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30/09/2026

A cocktail menu that begins in 1758.
Bar Les Ambassadeurs at has turned nearly three centuries of the palace’s history into twelve cocktails, told in order. Ange is for Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the architect who drew the facades on what is now Place de la Concorde. Le Duc is 1788, when the Crillon family made it their home. L’Obélisque, gold pyramid and all, marks the Luxor Obelisk arriving in the square in 1836. Transatlantic is 1909, the year the hotel opened its doors. And Bernstein is for Leonard Bernstein, one of its most devoted guests.
Created by Benjamin Nolf and his team. Now pouring in Paris.
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24/09/2026

51 to 100 of The World’s 50 Best Bars 2026, all on one map. 34 cities, 13 new entries, and five cities on the list for the first time: Shenzhen, Istanbul, Accra, San José and Dublin. Boadas climbs 33 places, 93 years in. Every bar has a profile on BarMagazine with the full list, link in bio. Photos courtesy of The 50 Best Bars.



📍 Boadas Cocktails Front/Back La Borracha (GH) BAR 1661 BAR Gabriel OTRO BAR MO Bar Shenzhen

Which of the 50 have you actually been to? Count in the comments 👇

04/09/2026

Hong Kong, the Mile is back. 🍹
From 1 to 16 September, ten of the city’s best bars pour exclusive eltequileno cocktails for the second edition of Margarita Mile, winner of Best Event of the Year at The Spirits Business Awards. Grab a free passport at any participating bar, collect a stamp with every Margarita, and you could be flying to Tequila, Mexico for a distillery stay at Casa Salles, with flights by Air Canada.
The route: The Old Man Bar • Hong Kong H***y Tonks Tavern COA Dead Poets HK Bourke’s | Neighbourhood Watering Hole Dragonfly SOCiO Hong Kong The Pontiac LOCKDOWN The Mixing Room
Closing party 16 September, Mexican Independence Day, at H***y Tonks Tavern.
In partnership with Margarita Mile Hong Kong · Full story on barmagazine.com

31/08/2026

Hong Kong had 150,000 neon signs. About 500 are left.
The Pontiac has built its new menu around them. Neon Lit lands on 1 September at 13 Old Bailey Street, and nearly every drink on it is somebody’s story. Midnight Sun is named for the San Francisco gay bar that partner and GM Jen Queen first walked into. Teaches of Peaches is named for the artist whose gig she snuck into as a kid. Hobnail has been on the list since the doors opened in 2015.
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Full story on BarMagazine.com. Link in bio.

26/08/2026

One community. Five continents. Five champions. The World Flair Association and Finest Call have launched a $10,000 global ONLINE flair championship - free entry for WFA members, open to bartenders in all 95 member countries. Qualifying routines open October 1, 2026, and five Continental Champions will be crowned in February 2027. No flights, no travel costs - just your routine, your cocktail, and a worldwide stage. 🍸

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25/08/2026

Every drink here is a song.
Saikindō is a Japanese listening bar inside Four Seasons Abu Dhabi, and its debut menu, Aji No Hibiki, is a record. Twelve cocktails, each named after a song, each built from the bassline, tempo and melody of the track. It arrives as a double-sleeve vinyl. Big Poppa is sotol, Campari, wasabi and tomato dashi. Forget Me Nots is Roku Gin, sakura and sansho pepper. The menu was built by Marco Corallo, once of Artesian in London, with Ann Pinsuda, then the bar’s head mixologist.
Save this for your next trip to Abu Dhabi. And tell us which song you would put in a glass.
Full story on BarMagazine.com. Link in bio.

23/08/2026

Yes, there is a Bigfoot Negroni.
Silver Lyan in Washington DC has built its new menu, Folklore, entirely out of the stories people tell each other: ancient fables, cryptids, internet mythology, urban legend. There is a Loch Ness Martini, a Boogeyman Old Fashioned inspired by the sleep-stealing monster Goya painted, and a Tarantula Iced Tea built on the myth that you swallow spiders in your sleep. The bar sits in a former bank vault, which feels about right.
Save this for your next trip to DC. And tell us which myth you would put in a glass.
Full story on BarMagazine.com. Link in bio.
Photos: Silver Lyan

17/08/2026

Europe’s 50 Best found one. We found four.
This June the 50 Best Bars circus came to Amsterdam to launch its first European list, and left the host city with exactly one bar on it. Super Lyan — Amsterdam at No. 42. Deserved, but not the whole picture. Sins of Sal is where the industry drinks. Fitz's Bar lets you order by smell, from a trolley of house-made perfumes. SHAKERATO is Eric van Beek coming home after making Handshake the best bar in the world, and it still sits at No. 2.
Save this for your next Amsterdam trip. And if we missed your favourite, the comments are open.

13/08/2026

These bars distill their own spirits.
Four bars that decided making the drink wasn’t enough. Himkok in Oslo has distilled aquavit, gin and vodka on site since 2015. Advocatuur in Amsterdam runs a still room behind the bar. The Sidecar in Dublin forages its botanicals from city parkland. CopperBay in Paris built a pastis with a Marseille distillery.
Save this if you’ve ever thought about making your own.
Full story on BarMagazine.com. Link in bio.

10/08/2026

7 Signatures from Little Red Door’s Agri/Culture menu.
Little Red Door in Paris’ Marais built its new menu with the people who grow the ingredients. Every drink is built around a single ingredient, where it comes from, and the person who grows it. Shiitakes grown in an underground car park. Strawberries from Maison Carletti, a family farm in Lot-et-Garonne. Beaufort cheese, in a cocktail.
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