
Moe Aljaff and Juliette Larrouy exported Two Schmucks from Barcelona's El Raval to Manhattan's First Avenue, and the queue that forms nightly down the block confirms the translation worked. Time Out ranked it among the five best cocktail bars in New York for 2025; the World's 50 Best placed it at No. 59. The programme balances playfulness—highballs spiked with tomato sweetness, peanut-forward drinks laced with chili oil—with a service philosophy that refuses to take itself seriously. Schmuck earns its nightly line through warmth as much as technique.