HANDSHAKE SPEAKEASY, MEXICO CITY, NAMED THE WORLD'S BEST BAR AS THE WORLD'S 50 BEST BARS 2024 LIST IS REVEALED

  • Handshake Speakeasy,Mexico City, is The World's Best Bar, the first bar fromMexicoto take the top spot
  • The 2024 list features bars from28 citieswith16 new entries
  • Monica Berg is voted Roku Industry Icon
  • Singapore'sCat Bite Clubreceives the Campari One To Watch Award
  • The Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award goes toZest,Seoul
  • Hong Kong'sBar Leoneis the Disaronno Highest New Entry at No.2
  • The Cambridge Public House,Paris, secures the Nikka Highest Climber Award, rising 19 places to No.19
  • Buenos Aires'Florería Atlánticois the Rémy Martin Legend of The List
  • Superbueno,New York, wins the London Essence Best New Opening Award
  • Calliope Draperof Partake,Edmonton, is the recipient of the 50 Best Bars Roku Scholarship
  • Lyaness,London, takes home the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award
  • The Bareksten Best Bar Design Award winner isHimkok,Oslo

MADRID,Oct. 23, 2024/PRNewswire/ -- The list of The World's 50 Best Bars 2024, sponsored by Perrier, has been unveiled at the live awards ceremony inMadrid, Spain. Now in its 16thedition, the awards once again united the global bar community in recognition of the figures at the forefront of the international cocktail scene. Handshake Speakeasy inMexico Citytops the ranking for the first time.

Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy is crowned No.1 at The World’s 50 Best Bars awards 2024, sponsored by Perrier, held at a live ceremony in Madrid

Located in the Colonia Juárez neighbourhood, Handshake Speakeasy is hidden behind a secret door and stocked with an impressive array of vintage spirits. Bar DirectorEric Van Beekeffortlessly melds tradition and innovation, elevating the classics through cutting-edge technique developed in the on-site lab, revolutionising familiar recipes with unexpected flavours.

Other bars in the top five areHong Kong'sBar Leone(No.2),Barcelona'sSips(No.3),London'sTayēr + Elementary(No.4) andSingapore'sJigger& Pony(No.5). The full list can be viewedhere.

Emma Sleight, Head of Content for The World's 50 Best Bars, says:"It is with immense pride that we announce Handshake Speakeasy as The World's Best Bar 2024, sponsored by Perrier. To be the first ever No.1 fromMexicois an outstanding achievement, of whichEric Van Beekand his team are hugely deserving. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to each bar on this year's list, which continues to operate as a beacon for cocktail lovers the world over."

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