Best Cocktail Bars in District of Columbia

Cocktails in the capital borrow from Buenos Aires, Brazil and the sandwich counter. The best cocktail bars in Washington, DC include Service Bar, on North America's 50 Best Bars every year since 2022 and peaking at No. 18 in 2022. Florería Atlántico, the Buenos Aires bar, has a Georgetown outpost behind a street-level flower shop. Death & Co DC in Blagden Alley adds The Garden, a lush patio bar, and Your Only Friend on 9th Street NW is a sandwich and cocktail bar. Cana, a Brazilian boteco in Adams Morgan, builds on cachaça and caipirinhas; after 10:30pm Fridays and Saturdays its $20 entry fee returns as drink credit. These are the bars we would start with.