Dry Martini by Javier de las Muelas

Barcelona, Spain

No. 74 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2019, No. 14 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2013, and No. 19 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2012.

Seven consecutive years on the World's 50 Best list and a digital counter tracking more than 1.5 million cocktails served, Javier de las Muelas' Eixample institution operates on scale and specificity simultaneously. Over one hundred martini variations anchor a program that treats the drink as a genre rather than a recipe. The wood-and-leather interior channels English club tradition through a Catalan filter, and The Speakeasy, a hidden restaurant requiring a password, extends the experience into clandestine dining. Dry Martini is the bar Barcelona's industry measures itself against.