New York has 6, but Barcelona has top spot

Corrections and clarifications: In a previous version of this story, the number of bars in the U.S. named in the best bars list was incorrect. The list names eight U.S. bars on The World’s 50 Best Bars list.

A dramatic, dimly lit haunt in Barcelona, Spain, nabbed the top spot for the world’s best bar of 2022, based on a new ranking of the top 50 bars across the globe.

The top prize this year went to Paradiso, according to The World’s 50 Best Bars, an annual list that celebrates the best of the international drinks industry. First published in 2009, it provides an annual ranking of bars as voted for by 650 drinks experts from across the globe.

Located in Barcelona’s El Born district, the speakeasy offers imaginative cocktails and bar bites. The bar, boasts of offering “a universe of temptations” with a “surprising, almost otherworldly setting, a space where you do not need to imagine, the unimaginable is real, a place for enjoyment without a thought.”