{"id":255549,"date":"2025-09-26T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/255549\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:03:15","slug":"four-nyc-bars-rank-among-the-worlds-best-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/255549\/","title":{"rendered":"Four NYC Bars Rank Among the World\u2019s Best in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City has never exactly struggled to make a great martini<\/a>\u2014or a great anything, really\u2014but now it has fresh bragging rights. The 2025 edition of The World\u2019s 50 Best Bars<\/a> just dropped its extended ranking of spots sitting at No. 51 through No. 100, and four NYC watering holes made the cut. Even better: One of them is brand new to the global stage.<\/p>\n

The highest debut belongs to Schmuck<\/a>, a\u00a0East Village bar that snagged the No. 59 spot. The cheekily named newcomer has quickly earned buzz for playful cocktails, theatrical presentation and a vibe that doesn\u2019t take itself too seriously. It\u2019s a major coup to land on the list in the first year of eligibility, especially given the global competition that stretches from Bangkok to Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED: The 30 best bars in NYC right now for\u00a0classic cocktails, craft beer and expert wine selections<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alongside Schmuck, three local stalwarts returned to the rankings. Attaboy<\/a>, the speakeasy-style bar on Eldridge Street, climbed 12 places to No. 72, proof that its choose-your-own-adventure approach to cocktails still charms judges more than a decade after opening. Martiny\u2019s<\/a>, a Japanese-influenced cocktail bar in Gramercy helmed by mixology veteran Takuma Watanabe, held steady in the mid-70s at No. 75. And Employees Only<\/a>, the West Village institution that helped kickstart the modern cocktail revival, showed it\u2019s still got it, landing at No. 95.<\/p>\n

Altogether, the U.S. put eight bars on the 51\u2013100 list, with New York representing half of that total. San Francisco\u2019s True Laurel<\/a> (No. 64), L.A.\u2019s M\u00edrate<\/a> (No. 93), Chicago\u2019s Kumiko<\/a> (No. 97) and Miami\u2019s Caf\u00e9 La Trova<\/a> (No. 82) rounded out the American winners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe extended 51\u2013100 list is another opportunity to celebrate the passion, creativity and world-class hospitality that define the very best in the business,\u201d said Emma Sleight, head of content for The World\u2019s 50 Best Bars. \u201cFrom brand new destinations and emerging markets to beloved favourites, the extended ranking shines a light on even more of the world\u2019s finest bars.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the final word\u2014The World\u2019s 50 Best Bars will reveal its main list, counting down the top 50, at a live event in Hong Kong on October 8. But for now, New York can raise a very stylish glass: The city\u2019s bar scene is still setting the pace for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City has never exactly struggled to make a great martini\u2014or a great anything, really\u2014but now it…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":255550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10633,405,403,65560,5226,5225,5228,5227,988,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-255549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-restaurants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-drinking","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-restaurants","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115269324197850049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}