Paradiso (Barcelona), best cocktail bar in the world

the gala of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022 held this Tuesday night in Barcelona has crowned world number one paradise (Barcelona), and has placed three other Spanish bars among the top 15: Barcelonian Yep (third, which has staged the greatest climb compared to the previous edition (it had been 37th) and Two Schmucks (seventh) and Madrid Salmon Guru (15th). A piece of news that compensates for the frustration of not seeing no national representative on this list from 51st to 100th (last year there were two).

“It is a pride to appear on the list. In addition, it makes us super happy that with our work we can represent Barcelona in the world elite. It is true that we work every day to make our clients happy, but being recognized is very, very good, so tonight it’s time to enjoy. This is the greatest thing that can happen to me on a professional level”, Giacomo Giannotti, alma mater of paradisea place in El Born (Rera Palau, 4, Barcelona) in front of which queues form every day, and that is ‘clandestine’, because it is accessed through the refrigerator door at the back of a grocery store. pastrami. A safe value in The World’s 50 Best Barsince with this There are already five times in a row that it has appeared on the list (in 2021 it was third). One of the most outstanding cocktails on its current menu, according to Giannotti, is On Fire, made with whiskey, Sherry wine, smoked milk and, inside, a piece of baked sweet potato.

“Paradiso offers a truly masterful take on the speakeasy, combining technique, precision and creativity with an unwavering sense of fun.“, they explain to justify the leadership of this bar with “a myriad of meticulously crafted cocktails served in extravagant glasses”. “The victory is a credit to his extravagantly inventive cocktails, his sustainable ethics, his work in the global bar community and his brilliant sense of fun“, they add.

Yep (Muntaner, 108, Barcelona) opened in 2021 and a few months later it was ranked 37th on that year’s list. they run it Marc Alvarezwho was for seven years responsible for the cocktail bar in the restaurants of El Barri Adrià, and the Italian Simone Caporale, which kept Artesian Bar (London) for four consecutive years (2012-15) at the top of the list of the best bars in the world. There is no main bar (the space is very open) and the attention to detail is second to none, as evidenced by the fact that the crockery is specific to each cocktail.

Two Schmucks (Joaquín Costa, 52, Barcelona) is as thug as the neighborhood that welcomes it, the Raval. A rather rogue cocktail bar with sneakers hanging from steel beams and swearwords on the wall posters where they serve some very, very ‘top’ creations and where there are even cocktails on tap that come out of “barrio cocktails” ( barrels, no, “neighborhoods” because they feel very Raval).

Salmon Guru (Echegaray, 21, Madrid) It triumphs with its eccentric drinks, an extravagance that is combined with impeccable execution in each creation, making it one of the most sought-after drinking destinations in the capital.

So, as suspected, he had every reason to be the first The World’s 50 Best Bars awards ceremony to be organized outside of London since its first edition, in 2009, it took place in Barcelona, ​​a city that has regularly had several venues on the coveted list.

Mark Sansom, Chief Content Officer The World’s 50 Best Bars, explained that the decision to bring the gala to Barcelona is a way to celebrate, after the pandemic, “the return of international travel and the dazzling performance of the bar sector worldwide over the last year”. “We are excited to have the opportunity to do highlight other large cities within the sector, starting with Barcelona, ​​one of the most cosmopolitan destinations in the world of cocktails“, has added.

The lively count of the list has been followed live in a act in La Cúpula of the Arenas shopping center and has been broadcast live on The World’s 50 Best Bars Facebook page and the 50 Best Bars TV channel on YouTube. It is the result of the decision of the voting panel made up of more than 650 independent beverage experts, from renowned bartenders, educators and consultants to beverage writers and cocktail specialists.

Before the gala, they had communicated the bars ranked between 51st and 100th in the world and during the ceremony they have delivered various individual awards: art of hospitalityin which all the members of the academy of The World’s 50 Best Bars distinguish the bar in which they enjoyed the best experience in terms of hospitality during the voting period, went to Hanky ​​Panky (Mexico City); Bartenders’ Bartenderin which the ‘bartenders’ point to the colleague who has done the most to promote the ‘barman’ trade as a result of the pandemic, took him away Jean Trinh, from Alchemist (Cartagena de Indias); One to watchwhich indicates the bar with the potential to be among the 50 best in the world very soon, went to Röda Huset (Escocolmo); Sustainable Barwhich cares about environmental sustainability, gave itself to Little Red Door (Paris); Best Cocktail Menuwhich awards the best bar menu, traveled to Juliana (Guayaquil); Icon Awardwhich recognized one of the great bartenders in history, Agostino Perrone (Connaught Bar, London, number one last year).

This is the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022

1. Paradiso (Barcelona), also chosen as the best bar in Europe

2. Tayer + Elemantary (London)

3. Yep (Barcelona), the highest climb compared to the previous edition (it had been 37th)

4. Licoreria Limantour (Mexico City), also chosen as the best bar in North America

5. Little Red Door (Paris)

6. Double Chicken Please (New York)

7. Two Schmucks (Barcelona)

8. Connaught Bar (London)

9. Katana Kitten (New York)

10. Alchemist (Cartagena de Indias), also chosen as the best bar in South America

11. Handshake Speakeasy (Mexico City)

12. Jigger & Pony (Singapore), also chosen as the best bar in Asia

13. Hanky ​​Panky (Mexico City)

14. BKK Social Club (Bangkok)

15. Salmon Guru (Madrid)

16. Drink Kong (Rome)

17. Coa (Hong Kong)

18. Florist Atlantic (Buenos Aires)

19. The Clumsies (Athens)

20. Baba au Rum (Athens)

21. Cafe La Trova (Miami)

22. Attaboy, New York

23. Satan’s Whiskers (London)

24. Tropic City (Bangkok)

25. Kumiko (Chicago)

26. Sidecar (New Delhi)

27. Three Monkeys (Buenos Aires)

28. Argo (Hong Kong)

29. Maybe Sammy (Sydney), also voted best bar in Australasia

30. Swift (London)

31. Line (Athens)

32. Baltra Bar (Mexico City)

33. Manhattan (Singapore)

34. Overstory (New York)

35. 1930 (Milan)

36. Dante (New York)

37. A Bar With Shapes for a Name (London)

38. Zuma (Dubai), also chosen as the best bar in the Middle East

39. Locale Firenze (Florence)

40. Red Frog (Lisbon)

41. Canteen OK! (Sydney)

42. Cochinchina (Buenos Aires)

43. Himkok (Oslo)

44. Carnival (Lima)

45. Galaxy Bar (Dubai)

46. ​​L’Antiquario (Naples)

47. Employees Only (New York)

48. Bar Benfiddich (Tokyo)

49. Lucy’s Flower Shop (Stockholm)

50. Bulgari Bar (Dubai)

51. Sago House (Singapore)

52. Black Clay (Athens)

53. Cause Effect Cocktail Kitchen (Cape Town)

54. The Factory (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

55. 28 HongKong Street (Singapore)

56.Quinary(Hong Kong)

57. MO Bar (Singapore)

58. Mimi Kakushi (Dubai)

59. Schofield’s (Manchester)

60. Caretaker’s Cottage (Melbourne)

61. President (Buenos Aires)

62. So So (Sao Paulo)

63.The SG Club (Tokyo)

64. Witches (Mexico City)

65. Analogue (Singapore)

66. The Baron (Cartagena)

67. Atlas (Singapore)

68. Hero Bar (Nairobi)

69. No Sleep Club (Singapore)

70. Laura’s Room (Bogotá)

71. Tjoget (Stockholm)

72. Three Sheets (London)

73. Camparino in Galleria (Milan)

74. Nutmeg & Clove (Singapore)

75. Side Hustle (London)

76. Candlemas (Paris)

77. The Court (Rome)

78. Röda Huset (Stockholm)

79. Vesper (Bangkok)

80. Dead End Paradise (Beirut)

81. Lost & Found (Nicosia)

82. Indulge Experimental Bistro (Taipei)

83. Goto Bar (New York)

84. Le Syndicat (Paris)

85. Danico (Paris)

86. Freni e Frizioni (Rome)

87. Re (Sydney)

88. Art of Duplicity (Cape Town)

89. Donovan’s Bar (London)

90. Republic (Singapore)

91. Antique American Bar (Bratislava)

92. The House of Machines (Cape Town)

93. Mace (New York)

94. Sweet Liberty (Miami)

95.The Bamboo Bar (Bangkok)

96. The Dead Rabbit (New York)

97.Tag (Krakow)

98. Zapote Bar (Playa del Carmen)

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