Two Schmucks
Barcelona, Spain
WORLD'S50 BEST2022TOTCSPIRITED2022WORLD'S50 BEST2021
No. 7 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2022. The World's 50 Best Bars: No. 11 (2021), No. 26 (2020); No. 57 on the 2019 51-100 list. Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards: Best International Bar Team (Top 4, 2022), Best International Bar Team (Top 10 Nominee, 2020), Best International Cocktail Bar (Top 10 Nominee, 2019), Best New International Cocktail Bar (Top 4, 2018).
The shabby exterior, graffiti-plastered street, and staff in jeans deliver cocktails with technical skill that contradicts every visual cue. The Schmucks Vesper, gin, vodka, Laphroaig, pecorino, typifies the irreverence. Aljaff has since launched Schmuck NYC and departed for the US, but the Barcelona original keeps the fire burning. Monthly menu changes keep regulars returning; the spirit Aljaff and AJ established endures.
