//PAPA DOBLE #41//
The 2011 World’s 50 Best Bars list has been published, in partnership with sponsor Stolichnaya. This year, New York speakeasy PDT (Please Don’t Tell) took the top spot, with London hotel bars The Connaught and the Artesian in second and third place. Back to New York for number 4 with Death & Co. A full list of the Top 50 can be seen below. The poll was conducted by World’s 50 Best Bars editor Lucy Britner and US drinks writer Camper English. The pair canvassed around 100 bar professionals including the Playboy Club’s Salvatore Calabrese, King Cocktail Dale DeGroff, Esquire US’s David Wondrich and diamond ice-carver Hidetsugu Ueno. We believe this is the first time that the top names in the industry have come together to vote for their favourite bars – making it our most authoritative list to date. These votes were coupled with global votes from 100 bars polled or featured in the 2010 list. Votes were received from every continent and bars in 16 countries made the top 50. Lucy Britner said: “This year, voters have walked through phone booths and wardrobes, rung bells on unmarked doors and called to book appointments in order to file their nominations for the World’s 50 Best Bars. The list seems to pay homage to the speakeasy- style bar, which goes hand-in-hand with knowing how to create the classics, unearth old recipes and recreate forgotten ingredients. “At the same time, voters are romanced by exquisitely decorated hotel bars that serve beautifully prepared drinks, made by immaculately turned-out bartenders. The wealth of diversity and expertise in the bar scene makes this one of the most exciting lists to date.”
1. PDT, New York 2 Connaught, London 3 Artesian, London 4 Death & Co, New York 5 Milk & Honey, London 6 American Bar at the Savoy, London 7 69 Colebrooke Row, London 8 Drink, Boston US 9 Harry’s New York Bar, Paris 10 Black Pearl, Melbourne, Australia 11 Pegu Club, NY 12 Dry Martini Bar, Barcelona 13 Eau De Vie, Sydney 14 Bramble, Edinburgh 15 Employees Only, New York 16 La Capilla Bar, Mexico 17 Merchant Hotel, Belfast 18 Nightjar, London 19 Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco 20 Buddha Bar, Paris 21 Skyview Bar, Dubai 22 The Varnish, Los Angeles 23 Tippling Club, Singapore 24 Milk & Honey, New York 25 878 Bar, Buenos Aires 26 Der Raum, Melbourne 27 Callooh Callay, London 28 Clover Club, New York 29 Door74, Amsterdam 30 Tommy’s, San Francisco 31 Floridita, Havana 32 City Space, Moscow 33 Matterhorn, Wellington, NZ 34 High Five Bar, Tokyo 35 Le Lion, Hamburg 36 LAB, London 37 Boadas, Barcelona 38 Dutch Kills, New York 39 Worship St Whistling Shop, London 40 BarAgricole, San Francisco 41 Papa Doble, Montpellier 42 Quo Vadis, London 43 Lounge Bohemia, London 44 Mayahuel, New York 45 Mutis, Barcelona 46 Ruby, Copenhagen 47 Rules, London 48 Hemingway Bar, Paris 49 Zuma, Dubai 50 Star Bar, Tokyo
