Bar Betsie

Washington DC

Regional honoree for Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2026 Spirited Awards.

Bar Betsie calls itself a craft cocktail bar dressed in neighborhood bar clothing, a no-reservations room on 4th Street NE from the owners of Jane Jane, Jean Paul Sabatier, Drew Porterfield and Ralph Brabham. The menu credits its classics to their creators, a Gin Blossom to Julie Reiner, a Paper Lantern to Alex Howard, and runs house features like Good Soup, Cutty Sark with plum-infused apple brandy, Dolin Blanc, Zucca and smoked sloe, plus a shooters section with a minimum order of two.