The most prestigious list in the world of cocktails and mixology has revealed its 2024 selection, highlighting the presence of Handshake Speakeasy, located in Mexico, as the best bar in the world. Learn a bit more about this must-visit spot in Mexico City and see which other establishments from our country are on The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024 list. Text: Arturo Torres Landa and Andrea Cabrera / Photos: Courtesy of The World’s 50 Best Bars
Historic Day
Madrid was the city chosen by The World’s 50 Best Bars to announce its 2024 selection. It includes establishments, entrepreneurs, and mixologists who have turned drinks and hospitality into a true art, making bars around the world genuine gastronomic destinations.
This year, Mexico made history within The World’s 50 Best Bars list, as Handshake Speakeasy, located in Mexico City, was chosen as the Best Bar in the World and the Best Bar in North America. This confirms the global recognition status that our country has acquired in this field.
Dreams Come True
In April 2024, it was named the Best Bar in North America by North America’s 50 Best Bars. On October 22, six months later, Handshake Speakeasy made history again by being recognized as the Best Bar in the World by The World’s 50 Best Bars list, achieving something no other gastronomic and hospitality establishment in our country had achieved until now: being crowned as the most outstanding place on the planet.
To the cry of “Viva Mexico,” those responsible for taking the stage at the Madrid Arena Pavilion to receive the recognition as the Best Bar in the World were Eric van Beek, Marcos di Battista, and Rodrigo Urraca, founders of Handshake Speakeasy. Excited, Urraca summarized this enormous achievement with a simple phrase in English: “Dreams come true.”
What is Handshake Speakeasy, the best bar in the world, like?
Handshake Speakeasy is a bar hidden behind an enigmatic black door in the Juárez neighborhood, where the cocktail menu is designed by the bar director, Eric Van Beek. In his words, Handshake Speakeasy, the best bar in the world, possesses an energy that is “kind, hospitable, even funny, organized, and with a big heart.”
From their latest menu, you must try the Matcha Dame Blanche cocktail with Bombay Sapphire gin, matcha tea, Greek yogurt, and white chocolate, inspired by a Dutch dessert. According to Eric, his inspiration for creating new cocktails comes from food, coffee, or pastries. The creative leader of Handshake Speakeasy, the best bar in the world, also confesses exclusively to Food and Travel Mexico that his favorite cocktail is the piña colada, not too sweet, with fresh juice and good rum.
Source: Food and Travel
