World's Biggest Bar Crawl (updated)
Not much of a change--my New York visit hardly included any cocktail bars at all, and my nights in New Orleans were more often occupied with parties than bars:
Updated to 21 out of 72 (nearly 30%) after this last trip, during which I marked off Pegu Club, The Carousel Bar, and the Old Absinthe House, as well as M&H NYC:
Bars to Visit Before Your Jazz Funeral
List compiled by Simon Ford and Angus Winchester for The World’s Biggest Bar Crawl seminar at Tales of the Cocktail.
Alibi, 811 Iberville Street, New Orleans; (504) 522-9187
Andres Carné de Res Restaurante Bailadero, Calle 3 No 11a-56 Chica, Colombia, (near Bogota); 011-57-863-7880. (Everything in it is recycled.)
Apoteke, Tromoso, Norway
The Bar Hemingway, 15, Place Vendôme, Paris; 011-33-1-4316-3365
Bar High Five, in the Ginza area of Tokyo
Barfly’s Club, Esterhazygasse 33, Vienna; 011-43-1-586-0825. (The cocktail list is 75 pages long, with 60 different ryes and 600 single malts.)
Bayswater Brasserie, 32 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross, Sydney 011-61-9347-2177
Bel Ami Restaurant & Lounge, 1591 Willamette Street, Eugene, Ore.
Black Friars Distillery, 60 Southside Street, Plymouth, UK; 011-44-1752-665-292
Bix, 56 Gold Street, San Francisco; 011-415-433-6300
Boadas Cocktail Bar, C/ Tallers 1, Barcelona; 011-34-933-188-826. (Hemingway drank here.)
Bourbon, 2348 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C.; (202) 625-7770
Bourbon and Branch, 522 Jones Street, San Francisco; (415) 673-1921
Burj Al Arab, Dubai; 011-971-4-3017-600; (World’s most expensive cocktail.)
Bramble Bar & Lounge, 16 Queen Street, Edinburgh; 011-44-0131-226-6343
NOTE: Great bar, but desperately needs to find a better brand of prosecco
Café Tortoni, 825 Av De Mayo Buenos Aires, Argentina 011-54-11-4342-4328
Captain’s Bar at the Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road, Hong Kong; 011-852-2825-4006. (Locale for Hong Kong businessmen; try the gunner - ginger ale, ginger beer, angostura bitters.)
Carousel Bar, 214 Royal Street, New Orleans; (504) 523-3341
China Club, 13/F, Old Bank of China Building, Bank Street, Hong Kong; 011-852-2521-8888
Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Ky.; (502) 636-4400. (For a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby.)
Constellation, 96 Xinle Lu, Huaihai Zhong Lu, 5404-0970 Shanghai, China
Death + Company, 433 East 6th Street, New York; (212) 388-0882
Der Raum, 438 Church Street, Richmond, Melbourne 011-61-3-9428-0055
The Doheny, 714 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles
door 74, Reguliersdwarsstraat 74, Amsterdam; 011-31-6-3404-5122
Downtown Hotel, Corner of Second and Queen, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. (Members only; 7,000 members.)
Drink, 348 Congress Street, No. 101, Boston; (617) 695-1806
Dry Martini, C/ Aribau 162, Barcelona 011-34-932-175-080. (Truly wonderful bar for the martini.)
The Dukes Hotel, 35-36 St James’s Place, London. (The naked martini.)
The Edison, 108 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles; (213) 784-3678
Eighteen-O-Six (1806), 169 Exhibition Street, Melbourne; 011-61-3-9663-7722
Felix at the Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong; 011-852-2920-2888. (Designed by Philippe Starck, more for the view than the drinks.)
Fifty London, 50 Saint James’s Street, London; 011-44-870-415-5050
NOTE: No longer open
Flatiron Lounge, 37 West 19th Street, New York; (212) 727-7741
The Florida Room, 1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach; (305) 672-2000
The Gibson, 2009 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.; (202) 232-2156
Harry’s New York Bar, 5, Rue Daunou, Paris; 011-33-1-42-61-71-14. (A bit touristy.)
King Cole Bar Lounge, St. Regis Hotel, 2 East 55th Street, New York; (212) 753-4500
La Brasserie Restaurant, 118-126 Crown Street, Sydney; 011-61-2-9358-1222
La Floridita, Obispo No. 557 esq. a Monserrate, Havana, 10100, Cuba; 011-53-7-8671300
LAB, 12 Old Compton Street, London; 011-44-20-7437-7820
Le Lion - Bar de Paris, Rathausstraße 3, Hamburg, Germany; 011-49-40-3347-5378-0
The Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Singapore; 011-65-6337-1886
Matterhorn, 106 Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand; 011-64-4-384-3359
Merchant Hotel, 35-39 Waring Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland; 011-44-28-90234888
Milk & Honey, 134 Eldridge Street, New York; (212) 625-3397
Motel Bar, Level 1/4th Forresters Lane, Wellington, New Zealand; 011-64-4-384-9084
Nottingham Forest, Viale Piave, 1, Milan; 011-39-02-798311. (Bartender: Dario Camini.)
The Old Absinthe House, 240 Bourbon Street, New Orleans; (504) 523-3181
Old Town Bar, 45 East 18th Street, New York; (212) 529-6732
Olive Bar & Kitchen, 14 Union Park Khar., Mumbai, India; 011-91-22-2605-8228.
P. J. Clarke’s, 915 Third Avenue, New York; (212) 317-1616
Paparazzi, Laurinská 1, Bratislava, Slovakia; 011-42-1-25-464-0777
PDT, 113 Saint Marks Place, New York; (212) 614-0386
Pegu Club, 77 West Houston Street, New York; (212) 473-7348
PX, Alexandria, Va. (Todd Thrasher’s place.)
The Quaich Bar at the Craigellachie Hotel, Speyside, Scotland; 011-44-01340-881204
Quo Vadis Club, 26 Dean Street, London; 011-44-20-7437-9585. (Private members’ club.)
The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York; (212) 632-5000
The Randolf, 349 Broome Street, New York; (212) 274-0667
Ricks, The Taj Mahal Hotel, 1, Mansingh Road, New Delhi; 011-91-11-230-26-162
Ruby, 10 Nybrogade Street, Copenhagen; 011-45-3393-1203
The Savoy Hotel, The Strand, London, 011-44-20-783-64-343
Schumann’s Bar, Odeonsplatz 6+7, Munich; 011-49-089-22-90-60
Sky Bar, Страстной бул., 8а, Moscow; 011-7-495-694-02-10. (Great views of panoramic Moscow and rich Russians.)
Tender Bar, Nogakudo Building, 6-5-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; 011-81-3-3571-8343
Tiki Lounge and Bar, 327 Swan Street, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia; 011-61-3-9428-4336
The Tippling Club, 8D Dempsey Road, Singapore; 011-65-6475-2217
NOTE: In the middle of nowhere and keeps restaurant rather than bar hours
Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant, 5929 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco; (415) 387-4747
Vessel, 1312 Fifth Avenue, Seattle; (206) 652-0521
Westin, Calgary, Alberta; (403) 699-9843
Widder Bar, Rennweg 7, Zurich; 011-41-44-224-2411
Zig Zag Café, 1501 Western Avenue, Seattle; (206) 625-1146
Updated to 21 out of 72 (nearly 30%) after this last trip, during which I marked off Pegu Club, The Carousel Bar, and the Old Absinthe House, as well as M&H NYC:
Bars to Visit Before Your Jazz Funeral
List compiled by Simon Ford and Angus Winchester for The World’s Biggest Bar Crawl seminar at Tales of the Cocktail.
Alibi, 811 Iberville Street, New Orleans; (504) 522-9187
Andres Carné de Res Restaurante Bailadero, Calle 3 No 11a-56 Chica, Colombia, (near Bogota); 011-57-863-7880. (Everything in it is recycled.)
Apoteke, Tromoso, Norway
The Bar Hemingway, 15, Place Vendôme, Paris; 011-33-1-4316-3365
Bar High Five, in the Ginza area of Tokyo
Barfly’s Club, Esterhazygasse 33, Vienna; 011-43-1-586-0825. (The cocktail list is 75 pages long, with 60 different ryes and 600 single malts.)
Bayswater Brasserie, 32 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross, Sydney 011-61-9347-2177
Bel Ami Restaurant & Lounge, 1591 Willamette Street, Eugene, Ore.
Black Friars Distillery, 60 Southside Street, Plymouth, UK; 011-44-1752-665-292
Bix, 56 Gold Street, San Francisco; 011-415-433-6300
Boadas Cocktail Bar, C/ Tallers 1, Barcelona; 011-34-933-188-826. (Hemingway drank here.)
Bourbon, 2348 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C.; (202) 625-7770
Bourbon and Branch, 522 Jones Street, San Francisco; (415) 673-1921
Burj Al Arab, Dubai; 011-971-4-3017-600; (World’s most expensive cocktail.)
Bramble Bar & Lounge, 16 Queen Street, Edinburgh; 011-44-0131-226-6343
NOTE: Great bar, but desperately needs to find a better brand of prosecco
Café Tortoni, 825 Av De Mayo Buenos Aires, Argentina 011-54-11-4342-4328
Captain’s Bar at the Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Road, Hong Kong; 011-852-2825-4006. (Locale for Hong Kong businessmen; try the gunner - ginger ale, ginger beer, angostura bitters.)
Carousel Bar, 214 Royal Street, New Orleans; (504) 523-3341
China Club, 13/F, Old Bank of China Building, Bank Street, Hong Kong; 011-852-2521-8888
Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Ky.; (502) 636-4400. (For a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby.)
Constellation, 96 Xinle Lu, Huaihai Zhong Lu, 5404-0970 Shanghai, China
Death + Company, 433 East 6th Street, New York; (212) 388-0882
Der Raum, 438 Church Street, Richmond, Melbourne 011-61-3-9428-0055
The Doheny, 714 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles
door 74, Reguliersdwarsstraat 74, Amsterdam; 011-31-6-3404-5122
Downtown Hotel, Corner of Second and Queen, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. (Members only; 7,000 members.)
Drink, 348 Congress Street, No. 101, Boston; (617) 695-1806
Dry Martini, C/ Aribau 162, Barcelona 011-34-932-175-080. (Truly wonderful bar for the martini.)
The Dukes Hotel, 35-36 St James’s Place, London. (The naked martini.)
The Edison, 108 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles; (213) 784-3678
Eighteen-O-Six (1806), 169 Exhibition Street, Melbourne; 011-61-3-9663-7722
Felix at the Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong; 011-852-2920-2888. (Designed by Philippe Starck, more for the view than the drinks.)
Fifty London, 50 Saint James’s Street, London; 011-44-870-415-5050
NOTE: No longer open
Flatiron Lounge, 37 West 19th Street, New York; (212) 727-7741
The Florida Room, 1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach; (305) 672-2000
The Gibson, 2009 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.; (202) 232-2156
Harry’s New York Bar, 5, Rue Daunou, Paris; 011-33-1-42-61-71-14. (A bit touristy.)
King Cole Bar Lounge, St. Regis Hotel, 2 East 55th Street, New York; (212) 753-4500
La Brasserie Restaurant, 118-126 Crown Street, Sydney; 011-61-2-9358-1222
La Floridita, Obispo No. 557 esq. a Monserrate, Havana, 10100, Cuba; 011-53-7-8671300
LAB, 12 Old Compton Street, London; 011-44-20-7437-7820
Le Lion - Bar de Paris, Rathausstraße 3, Hamburg, Germany; 011-49-40-3347-5378-0
The Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Singapore; 011-65-6337-1886
Matterhorn, 106 Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand; 011-64-4-384-3359
Merchant Hotel, 35-39 Waring Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland; 011-44-28-90234888
Milk & Honey, 134 Eldridge Street, New York; (212) 625-3397
Motel Bar, Level 1/4th Forresters Lane, Wellington, New Zealand; 011-64-4-384-9084
Nottingham Forest, Viale Piave, 1, Milan; 011-39-02-798311. (Bartender: Dario Camini.)
The Old Absinthe House, 240 Bourbon Street, New Orleans; (504) 523-3181
Old Town Bar, 45 East 18th Street, New York; (212) 529-6732
Olive Bar & Kitchen, 14 Union Park Khar., Mumbai, India; 011-91-22-2605-8228.
P. J. Clarke’s, 915 Third Avenue, New York; (212) 317-1616
Paparazzi, Laurinská 1, Bratislava, Slovakia; 011-42-1-25-464-0777
PDT, 113 Saint Marks Place, New York; (212) 614-0386
Pegu Club, 77 West Houston Street, New York; (212) 473-7348
PX, Alexandria, Va. (Todd Thrasher’s place.)
The Quaich Bar at the Craigellachie Hotel, Speyside, Scotland; 011-44-01340-881204
Quo Vadis Club, 26 Dean Street, London; 011-44-20-7437-9585. (Private members’ club.)
The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York; (212) 632-5000
The Randolf, 349 Broome Street, New York; (212) 274-0667
Ricks, The Taj Mahal Hotel, 1, Mansingh Road, New Delhi; 011-91-11-230-26-162
Ruby, 10 Nybrogade Street, Copenhagen; 011-45-3393-1203
The Savoy Hotel, The Strand, London, 011-44-20-783-64-343
Schumann’s Bar, Odeonsplatz 6+7, Munich; 011-49-089-22-90-60
Sky Bar, Страстной бул., 8а, Moscow; 011-7-495-694-02-10. (Great views of panoramic Moscow and rich Russians.)
Tender Bar, Nogakudo Building, 6-5-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; 011-81-3-3571-8343
Tiki Lounge and Bar, 327 Swan Street, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia; 011-61-3-9428-4336
The Tippling Club, 8D Dempsey Road, Singapore; 011-65-6475-2217
NOTE: In the middle of nowhere and keeps restaurant rather than bar hours
Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant, 5929 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco; (415) 387-4747
Vessel, 1312 Fifth Avenue, Seattle; (206) 652-0521
Westin, Calgary, Alberta; (403) 699-9843
Widder Bar, Rennweg 7, Zurich; 011-41-44-224-2411
Zig Zag Café, 1501 Western Avenue, Seattle; (206) 625-1146