I'm thrilled to share our 2nd annual North America's 50 Best Restaurants awards will be held in my other US home, my long beloved New Orleans, on May 28. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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Announced today: for its inaugural year, #NorthAmericas50Best Restaurants will be held with live awards ceremony in Las Vegas on 9.25.25 at @wynnlasvegas.bsky.social:
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But at #1, and *still* reigning champion at the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards, we're back to Mexico City and Handshake Speakeasy! Congratulations to Eric Van Beek and his team! Hope to have you back at my home bar again sometime soon! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
In at #2 at the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards is Superbueno, which, while having a vaguely Spanish-sounding name, is actually in NYC. Congratulations! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Top 3 Best bars in North America for 2025! #3 is Tlecan, in Mexico City! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Chris Hannah and his team at Jewel of the South in New Orleans show up at #4 on the list at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards. Apologies to Chris for making him make dozens of fino sours at Tales that one time. Congrats! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Sip & Guzzle NYC, the bar from industry pros Steve Schneider & Shingo Gokan, is high on my list of 2025 destinations to visit. It earns a top-five spot, at #5 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards list. #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
At #6 on the list of North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 is Overstory NYC. Way down @ the south end of Manhattan, the view from the terrace, like the cocktails, is unparalleled. Save the money you were going to spend on the Empire State Building and go here #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
At #7 on the list of North America's 50 Best Bars 2025, as the best bar in Canada, we find Bar Pompette! Congratulations to Hugo Togni, Simon Taggart and their team. Run, don't walk, to visit this Toronto gem. #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards announces Guadalajara's El Gallo Altanero at #8! Felicidades! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
At #9, and also winner of "Legend of the List" at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards, CDMX's Licoreria Limantour! Congratulations to Jose Luis Leon and his team! @joseluisleon #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
We're down to the top 10! Julia Momose (whose cocktail book you should read) and her team at Chicago's Kumiko takes #10 at the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Awards. Well worth a visit. #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Quick pause at the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 countdown to award the Roku Industry Icon Award to Julie Reiner, whose Clover Club bar in NYC is iconic. The number of industry luminaries who came through that bar is legion! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
The Three Cents Best New Bar Award goes to a bar I've been dying to visit. The EMP-adjacent Clemente takes #11 at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktailsat
It's been a while since I've been in LA, but can't wait to visit this year's "Highest Climber Award" at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025, #12 - Mirate! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
If you're in Miami, you *must* go to Cafe La Trova, who held steady this year at #13 on the list of North America's 50 Best Bars 2025. Their pop-up and seminar in Toronto last year was fantastic! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Bar Mauro, a new bar that's opened in CDMX since the last time I visited, debuts at #14 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025! Can't wait to go back - so many stellar bars in the city to discover! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Sadly missed the Toronto pop-up of Martiny's NYC, but look forward to visiting them next time I'm in the city. Congratulations to the team there, who just placed #15 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
I haven't been lucky enough to visit the new(-ish) location of PCH in San Francisco, but loved my visit to the old spot. They find themselves at #16 on the list of North America's 50 Best Bars 2025! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Nicolas Torres and his team at True Laurel in SF land a well-deserved spot at #17 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025! The 1-2 punch of TL & Trick Dog around the corner is unmatched! Congrats to you all & thanks for visiting my home bar here in Toronto! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Perennial Favorite, NYC's Employees Only climbs back up to #18 on North America's 50 Best Bars List. While it never gets the recognition it deserves for cocktail innovation, the vibes have *always* been impeccable, and just *so* fun. The Steak Tartare! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Double Chicken Please in NYC, the #1 bar only a few years ago, drops to #19 on the list at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony. Still hoping to get there someday soon. #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Baltra Bar, in Mexico, one of my favorites, shows up at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony Countdown at #20! Mexico really surging in these awards! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Yet another pause in the countdown at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony to announce the Best Bar Design Award, which goes to Carry On, in Phoenix! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
My dear pals at Civil Liberties bar in Toronto finally show up on the list at #21, after their sister bar Civil Works won Best Cocktail Menu at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony Countdown. Congrats, Nick Kennedy and his whole team! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Tijuana's Aruba Day Drink comes in at #22 at the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony Countdown. #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony Countdown has Service Bar in Washington, DC at #23! So many bars that I have yet to visit! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
At #24 at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony, and the winner of the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award, in Los Angeles, Thunderbolt! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
On to the back half of the North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony Countdown. Kicking us off at #25, Best Intentions, in Chicago! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
Another quick pause in the countdown at North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 Ceremony to announce the Altos Bartender's Bartender award, voted by her peers: Eli Martinez Bello, at Tlecan in CDMX! Congratulations! #NorthAmericas50Best #50BestBars #Cocktails
