The 18th annual Spirited Awards® is dedicated to honoring excellence in the drinks industry, showcasing the best of the global cocktail community.
NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 18, 2024)—Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF) is pleased to announce the Regional Top 10 Honorees for the 18th annual Spirited Awards®. Established in 2007 to honor excellence in the drinks industry, the Spirited Awards® has grown into one of the most internationally prestigious recognitions, celebrating individuals, products, establishments, media, and industry luminaries from across the world who continue to inspire the global cocktail community. In partnership with Forbes, the Spirited Awards® official media partner, TOTCF will celebrate the Spirited Awards® during the Tales of the Cocktail® (TOTC) conference, taking place in New Orleans from July 21-26, 2024.
“The Spirited Awards is crucial to our industry, not only as an award but also as an appreciation for every Regional Top 10 Honoree’s hard work and effort, which eventually motivates them to reach higher,” said Symphony Loo, Spirited Awards Asia Pacific (APAC) Co-Chair.
Broken into geographical regions: Asia Pacific (APAC), Canada, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C), Middle East & Africa (MEA), U.S. Central, U.S. East, and U.S. West, the Spirited Awards® Regional Top 10 Honorees represent a global class of cocktail teams and establishments that are making an indelible mark on their local cocktail communities–and beyond. To toast the 2024 Honorees, the Foundation is proud to recognize this inspiring group and announce the Spirited Awards Regional Top 10 Honorees.
2024 Spirited Awards® Regional Top 10 Honorees (in alphabetical order):
INTERNATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
*Due to ties, some categories have more than 10 honorees.
Best International Bar Team presented by Tales of the Cocktail Foundation
Best International Bar Team – Asia Pacific (APAC)
ARGO at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
ATLAS — Singapore
Caretaker’s Cottage — Melbourne, Australia
Dean & Nancy on 22 at the A by Adina Hotel — Sydney, Australia
Double Deuce Lounge — Sydney, Australia
Hope & Sesame Guangzhou — Guangzhou, China
Jigger & Pony at the Amara Hotel — Singapore
Native — Singapore
Night Hawk — Singapore
Nutmeg & Clove — Singapore
Best International Bar Team – Canada *
Atwater Cocktail Club — Montréal, QC, Canada
Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Civil Liberties — Toronto, ON, Canada
Cry Baby Gallery — Toronto, ON, Canada
Dear Friend — Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Laowai — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Library Bar at Fairmont Royal York — Toronto, ON, Canada
Published on Main — Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Cloakroom Bar — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Coldroom — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Keefer Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Best International Bar Team – Europe
1930 Cocktail Bar — Milan, Italy
Bar 1661 — Dublin, Ireland
Cinquanta Spirito Italiano — Pagani, Italy
Mirror Cocktail Bar at Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel — Bratislava, Slovakia
Panda & Sons — Edinburgh, Scotland
Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
Satan’s Whiskers — London, UK
Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
The Cambridge Public House — Paris, France
The Clumsies — Athens, Greece
Best International Bar Team – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)
Café de Nadie — Mexico City, Mexico
CoChinChina — Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Gallo Altanero — Guadalajara, Mexico
Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico City, Mexico
Hanky Panky — Mexico City, Mexico
La Factoría — San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Uat — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rayo Cocktail Bar — Mexico City, Mexico
Tres Monos — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Zapote Bar at Rosewood Mayakoba — Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Best International Bar Team – Middle East & Africa (MEA)
COYA Dubai — Dubai, UAE
fable — Cape Town, South Africa
Front/Back Accra — Accra, Ghana
Lost + Found Drinkery — Nicosia, Cyprus
LPM Restaurant & Bar Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Mimi Kakushi — Dubai, UAE
Salmon Guru Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Sin + Tax — Johannesburg, South Africa
The Drinkery — Cape Town, South Africa
Zuma Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Best International Cocktail Bar presented by Patrón Tequila
Best International Cocktail Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)
Above Board — Melbourne, Australia
BYRDI — Melbourne, Australia
Caretaker’s Cottage — Melbourne, Australia
COA — Hong Kong, China
Hope & Sesame Guangzhou — Guangzhou, China
Maybe Sammy — Sydney, Australia
Nutmeg & Clove — Singapore
The Bellwood — Tokyo, Japan
The Cocktail Club — Jakarta, Indonesia
ZEST — Seoul, South Korea
Best International Cocktail Bar – Canada *
Atwater Cocktail Club — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bar Mordecai — Toronto, ON, Canada
Bar Pompette — Toronto, ON, Canada
Civil Liberties — Toronto, ON, Canada
Cocktail Bar — Toronto, ON, Canada
Dear Friend Bar — Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Laowai — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Milky Way Cocktail Bar — Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The Cloakroom Bar — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Keefer Bar — Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Raven Room — Whistler, BC, Canada
Best International Cocktail Bar – Europe
🔶🟥🔵 A Bar with Shapes for a Name — London, UK
Drink Kong — Rome, Italy
HIMKOK — Oslo, Norway
Kwãnt — London, UK
Line Athens — Athens, Greece
Panda & Sons — Edinburgh, Scotland
Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
Röda Huset — Stockholm, Sweden
Satan’s Whiskers — London, UK
Three Sheets Bar — London, UK
Best International Cocktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C) *
ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena des Indias, Colombia
Bon Vivants — Nassau, Bahamas
Carnaval Bar — Lima, Peru
El Barón Cafe & Cocktail Bar — Cartagena, Colombia
Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico City, Mexico
La Factoría — San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Uat — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oh No! Lulu — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rayo Cocktail Bar — Mexico City, Mexico
The Liquor Store — São Paulo, Brazil
Tres Monos — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Best International Cocktail Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)
CAUSE | EFFECT Cocktail Kitchen — Cape Town, South Africa
Dead End Paradise — Beirut, Lebanon
Front/Back Accra — Accra, Ghana
Galaxy Bar — Dubai, UAE
Honeycomb Hi-Fi — Dubai, UAE
Salmon Guru Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Shinkō — Cairo, Egypt
Sin + Tax — Johannesburg, South Africa
The Drinkery — Cape Town, South Africa
The House of Machines — Cape Town, South Africa
Best International Hotel Bar presented by Ford’s Gin
Best International Hotel Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)
ARGO at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
Bar Trigona at Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BKK Social Club at Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok — Bangkok, Thailand
Charles H. at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul — Seoul, South Korea
DarkSide at Rosewood Hong Kong — Hong Kong, China
Dean & Nancy on 22 at the A by Adina Hotel — Sydney, Australia
Origin Bar at the Shangri-La Hotel — Singapore
The Bamboo Bar at the Mandarin Oriental — Bangkok, Thailand
VIRTÙ at Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo Otemachi — Tokyo, Japan
Writers Bar at Raffles Singapore Hotel — Singapore
Best International Hotel Bar – Canada
Bar 1608 at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac — Quebec City, QC, Canada
Bar George at Le Mount Stephen Hotel — Montréal, QC, Canada
Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clive’s Classic Lounge at Chateau Victoria Hotel & Suites — Victoria, BC, Canada
Clockwork Champagne & Cocktails at Fairmont Royal York Hotel — Toronto, ON, Canada
Library Bar at Fairmont Royal York — Toronto, ON, Canada
Marcus Lounge and Bar at Four Seasons Hotel Montréal — Montréal, QC, Canada
Nacarat at Fairmont Queen Elizabeth — Montréal, QC, Canada
The Lobby Lounge and RawBar at Fairmont Pacific Rim — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Writers Room Bar at Park Hyatt — Toronto, ON, Canada
Best International Hotel Bar – Europe *
Atrium Bar at Four Seasons Hotel Firenze — Florence, Italy
Avra Bar at Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens — Athens, Greece
Bar Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel de Crillon — Paris, France
Mirror Cocktail Bar at Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel — Bratislava, Slovakia
Punch Room at The Madrid EDITION — Madrid, Spain
Seed Library at One Hundred Shoreditch Hotel — London, UK
Side Hustle at The NoMad Hotel London — London, UK
Super Lyan at Kimpton De Witt — Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Court at Palazzo Manfredi — Rome, Italy
The Donovan Bar at Brown’s Hotel — London, UK
Velvet by Salvatore Calabrese at Corinthia London — London, UK
Best International Hotel Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)
BEKEB at Hotel Casa Hoyos — San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Carlotta Reforma at The Ritz-Carlton, Mexico City — Mexico City, Mexico
Fifty Mils at Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City — Mexico City, Mexico
Hotel B at Relais & Châteaux — Lima, Peru
King Cole Bar at The St. Regis Mexico City — Mexico City, Mexico
La Botica at Las Ventanas al Paraiso — Los Cabos, Mexico
Library by the Sea at Kimpton Seafire Resort — Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands
NKIRU Bar at 45 by Director Hotel — Santiago, Chile
Rabo di Galo at Rosewood São Paulo — São Paulo, Brazil
Zapote Bar at Rosewood Mayakoba — Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Best International Hotel Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA) *
Blind Tiger at Jumeirah Al Naseem — Dubai, UAE
Electric Pawn Shop at the Dubai Hotel — Dubai, UAE
Flashback Speakeasy Bar & Lounge at Paramount Hotel Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Gigi Rooftop Restaurant & Bar at the Gorgeous George Hotel — Cape Town, South Africa
HERO at Trademark Hotel — Nairobi, Kenya
Jiko Restaurant at Tribe Hotel — Nairobi, Kenya
Library Bar at The Abu Dhabi EDITION — Abu Dhabi, UAE
Monkey Bar at 25hours Hotel — Dubai, UAE
Smoke & Mirrors at SLS Dubai — Dubai, UAE
The Bulgari Bar at the The Bulgari Resort Dubai — Dubai, UAE
The Leopard Bar at the Twelve Apostles Hotel — Cape Town, South Africa
Best International Restaurant Bar presented by Gin Mare
Best International Restaurant Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)
Alba Bar & Deli — Brisbane, Australia
Burnt Ends — Singapore
Caffe Fernet — Singapore
Gimlet at Cavendish House — Melbourne, Australia
Neon Pigeon — Singapore
PANTJA — Jakarta, Indonesia
Ralph’s Bar — Chengdu, China
SG Low — Tokyo, Japan
Sugarhall — Singapore
Vender Bar — Taichung City, Taiwan
Best International Restaurant Bar – Canada
Bar Kismet — Halifax, NS, Canada
Honō Izakaya — Quebec City, QC, Canada
Le Majestique — Montréal, QC, Canada
Major Tom — Calgary, AB, Canada
Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provision — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Published on Main — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Quetzal — Toronto, ON, Canada
Restaurant Pompette — Toronto, ON, Canada
Rouge Gorge — Montréal, QC, Canada
SUYO — Vancouver, BC, Canada
Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe
Angelita — Madrid, Spain
Bar Lupo — Zurich, Switzerland
Carico Milano — Milan, Italy
Danico — Paris, France
Galileo — Barcelona, Spain
Gucci Giardino 25 — Florence, Italy
Hakkasan — London, UK
Le Mary Celeste — Paris, France
Locale Firenze — Firenze, Italy
Sins of Sal — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Best International Restaurant Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)
ARCA Tulum — Tulum, Mexico
Aruba Day Drink Bar — Tijuana, Mexico
Bar Carmen Medellín — Medellín, Colombia
Casa Prunes — Mexico City, Mexico
CoChinChina — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jardín Tragos y Pasteles — Bogotá, Colombia
Lady Bee — Lima, Peru
Mamba Negra — Medellín, Colombia
Niño Gordo — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tan Tan — São Paulo, Brazil
Best International Restaurant Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)
Amelia Restaurant & Lounge — Dubai, UAE
Asoka — Cape Town, South Africa
Bôndai Restaurant & Bar — Accra, Ghana
COYA Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Funky Monkey — Diani, Kenya
LPM Restaurant & Bar Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Mimi Kakushi — Dubai, UAE
Roka Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Upper Union — Cape Town, South Africa
Zuma Dubai — Dubai, UAE
Best New International Cocktail Bar presented by Diageo Bar Academy
Best New International Cocktail Bar – Asia Pacific (APAC)
Apollo Inn — Melbourne, Australia
Bar Leone — Hong Kong, China
Bar Us — Bangkok, Thailand
Cat Bite Club — Singapore
El Primo Sanchez — Sydney, Australia
Fura — Singapore
Puffy Bois Pizza — Singapore
The Savory Project — Hong Kong, China
The Waratah — Sydney, Australia
Tokyo Confidential — Tokyo, Japan
Best New International Cocktail Bar – Canada
Bar Bello — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bar Bisou Bisou — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bar Dominion — Montréal, QC, Canada
Bon Délire — Montréal, QC, Canada
Charlie’s Watch Repair — Calgary, AB, Canada
Electric Bill Bar — Toronto, ON, Canada
Humboldt Bar at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites — Victoria, BC, Canada
LE TIGRE — Toronto, ON, Canada
Must be the Place — Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Overpressure Club — Toronto, ON, Canada
Best New International Cocktail Bar – Europe *
Abstract Bistrot — Lyon, France
Bar Llama — Madrid, Spain
Bar Nouveau — Paris, France
Dram Bar — London, UK
Equal Parts — London, UK
Groovy Fluids — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rumore — Milan, Italy
Savoy Brasserie & Bar at Mandarin Oriental Savoy — Zurich, Switzerland
The Honey Moon — Paris, France
Twice Shy — London, UK
Vesper Bar at The Dorchester — London, UK
Viajante87 — London, UK
Wacky Wombat — London, UK
Best New International Cocktail Bar – Latin America & Caribbean (LATAM&C)
1929 Cocktail Bar — Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Alofah Tiki Bar — Mexico City, Mexico
Bijou Drinkery Room — Mexico City, Mexico
Booze The Bar Room — Lima, Peru
Cielo Bar — La Paz, Bolivia
Cocktail & Bites — Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Hoja Santa — Aguascalientes, Mexico
SOFÁ – un bar — Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Dilly Club — Nassau, Bahamas
The M Bar at Nobu Hotel Los Cabos — Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Best New International Cocktail Bar – Middle East & Africa (MEA)
7 Tales at Grosvenor House — Dubai, UAE
Kōzo Kigali — Kigali, Rwanda
Ling Ling at Atlantis The Royal — Dubai, UAE
Mii-Yao — Beirut, Lebanon
Moonshine — Dubai, UAE
No.19 Accra — Accra, Ghana
SOON Izakaya — Dubai, UAE
Soul Kitchen Dubai — Dubai, UAE
The Smiths — Lagos, Nigeria
Uchi DIFC — Dubai, UAE
U.S. ESTABLISHMENTS
Best U.S. Bar Team presented by William Grant & Sons
Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. Central
Anna’s — New Orleans, LA
Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA
Best Intentions — Chicago, IL
DrinkWell — Austin, TX
Grey Ghost — Detroit, MI
Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
Meteor — Minneapolis, MN
Nickel City — Austin, TX
Sportsman’s Club — Chicago, IL
Three Dots and a Dash — Chicago, IL
Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
Allegory DC — Washington, D.C.
Bar Belly — New York, NY
Bar Goto — New York, NY
Martiny’s — New York, NY
Milady’s — New York, NY
Mister Paradise — New York, NY
Old Glory — Nashville, TN
Overstory — New York, NY
Proof — Charleston, SC
Service Bar — Washington, D.C.
Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. West
Accomplice Bar — Los Angeles, CA
Century Grand — Phoenix, AZ
Employees Only Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA
Highball Cocktail Bar — Phoenix, AZ
Navy Strength — Seattle, WA
Pacific Cocktail Haven — San Francisco, CA
Strong Water Anaheim — Anaheim, CA
Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA
True Laurel — San Francisco, CA
Yacht Club — Denver, CO
Best U.S. Cocktail Bar presented by Del Maguey Mezcal
Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. Central *
Adiõs Bar — Birmingham, AL
Bar Tonique — New Orleans, LA
Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA
Best Intentions — Chicago, IL
DrinkWell — Austin, TX
Here Nor There — Austin, TX
Julep — Houston, TX
Kiesling — Detroit, MI
Meadowlark — Chicago, IL
MONEYGUN — Chicago, IL
Sparrow — Chicago, IL
Standby — Detroit, MI
Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
Bar Belly — New York, NY
Bar Goto — New York, NY
barmini by José Andrés — Washington, D.C.
Dear Irving Gramercy — New York, NY
Double Chicken Please — New York, NY
Martiny’s — New York, NY
Milady’s — New York, NY
Mister Paradise — New York, NY
Overstory — New York, NY
Service Bar — Washington, D.C.
Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
Baby Gee — Long Beach, CA
Capri Club — Los Angeles, CA
Foreign National — Seattle, WA
Happy Accidents — Albuquerque, NM
Highball Cocktail Bar — Phoenix, AZ
The Doctor’s Office — Seattle, WA
Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA
Trick Dog — San Francisco, CA
True Laurel — San Francisco, CA
Yacht Club — Denver, CO
Best U.S. Hotel Bar presented by Grey Goose
Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. Central
Catbird at Thompson Dallas Hotel — Dallas, TX
Chandelier Bar at Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans — New Orleans, LA
Dovetail Bar at The Schaeffer Hotel — New Orleans, LA
Lazy Bird at The Hoxton — Chicago, IL
Midnight Rambler at The Joule — Dallas, TX
Milk Room at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel — Chicago, IL
Otoko x Watertrade at South Congress Hotel — Austin, TX
The Elysian Bar at Hotel Peter and Paul — New Orleans, LA
The Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt New Orleans — New Orleans, LA
Vol. 39 at The Kimpton Gray Hotel — Chicago, IL
Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
27 Restaurant at Freehand Miami — Miami Beach, FL
Allegory DC — Washington, D.C.
Champagne Bar at Four Seasons at The Surf Club — Miami, FL
Dear Irving on Hudson at Aliz Hotel — New York, NY
Frannie & The Fox at Emeline — Charleston, SC
Lobby Bar at The Hotel Chelsea — New York, NY
MATADOR BAR at The Miami Beach EDITION — Miami Beach, FL
Nubeluz at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad — New York, NY
Raines Law Room at The William — New York, NY
White Limozeen at The Graduate Nashville — Nashville, TN
Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. West
Ardor at The West Hollywood EDITION — West Hollywood, CA
Little Rituals at the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott — Phoenix, AZ
Mountaineering Club at Graduate Seattle Hotel — Seattle, WA
Pacific Standard at KEX Portland — Portland, OR
Pint + Jigger at the Ala Moana Hotel — Honolulu, HI
Rise Over Run at the LINE Hotel — San Francisco, CA
Rudolph’s Bar & Tea at Freehand LA — Los Angeles, CA
The Manor Bar at Rosewood Miramar Beach — Montecito, CA
The Maybourne Bar at The Maybourne Hotel Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills, CA
The Ski Lodge at Superfrico at The Cosmopolitan — Las Vegas, NV
Best U.S. Restaurant Bar presented by Tales of the Cocktail Foundation
Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. Central *
Bar Pigalle — Detroit, MI
Brennan’s Restaurant — New Orleans, LA
Coquette — New Orleans, LA
Daisies — Chicago, IL
Espiritu Mezcaleria — New Orleans, LA
Grey Ghost — Detroit, MI
Kumiko — Chicago, IL
Maple & Ash — Chicago, IL
Rose Mary — Chicago, IL
Spoon and Stable — Minneapolis, MN
The Loyalist — Chicago, IL
Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East
Amazonia — Washington D.C.
Blossom Bar — Brookline, MA
Bresca — Washington, DC
Cosme — New York, NY
COTE Korean Steakhouse — New York, NY
Crown Shy — New York, NY
Gramercy Tavern — New York, NY
Jaguar Sun — Miami, FL
Macchialina — Miami, FL
The Grey — Savannah, GA
Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
Accomplice Bar — Los Angeles, CA
Bar Cecil — Palm Springs, CA
Cleaver — Butchered Meats, Seafood & Classic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV
L’Oursin — Seattle, WA
Lolo — San Francisco, CA
Palomar — Portland, OR
République — Los Angeles, CA
Strong Water Anaheim — Anaheim, CA
Valentine — Phoenix, AZ
Viridian — Oakland, CA
Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar presented by Diageo Bar Academy
Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. Central
Cobra — Columbus, OH
daydreamer — Austin, TX
Equipment Room — Austin, TX
Good Night John Boy — Chicago, IL
Jolie — New Orleans, LA
Lemon — Chicago, IL
Murray’s Tavern — Austin, TX
Saint Valentine — Dallas, TX
The Eastman — Rochester, MI
Wild Child — Kansas City, MO
Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
Bartley Dunne’s — New York, NY
Curean — Greenville, SC
Equal Measure — Boston, MA
Jac’s On Bond — New York, NY
Medium Cool — Miami Beach, FL
Papi Portland — Portland, ME
Paradise Lost — New York, NY
Pretty Decent — Louisville, KY
Superbueno — New York, NY
The Portrait Bar at The Fifth Avenue Hotel — New York, NY
Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
Aphotic — San Francisco, CA
Bar Next Door — Los Angeles, CA
Cavaña at LUMA Hotel — San Francisco, CA
Dark Room — Seattle, WA
Dirty Pretty — Portland, OR
Donna’s — Los Angeles, CA
FYPM — Phoenix, AZ
Hey Kiddo — Denver, CO
Ok Yeah — Denver, CO
STOA — San Francisco, CA
2024 Spirited Awards Committee
The Spirited Awards® Committee comprises revered bartenders, bar owners, educators, and writers who are entrusted with evaluating nominees based on structured criteria. The experienced and diverse committee of judges brings years of expertise and knowledge of industry developments locally, nationally, and internationally. The Spirited Awards® nominations are not based on popular vote, and all nominations are evaluated by their respective judging committees, ensuring each vote carries equal weight in the evaluation process.
Honorees were selected by a panel of over 250 industry experts, led by the following Chair and Co-Chairs representing distinct regions:
Spirited Awards Overall Chair
Charlotte Voisey
Asia Pacific Co-Chairs
Sam Bygrave
Andrew Ho
Symphony Loo
Charmaine Thio
Canada Co-Chairs
Kate Boushel
Jon Smolensky
Europe Co-Chairs
Stephanie Jordan
Roberta Mariani
Latin America & Caribbean Co-Chairs
Carlos Aguinsky
Georgina Barbachano García
Middle East & Africa Co-Chairs
Stephen “KOJO” Aidoo
Caitlin Hill
Nana Sechere
U.S. Central Co-Chairs
Joshua Gandee
Lynn M. House
U.S. East Co-Chairs
Jackson Cannon
Jaymee Mandeville
U.S. West Co-Chairs
Jason Asher
Erin Schaeferle
To learn more about the Spirited Awards Committee and awards criteria, please visit the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation’s Spirited Awards® page.
Spirited Awards® 2024 Timeline
Top 10 Nominees will be announced on May 29, 2024, Top 4 Finalists along with the Helen David Lifetime Achievement Award, Tales Visionary Award, International Timeless Award, and U.S. Timeless Award will be named on June 17, 2024, and Spirited Awards Winners will be celebrated on July 25, 2024 at the 18th Annual Spirited Awards Ceremony at the Fillmore New Orleans.
Spirited Awards® 2024 Partners
Tales of the Cocktail Foundation would like to thank all of its Spirited Awards® sponsors: Brown-Forman, Del Maguey Mezcal, Diageo Bar Academy, Fords Gin, G. H. Mumm Champagne, Gin Mare, Grey Goose, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Johnnie Walker, Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic, Patron Tequila, and William Grant & Sons.
Spirited Awards® Directory
Tales of the Cocktail is pleased to share the Spirited Awards® Directory Giving discerning imbibers a comprehensive compendium of all Spirited Awards® winners and nominees from the past 18 years, this resource is updated annually, making it a go-to guide for planning the perfect drinking and dining itinerary. Access Spirited Awards® Directory to explore award-winning bars.
22 Years of Inspiration & Tales of the Cocktail
This year, marking the 22-year anniversary, the conference returns with more seminars, events, and, of course, imbibing, all in the name of the conference’s 2024 theme, “Inspire.” Chosen to represent the collective of individuals who come together to create, share, and find inspiration each year at Tales, the 2024 conference will highlight the global cocktail community that continues to inspire each other year after year.
To facilitate celebrations, Tales of the Cocktail’s 2024 official host hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, provides a room block and special rate for attendees. The online reservation platform can be accessed via the Marriott website, here. Guests are invited to secure their reservations early as reservations are first come, first served, and the last day to book is June 24, 2024.
Please follow along for additional information on the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation website, Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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