In search of the best new drinks outposts around the world? 50 Best has compiled a list of the hottest cocktail spots set to open in the year ahead
2024 promises to be a big year for new bars. From zero-waste venues in the Mediterranean to collaborations between industry titans in New York and Singapore, check out our hit-list of soon-to-open bars below.
Bobbie’s Bar, Sydney
Aussie-born Linden Pride is bringing his award-winning drinks back to Sydney
Estimated opening: Mid-2024
Sydney’s Double Bay has been rapidly earning a reputation as one of the city’s hospitality hotbeds, and Bobbie’s will be the latest enhance to this standing. Behind the project is a partnership between local hospitality mogul Neil Perry and Aussie-born Linden Pride, the mastermind behind The World’s Best Bar 2019: Dante in New York.
The bar takes its name from Pride’s grandfather, renowned Australian radio broadcaster Bob Rogers, and its drinks offering will offer a timeless cocktail experience to match. Pride and Perry – whose shared history dates back to the former polishing glasses for Perry as a 17-year-old aspiring bartender – have promised a sleek, velvet-clad establishment with live jazz and Sydney’s finest Martini.
@lindenpride / @chefneilperry
Laut, Singapore
After a short-lived debut in 2020, Laut is back with a new space and concept
Estimated opening: February 2024
Originally opened in 2020, Laut’s doors were prematurely closed due to the pandemic – so the bar now returns with a point to prove. Helmed by Leon Tan, an alumnus of Singapore favourite Native, Laut’s team has used the years since its closure to hone its offering and concept, pulling inspiration from the seafaring pioneers that historically inhabited the trading-post city.
Its 2024 iteration will make the most of micro-seasonality and local ingredients, drawing from the aromas and diverse pantry of Southeast Asia, experienced in drinks such as Grass, comprising juniper, ginger flowers, rice vinegar and kombucha. Alongside the inventive drinks list, Laut will also offer a range of seasonal bar bites, such as the Pisang (Malay for banana): a trio of fritters inspired by the iconic stalls of the surrounding peninsula.
@laut.singapore
Lautcollective.com.sg
Cosmo Pony, Jakarta
Cosmo Pony will see two giants of Asian hospitality join forces in Jakarta
Estimated opening: Mid-2024
Cocktails lovers in Jakarta are keeping a sharp eye on the bustling city’s Grand Hyatt Hotel ahead of its highest profile opening in years: Cosmo Pony. Set to debut in mid-2024, the bar will be the first joint venture of southeast Asian heavyweights Jigger & Pony Group and The Union Group – the latter behind The Cocktail Club, winner of the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award at Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023.
The new drinkery – which takes the first half of its moniker from both the iconic cocktail and Jakarta’s diverse culture and people – will be the first time the Jigger group has ventured outside Singapore, and will be far beyond a simple transplant of its beloved Lion City flagship. Within, Cosmo Pony will house over 100 covers and embody the fun, personable style of The Union Group outposts combined with Jigger’s renowned hospitality.
@cosmopony.jkt
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Anthm's Japanese-inflected cocktails are set to make a splash in Cape Town
Estimated opening: Late January 2024
Japanese bartender Tetsuo Hasegawa, who developed his skills at New York cocktail destinations Rokc and Nr, is bringing his technique-led drinks philosophy to the cheart of Cape Town. Anthm will be manned by a solely Japanese team and be centred around a Japan-meets-New York theme, with cocktails, food and music following suit.
The interior of the venue will be just as apt and remiscent of an old Japanese house, featuring a relaxed aesthetic of antique stained wood saturated with natural light, along with some of Hasegawa’s favourite jazz, blues and 70s rock records lining the back bar. The bar's second floor will open shortly after the main 40-cover lounge starts serving in late January.
@anthm.cpt
Anthmbar.com
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The team behind Line in Athens are opening a new zero-waste, all-day venue
Estimated opening: Mid-to-late 2024
Created by the team behind the highly awarded Athenian bar, Line (No.12 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023), Walk In aims to bring something unique to a city already full of great bars.
This new venture by Vasilis Kyritsis, Nikos Bakoulis and Dimitris Dafopoulos will be an all-day venue with a holistic approach to sustainability and zero waste operations. Tap wine, craft cocktails and great coffee will form the bulk of its liquid offering through the day, alongside a retail space, including a dedicated sandwich section.
@bkyritsis
Three Sheets Soho, London
Three Sheets is bringing its signature sips to central London
Estimated opening: March 2024
Three Sheets (No.72 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022) is doubling down with a second location opening in London later this year. The Venning brothers’ new Soho outpost will deliver the same elegant, minimalist cocktails that earned its East London predecessor a stellar reputation.
In addition to its tried and tested drinks list, the Soho branch will elevate its offering through a new culinary programme, courtesy of chef-butcher William Blank, formerly of Lyle's (No.86 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023). Three Sheets Soho will also operate as an all-day venue, pivoting from coffee and pastries in the morning to salt-beef sandwich lunches and classic nightcaps come evening.
@threesheetsbars
threesheets-bar.com
Bauhaus Warehaus, London
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Estimated opening: April 2024
After a duo of successful openings in his home nation of France, in the form of artistic Parisian drinkery Bar Nouveau and Abstract Bistrot in Lyon, Remy Savage’s latest venture sees him return to his London base.
In true Savage style, the newest addition to his growing bar empire is actually the fully functional warehouse, storage unit and ice factory for the lauded 🔶🟥🔵, aka A Bar with Shapes for a Name (No.35 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023). When Bauhaus Warehaus opens to the public, it will still fulfil its original purpose of supplying the flagship bar. But, as Savage himself states: “It seemed silly not to have you guys come and have a drink on top of the production line.”
@bauhaus_warehaus
Exímia, São Paulo
Marcio Silva's cocktails at Exímia will be paired with bites from chef Manu Buffara
Estimated opening: Mid-2024
After cutting his teeth across Europe, Brazil-born Marcio Silva launched leading São Paulo bar SubAstor (No.58 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023) in 2009. Following a spell in the consultancy world, he’s now heading back behind the stick to launch a new bar concept: Exímia.
Silva’s experience touring the bars of his home country will be manifest at this drinkery, which aims to be an homage to the plurality of Brazilian culture and history. To reflect this, the bar will span two floors, with each storey housing its own menu and concept. Together with a food offer curated by Manu Buffara (Latin America’s Best Female Chef 2022), Exímia aims to showcase the best of Brazil.
@eximiabar
Costa, Buenos Aires
Costa promises beautiful drinks in a stunning setting
Estimated opening: March 2024
Inés de los Santos of the beloved CoChinChina in Buenos Aires (No.26 in The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023) is expanding her growing influence within the Argentinian capital with this upcoming bar, set on one of the city’s most iconic streets, La Costanera. The aptly named Costa, which will sprawl over 900 square metres, will be de los Santos’ biggest project to date, featuring plenty of exposed stone across a hybrid of indoor and outdoor spaces.
De los Santos’ astute drinks programme will be paired with a menu by chef Pedro Bargero, previously of the now-shuttered Chila, to create a rounded hospitality package that delivers on both style and substance. The final piece of the puzzle? A world-class sound system to keep the reggaeton soundtrack playing all night long.
@delossantosines
Schmuck, New York
Moe Aljaff and Juliette Laroui have settled in New York to open Schmuck
Estimated opening: Mid-2024
Following their departure from high-ranking Barcelona bar Two Schmucks in 2022, Moe Aljaff and Juliette Laroui have been roaming the world as cocktail nomads in search of a new home. After a plethora of guest shifts around the world, in late 2023 they announced their new permanent residence in New York’s East Village, set to open in partnership with Dan Binkiewicz of Sweet Liberty Drinks in Miami.
Since obtaining the keys to the venue, Aljaff and Laroui have been rebuilding the space from the ground up, assembling an A-team of designers, artists and fashionistas to create a cultural hub that extends beyond just a space for great cocktails (of which there will be many). “What we did in Barcelona was a reflection of who I was in my 20s,” Aljaff says. “Now, we want to do something that reflects who we are today, and we can’t wait to explore what that looks like: something completely different than what we’ve done before.”
@schmuckordie / @juliette.laroui
Sip & Guzzle, New York
Shingo Gokan and Steve Schneider have collaborated once more to open Sip & Guzzle
Estimated opening: January 2024
Industry legend Shingo Gokan has a long history with New York. After developing his craft and signature style at pioneering venue Angel’s Share, he left the Big Apple to return to his home continent and founded a small empire of bars that span the breadth of Asia. Now, Gokan heads back to New York to open Sip & Guzzle, the sister venue to The SG Club in Tokyo. For this project, Gokan will be collaborating once more with Employees Only Singapore’s Steve Schneider– the pair having previously created The Odd Couple in Shanghai together.
The two-storey location will be a dual-concept venue, with ground floor Guzzle, overseen by Schneider, offering refined versions of the classics, and basement level, speakeasy-style Sip housing just five seats to experience Gokan’s technique-driven concoctions. To elevate the drinks experience, the Greenwich Village bar will also be home to an izakaya-inspired menu of bar bites created by chef Mike Bagale, formerly of Chicago’s fabled Alinea restaurant.
@sipandguzzlenyc
Sipandguzzlenyc.com
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