Here Are the 50 Best Bars in North America for 2022, Ranked

Tori Latham
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After being named the 34th best bar in the world last year, New York’s Attaboy took home the top honor on the 2022 list of the 50 best bars in North America.

On Tuesday evening, the inaugural ranking of North America’s 50 Best Bars was announced at a ceremony in New York. The list was compiled by William Reed, which also publishes The World’s 50 Best Bars and The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, among other industry rankings. In all, the new list features 29 bars in the US, 11 in Mexico, eight in Canada and two in the Caribbean.

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An Attaboy cocktail - Credit: Attaboy
An Attaboy cocktail - Credit: Attaboy

Attaboy

“We tip our hats to Attaboy, now celebrating 10 illustrious years. Under Haley Traub’s exuberant leadership, we see this legacy shining brightly into the future,” Mark Sansom, the content director for North America’s 50 Best Bars, said in a statement. “We commend all the bars on North America’s 50 Best Bars’ inaugural list.”

Attaboy was founded in 2012 by the cocktail legends Sam Ross and Michael McIlroy. The two previously worked at Milk & Honey, which is credited with igniting the global speakeasy trend in the early aughts. Now Traub runs the beverage program at Attaboy, which the drinks website Punch has called “the everyman’s cocktail bar” and an “understated beauty.”

The vibe at Attaboy - Credit: Attaboy
The vibe at Attaboy - Credit: Attaboy

Attaboy

No cocktail menu is present at the bar, which encourages guests to have in-depth conversations with the bartenders. However, Attaboy has still created some modern classics, such as Ross’s Penicillin and McIlroy’s Greenpoint. Since opening, it’s landed on The World’s 50 Best Bars list every year, a status only reaffirmed by its No. 1 spot on the North American list.

After Attaboy, the No. 2 and 3 honors on North America’s 50 Best Bars went to a couple of Mexico City spots: Handshake Speakeasy and Licorería Limantour, respectively. Katana Kitten in New York and Kumiko in Chicago round out the top five. Meanwhile, the highest-ranked bar in Canada is Toronto’s Civil Liberties (No. 10) and the Caribbean’s first entry was San Juan’s La Factoría (No. 12).

Check out the full list below.

  1. Attaboy, New York

  2. Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City

  3. Licorería Limantour, Mexico City

  4. Katana Kitten, New York

  5. Kumiko, Chicago

  6. Café La Trova, Miami

  7. Baltra Bar, Mexico City

  8. Dante, New York

  9. Thunderbolt, Los Angeles

  10. Civil Liberties, Toronto

  11. Zapote Bar, Playa del Carmen

  12. La Factoría, San Juan

  13. Kaito del Valle, Mexico City

  14. Sweet Liberty, Miami

  15. Café de Nadie, Mexico City

  16. Hanky Panky, Mexico City

  17. Double Chicken Please, New York

  18. Service Bar, Washington, D.C.

  19. Raised by Wolves, San Diego

  20. Sabina Sabe, Oaxaca

  21. El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara

  22. Selva, Oaxaca

  23. Amor y Amargo, New York

  24. Jewel of the South, New Orleans

  25. The Keefer Bar, Vancouver

  26. Dear Irving, New York

  27. Overstory, New York

  28. Herbs & Rye, Las Vegas

  29. El Pequeño Bar, Montreal

  30. Employees Only, New York

  31. The Dead Rabbit, New York

  32. Broken Shaker, Miami

  33. Friends and Family, Oakland

  34. Death & Co (Los Angeles), Los Angeles

  35. Mace, New York

  36. Death & Co (Denver), Denver

  37. Arca, Tulum

  38. Mother, Toronto

  39. ABV, San Francisco

  40. El Floridita, Havana

  41. Bar Raval, Toronto

  42. Bar Leather Apron, Honolulu

  43. Clover Club, New York

  44. Bitter & Twisted, Phoenix

  45. Cloakroom Bar, Montreal

  46. Julep, Houston

  47. Bar Mordecai, Toronto

  48. Teardrop Lounge, Portland

  49. Bar Kismet, Halifax

  50. Genever, Los Angeles

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