Toronto's Civil Liberties ranks as top bar in Canada
Seven Canadian bars made the Top 50 in North America list
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Three Toronto watering holes have made the Top 50 best bars in North America list while a fourth won a special prize.
Civil Liberties, at 878 Bloor St. W., ranked No. 21 overall, and the top bar in Canada, as voted on by bar industry experts.
Also on the list were Toronto establishments Bar Pompette (No. 29) at 607 College St. and Bar Mordecai (No. 40), located at 1272 Dundas St. W.
Toronto’s Simpl Things (269 Dunn Ave.) won the Campari One To Watch Award, which is given to a bar outside of the main list that the 50 Best team believes has the ability to be named on future editions of the ranking.
Other Canadian places making the Top 50 are Vancouver’s Botanist Bar (No. 24) and The Keefer Bar (No. 49), and Montreal’s Cloakroom (No.39) and Atwater Cocktail Club (No. 50).
Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy was crowned No. 1 as the Best Bar in North America and the Best Bar in Mexico, while New York City’s Superbueno was ranked at No. 2 overall as well as the Best Bar in Northeast USA, and Overstory, also in N.Y.C., followed at No. 3.
The ranking for North America’s 50 Best Bars is based on the votes of 270 members of North America’s Best Bars Academy, who comprise anonymous bar industry experts (including bartenders, bar owners, drinks media and well-traveled cocktail connoisseurs) from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
BEST BARS IN NORTH AMERICA LIST
- Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
- Superbueno, New York
- Overstory, New York
- Martiny’s, New York,
- Rayo, Mexico City
- Jewel of the South, New Orleans
- Double Chicken Please, New York
- Thunderbolt, Los Angeles
- Licorería Limantour, Mexico City
- Tlecān, Mexico City
- Zapote Bar, Playa del Carmen
- Katana Kitten, New York
- Café La Trova, Miami
- El Gallo Altanero, Guadalajara
- Employees Only, New York
- Aruba Day Drink, Tijuana
- Café de Nadie, Mexico City
- La Factoría, San Juan
- Kumiko, Chicago
- Dante, New York
- Civil Liberties, Toronto
- Service Bar, Washington DC
- Allegory, Washington DC
- Botanist Bar, Vancouver
- Herbs & Rye, Las Vegas
- Baltra Bar, Mexico City
- Bekeb, San Miguel de Allende
- Kaito del Valle, Mexico City
- Bar Pompette, Toronto
- True Laurel, San Francisco
- Attaboy, New York
- Meadowlark, Chicago
- The Dead Rabbit, New York
- Selva, Oaxaca
- Library by the Sea, Grand Cayman
- Century Grand, Phoenix
- Arca, Tulum
- Pacific Cocktail Heaven, San Francisco
- Cloakroom, Montreal
- Bar Mordecai, Toronto
- Maison Premiere, New York
- Hanky Panky, Mexico City
- Angel’s Share, New York
- Milady’s, New York
- Brujas, Mexico City
- Mírate, Los Angeles
- Cure, New Orleans
- Best Intentions, Chicago
- The Keefer Bar, Vancouver
- Atwater Cocktail Club, Montreal
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