North America’s 50 Best Bars 2023 Awards Ceremony recently took place and we’re thrilled to share that you might notice several familiar faces among the honorees! 

We view every S&S box as a chance to showcase the best talent out there, so color us ecstatic (but not surprised) to see so many accomplished collaborators (and friends) up on the podium.

Join us in giving them a round of applause—and be sure to subscribe to Shaker & Spoon for the opportunity to enjoy cocktails from these venerated victors and other bartenders of their caliber right in the comfort of your own home!

Our very own Christine Wiseman was named Altos Bartenders’ Bartender for 2023, or “North America’s most admired bartender.” 

To try a taste of her work, don’t miss the delicious Choco Facto old fashioned!

Café La Trova was in the Top 10, and S&S alum and Maestro Cantinero Julio Cabrera received the Roku Industry Icon Award!

To get a taste of the spirit and tradition of Cuba, you simply can’t miss Julio’s iconic La Trova Old Fashioned. 

Pacific Cocktail Haven, back and better than ever after the fire that closed them down in 2021, repped the Bay Area when they took the #28 spot on the list!

It’s a must-visit bar, but if you’re not traveling to San Francisco anytime soon, Kevin Diedrich created a riff on his menu’s classic Leeward Negroni just for S&S: it’s the Pacific Negroni, featuring pandan, one of Kevin’s favorite ingredients!

Allegory, the DC home base of Drink Master Kapri Robinson, took the #45 spot on the list as well as the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award!

Kapri’s had a menu’s worth of delicious collabs with S&S that are perfect for the warming weather to come. If you can’t get to DC to try her creations, order the Ginger and Jasmine and Pear! Oh My!, Blood & Sage, or Top of the Morning today!

Get on the reservation list for these cream-of-the-crop cocktail bars (no doubt filling up after such accolades), and while you wait, tour the catalog we’ve put together and have a taste of all this commendable creativity!