In 2025, to stand out from the pack, you need to get specific. The past few years have brought an expansiveness to the industry: Dives serve dialed-in, experimental drinks now; wine bars are building rosters of excellent cocktails; guests are off the rails with their requests—and bartenders, somehow, have to make it all happen.
It takes confidence, these days, to pick one thing and be excellent at it. The Best New Bars of 2025 have staked their claims—on Daiquiris, mezcal, the tropical canon and more—and, in doing so, they subvert any of our preconceived notions about what these cocktail templates and genres can be.
Read on for the Best New Bars of 2025, plus an industry icon that, since it opened 10 years ago, has continued to inspire us.
What sets
a new bar apart
in 2025?
What sets
a new bar apart
in 2025?
