Dante named World's Best Bar 2019
New York’s Dante was crowned World’s Best Bar 2019 at the World’s 50 Best Bars awards ceremony last night (3 October) in London.
Dante has risen eight places from last year to scoop the top prize while London’s Connaught finished second and Argentina’s Florería Atlántico completed the podium.
“We’ve had an incredible year at Dante but this award really goes to the staff members, past and present, which have made this possible. We just try and make the best drinks we can, with the best service in a cool spot in New York’s Greenwich Village,” said Dante owner Linden Pride.
View this post on Instagram
The awards ceremony was held at Camden’s Roundhouse venue in north London which saw representatives of the world’s elite bars gather for the unveiling of list.
New York and Singapore starred 12 bars between them while the UK claimed a fifth of the venues alone.
Monica Berg, co-owner of new London bar Tayēr + Elementary was named the Bartenders’ Bartender 2019 while Charles Schumann was given the Industry Icon accolade.
Maybe Sammy (No.43) in Sydney, Australia, collected Best Bar in Australasia, while Beirut’s Electric Bing Sutt (No.46) took home the Best Bar in the Middle East & Africa.
Selected from the list of 51-100 bars was Drink Kong in Rome (No.82), which was named One To Watch for the 2020 awards while Native (No.12) was given the Sustainable Bar Award.
32 La Factoría
33 Presidente
34 Schumann's
35 Speak Low
36 Little Red Door
37 Linje Tio
38 The Old Man
39 Lyaness
40 Happiness Forgets
41 Swift
42 Trick Dog
43 Maybe Sammy
44 1930
45 Sober Company
46 Electric Bing Sutt
47 Kwānt
48 Artesian
49 Coa
50 Jerry Thomas Speakeasy