Two Chicago bars named among North America's top 50
In Chicago, Kumiko and Milk Room made the list.
Double Chicken Please on the Lower East Side in New York, named to the top spot, features cocktails inspired by food with names to match: Waldorf salad, cold pizza, mango sticky rice and French toast, to name a few. Besides the cocktails, though, you can get excellent chicken sandwiches.
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The awards, part of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants owned by U.K.-based William Reed Business Media, were announced in a live event in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico on May 4. This is the second year for the awards that spotlight North America — a region that includes the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Last year’s No. 1 bar was the speakeasy Attaboy, which maximizes a shoebox of a space on New York’s Lower East Side. This year it dropped to No. 13. New York was the overall cocktail champion of the region in 2023 with 12 places total on the list, one more than last year. Its dominance wasn’t so surprising — places like Dante have been named No. 1 in the World’s 50 Best list in the past.
The city to emerge as a hotspot last year was Mexico City, which claimed six spots on the Top 50 list, including No. 2 and 3, Handshake Speakeasy and Licorería Limantour, respectively.
This year, Mexico City has eight spots on the list.
The rankings are based on votes from over 220 bar industry experts around North America, including bartenders and bar owners, drinks writers and what the organization calls “well traveled cocktail connoisseurs” from the region.
Source: Crain's Chicago Business
