By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Bar Blogger
Bar Leone in Hong Kong is the world’s best bar.
At least according to a group known as the World’s Best 50, very lucky individuals who get to travel the globe to rank bars and restaurants. Such lists are all subjective, of course. What is one person’s treasure is another person’s trash, of course, tho it’s doubful that Bar Leone – a neighborhood bar in Hong Kong’s upscale Sheung Wan area – wouold be anyone’s trash. But you get the picture.
I mean, how would this group feel about some of my favorite bars: the Tropical Beach Bar and the Scandinavian Bar in Mykonos, Greece; the Tropical Bar in Santorini, Lahaina Beach House in Pacific Beach, CA; Innisfree in Tuscaloosa, AL; the Ocean Deck in Daytona Beach, FL; Foxy’s in the British Virgin Islands and Paddy Reilly’s Irish Pub in Basel, Switzerland, just to name a few?
And, heaven forbid, what would the World’s Best 50 think of the original Sharkeez in Manhattan Beach, CA?
Still, these lists are interesting to review. I like to see if I’ve ever been to any of the places. Here is the World’s Best 50 Bars list; how how many have you been to, if any?
Bar Leone, Hong Kong
Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City
Sips, Barcelona
Paradiso, Barcelona
Tayer & Elementary, London
Connaught Bar, London
Moebius Milano, Milan
Line, Athens
Jigger & Pony, Singapore
Tres Monos, Buenos Aires
Alquimico, Cartagena
Superbueno, New York City
Lady Bee, Lima
Himkok, Oslo
Bar Us, Bangkok
Zest, Seoul
Bar Nouveau, Paris
Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo
Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
The Cambridge Public House, Paris
Satan’s Whiskers, London
Locale Firenze, Florence
Tlecan, Mexico City
Tan Tan, São Paulo
Mirror Bar, Bratislava
CoChinChina, Buenos Aires
Baba au Rhum, Athens
Nouvelle Vague, Tirana
Hope & Sesame, Guangzhou
Danico, Paris
Scarfes Bar, London
Svanen, Oslo
Sastreria Martinez, Lima
Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Roda Huset, Stockholm
Mimi Kakushi, Dubai
Salmon Guru, Madrid
Coa, Hong Kong
Sip & Guzzle, New York
Drink Kong, Rome
Double Chicken Please, New York
Maybe Sammy, Sydney
1930, Milan
Jewel of the South, New Orleans
Virtu, Tokyo
Overstory, New York
The Bar in Front of the Bar, Athens
The Bellwood, Tokyo
BKK Social Club, Bangkok
Nutmeg & Clove, Singapore
My count is zero. Tho I might would have tried to locate The Cambridge Public House when I was in Paris recently but considering how long it took me to find the famous Harry’s New York Bar, I doubt I would have ever made it there. (Have you ever been to Paris? It has some of the world’s biggest buildings; some are blocks long and they obscure nearly every other thing in the area. Plus, you walk out of the Metro in any one of four directions, encounter gigantic building after gigantic building and hours later you discover the place you are looking for by accident when walking down a narrow alley.)
By the way, PubClub.com has own own list of Top 10 bars in the world. How many of these have you been to and do you agree? Leave a comment.
Kevin Wilkerson has been to bars all across the USA and Canada and to a dozen countries worldwide. He know his bars. This story was written by a human with no assistance from AI or ChatGTP.
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