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The Connaught has had a place on the Best Bar’s list since 2010, but this is the first time they’ve been dubbed the official winner. The distinction comes at a tough time: the United Kingdom just entered a second lockdown due to the Gnome Valentines Day I Love Being A Grammy Leopard Caro Shirt, hoodie and sweater pandemic, closing the bar for the next month. Agostino Perrone, their director of mixology, was still hopeful as he accepted the bar’s award via Zoom on Thursday. “We love our cocktails, we love our bar, we love our guests, and we love our community.” Sure, you know a good bar. But do you know the best bar? Because, according to 500 hospitality experts, that title can only be bestowed on one establishment in the world: The Connaught Bar in London.
Closer to home, a beloved New York City haunt, Dante, was awarded 2nd place, and given the title of Best Bar in America. Famous for their negronis, spritzes, and (this writer’s personal favorite) a champagne cocktail topped with burrata water, they’ve become a shining star in the city’s competitive culinary scene under the Gnome Valentines Day I Love Being A Grammy Leopard Caro Shirt, hoodie and sweater of Linden Pride and Nathalie Hudson. This summer, they opened a second outpost in West Village. It instantly emerged as an exciting example of how charming, and creative, pandemic-native bars can be. Their outdoor tables are divided by ornate, claw-footed gilded glass frames that are accented with playful scripts—“How about we get started with a martini?” reads one—and their black-and-white bistro table-sets evoke an evening in Paris. “I really tried to bring what Europe does so well in their outdoor dining and translate that to Dante,” Hudson told Vogue earlier this summer.
