth opened in December 2023 on Sprengelstraße in Wedding, bringing a California-inflected sensibility to Berlin's wine bar circuit. The room pulls guests in for a single glass and tends to hold them considerably longer. For those tracking where Berlin's quieter, more considered drinking culture is taking shape, Wedding is worth the journey north.

Berlin, Germany

Bogotá, Colombia

Bar Enano

Bar Enano sits on Calle 79b in Bogotá's Zona Rosa corridor, where the city's most serious drinking culture has quietly matured over the past decade. The bar occupies the specialist tier of Bogotá's bar scene, where back-bar depth and curation discipline count for more than square footage or celebrity footfall. Arrive with patience for the list and time for a second round.

Bogotá, Colombia

San Sebastián, Spain

Bar Etxeberria

Bar Etxeberria sits on Iñigo Kalea in the heart of San Sebastián's Parte Vieja, where the city's pintxos culture has been refined over generations into something closer to an art form. The bar operates within a tradition that prizes locally sourced Basque ingredients above everything else, placing it squarely in the neighbourhood's serious eating circuit rather than its tourist-facing periphery.

San Sebastián, Spain

Toronto, Canada

Bar Eugenie

Bar Eugenie occupies a specific corner of Toronto's cocktail scene where technique and restraint matter more than spectacle. The programme leans into precision-driven drinks, and the atmosphere reads as considered rather than curated-for-Instagram. For anyone tracking where serious bar work is happening in the city, it belongs on the shortlist alongside Toronto's better-known drink destinations.

Toronto, Canada

Melbourne, Australia

Bar Ferdinand

Bar Ferdinand sits inside Melbourne's serious cocktail tier, where the city's appetite for technical drinking programs has quietly outpaced most Australian cities. The room leans dark and considered, the kind of bar where the drink list rewards attention. For those who treat cocktail culture as a discipline rather than a backdrop, Ferdinand occupies a specific and valuable position in Melbourne's drinking scene.

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Bar Ferdinand

Bar Ferdinand sits in Sydney’s cocktail conversation at the botanical end of the spectrum, pairing mixed drinks with bar snacks rather than building itself around a full restaurant format. With no public awards, prices, hours, or booking data in the EP Club record, it is better read as a low-information, drink-led address to verify directly before planning a night around it.

Sydney, Australia

Montréal, Canada

Bar Furco

Bar Furco has built a reputation as downtown Montreal's go-to wine bar, drawing the office crowd from surrounding streets and filling early on weekday evenings. The atmosphere is festive without being loud, the seating arrangement a mix of bar perches and tables that rewards guests who arrive before the post-work rush. Located at 425 Rue Mayor, it sits at the centre of the city's most animated after-work circuit.

Montréal, Canada

Granada, Spain

Bar Gallardo

Bar Gallardo occupies a corner of Granada's Ronda neighbourhood that most visitors walk past without stopping. The bar sits squarely in the city's tradition of serious drinking culture, where the glass in hand matters as much as the plate alongside it. For those tracing Spanish cocktail culture beyond Madrid and Barcelona, it earns a close look.

Granada, Spain

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bar Gallizia

Bar Gallizia sits on Javastraat in Amsterdam's Indische Buurt, operating as the kind of neighbourhood bar that earns its regulars through consistency rather than concept. The East neighbourhood has shifted considerably over the past decade, and Gallizia has moved with it without losing its local character. For visitors, it offers a point of contact with a Amsterdam that operates well outside the canal-belt tourist circuit.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Seville, Spain

Bar Garlochí

Bar Garlochí occupies a corner of Seville's Casco Antiguo on Calle Boteros, drawing a crowd that comes specifically for the back bar rather than the neighbourhood foot traffic. The space reads as a serious spirits destination in a city better known for manzanilla and montilla, placing it in a small peer set of Andalusian bars where the bottle collection does the talking. It is the kind of address that rewards repeat visits from those already oriented toward craft drinking.

Seville, Spain

San Francisco, United States

Bar Gemini

Bar Gemini occupies a corner of the Mission District at 2845 18th Street, placing it squarely in San Francisco's most competitive stretch of independent drinking. The bar draws a crowd that takes its glass seriously, sitting in a category where curation and atmosphere do more work than celebrity names or imported spectacle.

San Francisco, United States

Boise, United States

Bar Gernika

Bar Gernika anchors Boise's Basque Block with pintxos, poured drinks, and the particular energy of a neighborhood that has maintained its immigrant identity longer than most American ethnic enclaves. The bar sits at 202 S Capitol Blvd, a short walk from downtown Boise's core, and operates as both a working bar and a living document of Basque-American cultural continuity in the American West.

Boise, United States

Procida, Italy

Bar Grottino di Scotto Srl Monaco Leonardo and M.

On Procida's main seafront strip, Bar Grottino di Scotto sits where island rhythm and aperitivo culture intersect. This is a bar shaped by the unhurried pace of one of Italy's least commercialised islands, where the drink in hand matters less than the hour it occupies. For visitors making the crossing from Naples, it offers a grounded point of entry into how Procida actually lives.

Procida, Italy

Cabrales, Spain

Bar Guillermina

Bar Guillermina sits in Bulnes, a village in the Cabrales municipality of Asturias that has no road access — only a cable car or a mountain trail separates it from the valley below. That physical isolation shapes everything about the bar: the pace, the drink selection, and the kind of conversation that happens when a room is cut off from the noise of ordinary Spain.

Cabrales, Spain

Montréal, Canada

Bar Henrietta

Bar Henrietta sits on Avenue Laurier Ouest in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal, where the neighbourhood's European-leaning café culture shades into something with a sharper edge after dark. The bar operates in a tradition of drink-forward rooms that take their food programme seriously, placing it alongside Montreal venues where the kitchen and bar list are designed in conversation with each other.

Montréal, Canada

Philadelphia, United States

Bar Hygge

Bar Hygge occupies a corner of Fairmount Avenue where the Danish concept of hygge — warmth, ease, convivial comfort — translates directly into the glass. The cocktail program draws on the neighborhood bar tradition while operating at a level of intentionality that sets it apart from the Fairmount corridor's more casual options. It rewards those who show up without a plan and stay longer than expected.

Philadelphia, United States

Ciutadella, Spain

Bar Imperi

Bar Imperi occupies one of Ciutadella's most architecturally charged addresses, the storied Plaça des Born, where the city's trading and social history converged for centuries. The bar draws its character from that setting, positioning itself as a serious drinking destination in a town better known for its cobblestone promenades than its cocktail programs. Visitors arriving for the Menorcan summer season find here a measured, curated back bar worth sitting down with.

Ciutadella, Spain

Trapani, Italy

Bar Incontro

Bar Incontro occupies a spot on Via Archi in Trapani's historic centre, operating in a city where the bar counter is a social institution as much as a drinking destination. The address places it within walking distance of the salt flats and the Arab-Norman street grid that defines the old town. For those exploring western Sicily's drinking scene, it represents a local fixture worth finding.

Trapani, Italy

Osaka, Japan

Bar Juniper

Bar Juniper occupies the ground floor of the NJ Building in Dojima, one of Osaka's more deliberately quiet bar corridors. The address places it in the current Kita Ward wave of counter bars that trade on technique and restraint rather than spectacle. For visitors already working through Osaka's craft cocktail circuit, it belongs on the itinerary.

Osaka, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Bar K6

Bar K6 occupies a second-floor address in Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward, where the craft bar scene has quietly evolved into one of Japan's most considered. The room sits above street level, separating it from the flow of the city below, in the tradition of Kyoto bars that prize discretion over visibility. It operates in a category where the bartender's knowledge and technique carry the full weight of the experience.

Kyoto, Japan

Melbourne, Australia

Bar Kaeru

Bar Kaeru occupies a specific niche in Melbourne's bar scene: a sake-led drinking room with Japanese and Chinese-influenced snacks, pitched squarely at those who want depth over spectacle. The format rewards curiosity — sake flights, considered pours, and food that functions as counterpoint rather than afterthought. In a city that takes its bars seriously, Kaeru earns its place at the table.

Melbourne, Australia

Los Angeles, United States

Bar Keeper

Bar Keeper occupies a deliberate position in Los Angeles's Silver Lake drinking scene: part retail bottle shop, part neighbourhood bar, with a focus on spirits curation that draws enthusiasts from across the city. Located on N Hoover Street, it operates in a category that sits apart from high-volume cocktail theatre, appealing to drinkers who treat the glass as a research exercise as much as a pleasure.

Los Angeles, United States

London, United Kingdom

Bar Kinky

Beneath the Charlotte Street restaurant Kinkally, Bar Kinky operates as a 17-seat underground cocktail room where the format is deliberately small and the drinks program leans experimental. The low capacity and futuristic interior place it firmly in the specialist tier of London's drinking scene, where the experience is shaped by proximity and precision rather than scale.

London, United Kingdom

Toronto, Canada

Bar Koukla

On Ossington Avenue, one of Toronto's most active bar corridors, Bar Koukla operates at the smaller, more intimate end of the neighbourhood's drinking spectrum. The address — Unit 2 on a stretch defined by independent operators — positions it alongside a peer set that prizes craft over volume. For visitors working through Toronto's bar scene, it warrants a place on any serious itinerary.

Toronto, Canada

Minneapolis, United States

Bar La Grassa

Bar La Grassa occupies Washington Avenue North in Minneapolis's North Loop, where Italian-rooted technique meets the produce rhythms of the upper Midwest. The kitchen works in a register that sits between casual trattoria and serious pasta counter, drawing a crowd that returns for the cooking rather than the occasion. Reserve in advance, particularly on weekends.

Minneapolis, United States

Cartagena, Colombia

Bar Lelarge

Bar Lelarge sits inside Cartagena's cocktail scene as a address shaped by local and seasonal fruits, with a Cuban-influenced approach to mixing that sets it apart from the city's more internationally formatted bars. The drinks program draws on the Caribbean fruit pantry that defines the region, placing it in a specific niche within a city whose bar culture has matured considerably over the last decade.

Cartagena, Colombia

Shanghai, China

Bar Leone

Bar Leone has become one of Shanghai's most-discussed cocktail addresses, placing the city's evolving bar scene in sharper focus. Operating in a format that rewards technical precision over theatrics, it draws a crowd that tracks Asia's 50 Best Bar listings closely. For anyone mapping Shanghai's current cocktail tier, Bar Leone belongs on that list.

Shanghai, China

Paris, France

Bar Les Heures

Bar Les Heures sits inside the Prince de Galles hotel on Avenue George V, occupying a tier of Parisian hotel bars where the drinks programme and kitchen operate as a unified statement rather than an afterthought. Against neighbours like Buddha Bar and the cocktail-focused rooms of the 8th arrondissement, it positions itself through the relationship between what arrives in the glass and what arrives on the plate.

Paris, France

Melbourne, Australia

Bar Liberty

Bar Liberty on Johnston Street is one of Fitzroy's defining wine-and-food addresses, the kind of place that earns genuine loyalty from those who've moved away from Melbourne and still think about it. The list leans natural and producer-driven, the food matches that register, and the room carries the particular ease of a bar that doesn't need to announce itself.

Melbourne, Australia

Mont Royal, Canada

Bar Limone

Bar Limone sits on Côte-de-Liesse in Mont Royal, occupying the citrus-forward corner of Montreal's cocktail conversation. The bar's Italian-inflected name signals a programme built around brightness and acidity rather than the heavy spirit-forward pours that dominate much of the city's bar scene. For anyone tracking the evolution of Canadian cocktail culture, it belongs on the itinerary alongside Montreal's most discussed bars.

Mont Royal, Canada

Kyoto, Japan

BAR Liquor Museum

BAR Liquor Museum occupies a quietly singular position in Kyoto's bar scene: a dedicated showcase for Japanese whisky and spirits that functions less like a conventional bar and more like a working archive. Located in Shimogyo Ward near Kyoto Tower, it draws visitors who arrive with specific bottles in mind and leave having reconsidered the breadth of what Japan produces. Booking ahead is advisable.

Kyoto, Japan

West Hollywood, United States

Bar Lubitsch

Bar Lubitsch on Santa Monica Boulevard is one of West Hollywood's most enduring late-night bars, drawing a loyal crowd with its Russian-inflected spirit program and dimly lit, velvet-draped interior. The back bar leans heavily on vodka and Eastern European bottles that rarely appear elsewhere on the Strip. Plan for a walk-in, cash-friendly evening in a room that hasn't chased trends.

West Hollywood, United States

Milan, Italy

Bar Luce

Conceived by filmmaker Wes Anderson and housed inside Milan's Fondazione Prada complex, Bar Luce operates as a working café that doubles as a set piece for mid-century Italian bar culture. The food and drink programme holds its own against the visual spectacle: aperitivo-hour classics, pressed sandwiches, and pastries anchor a menu calibrated for the long afternoon sit. Located on Largo Isarco in the Porta Romana district, it draws a mix of design pilgrims and neighbourhood regulars.

Milan, Italy

New York City, United States

Bar Lumière

Bar Lumière sits inside New York's current wave of technique-driven cocktail programming, where the emphasis falls on clarity, restraint, and method over spectacle. The room reads as intimate and considered, placing it alongside the city's more serious drinking destinations rather than its high-volume cocktail bars. For visitors who treat a well-made drink as seriously as a well-sourced plate, this is the tier to be in.

New York City, United States

Adelaide, Australia

Bar Lune

Bar Lune brings a considered wine bar format to Beulah Park's quieter stretch of The Parade, sitting at a remove from Adelaide's CBD drinking circuit without sacrificing the curation that defines the city's better lists. The bar trades in contemporary wine with a program shaped around discovery rather than familiarity, making it a useful reference point for the suburban shift in Adelaide's bar culture.

Adelaide, Australia

New York City, United States

Bar Maeda

Bar Maeda on Charlton Street brings a Tokyo-style cocktail sensibility to the western edge of SoHo, where Hudson Square's residential quiet makes it feel more like a neighbourhood fixture than a destination bar. The program draws on Japanese bartending discipline — precision, restraint, hospitality — in a city where that approach has moved from novelty to a recognised point of craft. A reliable address for serious cocktails without the theatre.

New York City, United States

Montréal, Canada

Bar Mamie

Bar Mamie on Rue Beaubien is one of Montreal's most convincing approximations of a northern French estaminet, right down to the postcards the French owner sent his grandmother pinned in the bathroom. The bar draws from old-world neighbourhood drinking culture and plants it firmly in the Plateau-adjacent Villeray district, making it a reference point for the city's francophone bar scene.

Montréal, Canada