{"id":368007,"date":"2026-10-08T17:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368007\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:18:10","slug":"four-nyc-bars-make-the-worlds-50-best-bars-2026-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368007\/","title":{"rendered":"Four NYC Bars Make the World\u2019s 50 Best Bars 2026 List"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York\u2019s cocktail bars<\/a> give us yet another reason to order a second round: four city spots made the World\u2019s 50 Best Bars 2026 ranking<\/a>\u2014and they\u2019re the only U.S. venues in the top 50.<\/p>\n

Unveiled at an awards ceremony in Milan yesterday, October 7, this year\u2019s list includes bars across 26 cities. New York tied with Paris and Hong Kong for the most entries, with four apiece, including Schmuck at No. 11, Sip & Guzzle at No. 14, Martiny\u2019s at No. 46 and Bar Snack at No. 49.<\/p>\n

Schmuck<\/a> leads the local contingent, landing at No. 11 on its first appearance. The newcomer also picked up the Three Cents Best New Opening Award, given to the highest-ranked entrant that opened during the voting period. Organizers praised its playful approach to cocktails and hospitality, giving New Yorkers a particularly well-decorated excuse to plan their next night out.<\/p>\n

Over in the West Village, Sip & Guzzle<\/a> climbed to No. 14 from its No. 39 debut last year. Founded by bartenders Steve Schneider and Shingo Gokan, along with operating partner Justin Weitz, the two-level destination offers distinctly different drinking moods: energetic Guzzle upstairs and more intimate Sip downstairs. Think of it as a choose-your-own-adventure evening.\u00a0The ranking follows Sip & Guzzle\u2019s No. 1 finish on North America\u2019s 50 Best Bars earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotography courtesy of Sip & Guzzle| Yakitini at Sip & Guzzle <\/p>\n

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Martiny\u2019s<\/a> took No. 46, and co-founder and beverage director Takuma Watanabe earned an additional accolade, being named this year\u2019s Altos Bartenders\u2019 Bartender. Bar Snack<\/a> rounded out New York\u2019s showing at No. 49, joining Schmuck as a new entry.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong\u2019s Bar Leone won overall, retaining the No. 1 spot for a second consecutive year. Milan\u2019s Moebius Milano finished second, followed by Alqu\u00edmico in Cartagena, Colombia.\u00a0The rankings come from votes by more than 800 drinks experts, including bartenders, consultants and writers. Each casts eight votes based on their best bar experiences during the previous 18 months.<\/p>\n

One distinction before you start bragging: New York claimed every U.S. spot in the top 50, rather than every spot across the Americas. Mexico City, for example, has three entries. But still, four globally ranked bars a subway ride away? That\u2019s a pretty persuasive argument for staying local.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s cocktail bars give us yet another reason to order a second round: four city spots made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2590,9,24,55,54,13928,56,821],"class_list":["post-368007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-news-drinking","tag-ny","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}