The World’s 50 Best Bars is a prestigious portal specializing in bars and cocktails around the world. London, New York, Madrid and Rome are some of the many cities evaluated to lead the select ranking of places that seek to be among the first fifty positions. The diverse demands and creativity, within the world of gastronomy, imposed a new predominance and Buenos Aires It is not on the sidelines in that area.
In recent years, the Argentine capital has been represented in cocktails with new proposals in bars and bars. From trending style like the hidden bar to the classic bar, the city of tango is in the eyes of the most demanding and committed in the world of drinks and bartenders. Four places were positioned within the fifty boxes of The World’s 50 Best Bars.
Florería Atlántico Position N°18 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022
“With beautiful bouquets of flowers and a careful selection of wines, the showcase that houses the hidden bar Atlantic Flower Shop under a flower shop is elegant and attractive. However, open the door of the old refrigerator and enter the iconic Buenos Aires basement bar of the renowned Renato ‘Tato’ Giovannoni. With a decade in business in 2023, the stories and concoctions of Old World immigrants have long dominated the drink list at Florería, many using the bartender’s own-brand gin, but the latest pays homage to communities. indigenous and rural Argentines, an exhaustive work carried out by giovannoni and the local historian Philip Pigna”, is the description that the portal makes about the bar located in the basement of Arroyo 878 in the neighborhood of Withdrawal.
This hidden bar, which is located under the facade of a flower shop, is where you can best taste the flavors designed by the bartender Tato Giovannoni according to the season of the year. With sophisticated ingredients and a complex artisan elaboration, the creation of the drinks is complemented with curious glasses, glasses, or even containers; that add a touch of fun and curiosity to the experience. The 18-meter bar allows setting one of the best bars rated, within the 20 best, by specialists in The World’s 50 Best Bars.
“A sustainable approach has long been at the heart of this distinguished bar, working closely with farmers to grow indigenous ingredients; This philosophy was supported by the bar that hosted the third edition of the Atlantic Festival in August 2022, which brought together 150 bartenders to share their sustainability know-how. In 2020, giovannoni was appointed “Bartender of High Bartenders”, concluded the platform by positioning Atlantic Florist in the best location of an Argentine local in the ranking of the last year.
Tres Monos Bar Position No. 27 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022
Based on the fable of the three wise monkeys, with a hint of international rock and pop from all decades, the dive-bar porteño of Sebastian Atienza and Carlos Aguinsky celebrates its fourth year of experience this month. For this reason, the venue that ranked 27th on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022 will celebrate it with a new edition of “Monopalooza”. The event, which will take place on June 18, will receive some of the best bartenders in the world: the British Giorgio Bargiani of The Connaught Bar, Leo Robitschek & Liana Oster from Common Decency and the australians Martin Hudak & Hunter Gregory from Maybe Sammy.
This undertaking, which underwent various transformations over the years, for example, adding a bartending school (coordinated by Fede Cuckoo) or offering coffee take away, imposed a style in the elaboration of author and classic drinks. “We use local ingredients and we try to work with Argentine producers and products that we usually combine with some Latin flavors, trying to share something of our culture with the people who come to the bar in this way. We change the menu every three months trying to use seasonal ingredients at their ideal time. We attach great importance to the profitability of cocktails, trying to make it healthy for the business and at the same time not be the most expensive proposal in our category”, they explain from the bar, located at Guatemala 4899 and Thames corner.
“We always have 9 or 10 seasonal drinks on our menu and they are always the ones that come out the most, the cocktails that work the most are what we design with the team, then comes a classic like the Negroni. We are inspired by drinks known to our customers to make a closer and more comfortable experience for the consumer, but with modern techniques and creative combinations trying to discover new flavors. We also collaborate with distilleries and wineries where we make our own gin or our cider with Pulku”They clear up from the bar. Among the most notable drinks, the “pisco and shovel” is one of the most requested in the concurrent bar.
CoChinChina Position No. 42 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022
“CoChinChina proposes a nostalgic trip to a very European Asian region. Franco-Vietnamese influences are in the setting and the flavors on the menu, but it is not a theme bar. The cocktail menu is designed so that everyone can find something they like to drink, there are signature cocktails, reversals of classics. We also have Cochinchina open, a quieter space on the first floor, where we offer a menu by step paired with cocktails”, says the prestigious bartender Ines de los Santosresponsible of CoChinChina.
Located at Armenia 1540, in the heart of the Palermo neighborhood, the most characteristic cocktails of the shiny bar & restaurant are the Old Fashioned Teacher (with Jim Bean peanut whiskey, Angostura bitters and 5 spices), the It’s very Japanese (Tanqueray Gin, Doburoke Sake and mirin cordial; and the classic gin tonicprepared with Western Gin and Tonic and huacatay syrup.
“We are a high-volume bar, which means that we have many clients at the same time. 180 people seated, and all those who enter standing. We have two bars that work simultaneously and private spaces that can be reserved. We have a restaurant on the top floor, where you can order dishes paired with cocktails”, details de los Santos, mentioning the gastronomic space in which the executive chef stands out Juan Carlino.
“The atmosphere of Cochinchina is unique; entering is immersing yourself in a very special journey. In addition, we have a boutique at the entrance, with bottles of different spirits and liquors, glassware and material so that you can set up your own bar at home. Also cocktails to goalready bottled so that you can keep them in the fridge”, concludes one of the most outstanding bartenders in the country.
President Bar Position No. 21 The World’s 50 Best Bars 2021
“One step towards ‘President’ and you know you’re in a special place. Housed in an impressive period building on the cosmopolitan streets of the Recoleta neighborhood, Presidente is Buenos Aires’ glamorous cocktail bar, but one that combines style with substance. With a glowing backlit bar and high ceilings with hanging chandeliers that shed light on its original features, Presidente exudes character”, was the synthesis that The World’s 50 Best Bars pointed out, in 2020, about the prestigious bar in sebastian garcia, located at Manuel Quintana 188, which came in at number fifty. However, in 2021, he jumped twenty-nine boxes, ranking 21st that year.
With the luxury attention of a hotel and the personalized treatment of a Buenos Aires bar, the experience of drinking cocktails at the bar of this Recoleta venue provides a suggestive panorama. Of the cocktails of own authorship and ingenious invention. Among the options, it can be highlighted “First lady”, which is served on a ceramic elephant; and the “Buenos Aires Zombie”based on rum, Pineral and syrup, which comes in a glass in the shape of an obelisk.
Bonus track. “The promises”: Casa Cavia and Oh no! LuLu!
“The tiki culture, which refers to large sacred human-shaped statues, arose on the Polynesian islands, and spread across the Pacific to New Zealand, Hawaii, and the United States. The tiki cocktail bar has its own outstanding identity: it revalued rum, which was considered a charmless drink, and combined it with flavored syrups and fresh fruit juices, spices. The sweet, the colorful, the exotic and the drinks that literally catch fire are famous hallmarks of this tradition”, reveals Ludovico De Biaggi, who drives “Oh no! lulu!”
Since its opening in 2019, at Araoz 1019, “Oh’No! lulu!” is faithful to this aspect and serves its flagship cocktails in tiki mugs which are special ceramic glasses with representative shapes (sharks, skulls and more). The bar has its doors open to welcome visitors looking for a tropical paradise in Buenos Aires. The setting and style of the place, which has a huge totem as its center as a fake fireplace, is the downfall for lovers of photos and Instagram.
Flavia Arroyocreator of the bar menu of cavia house, was inspired by nature to put together the cocktails. Each of them is directly related to the seasonal ingredients found in the garden of the gastronomic mansion located at 2985 Cavia street in the Palermo neighborhood. Clarified, hand-carved ice, ark smoke, foam and gas are part of the secrets of each glass.
“They mix different disciplines and techniques that work every day so that you leave wanting to return. That’s what the letter is about Nature; cocktails that express the versatility and innovation of the seasonal fruit”, points out the person in charge of granting flavor and creativity in each glass and cup given to the visitor.
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