Toronto & Vancouver Bars Top North America's Best List

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Canada News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. North America's 50 best bars list for 2026 just dropped, and four spots from Toronto cracked the top 30. New York's Sip and Guzzle took the number one crown with Mexico City and New York dominating the top five. Canada's shining bright though, the key for bar in Vancouver hit number seven, and right behind it, Toronto's Bar Pompad landed at number eight. The full ranking 1 through 50 got unveiled at a big ceremony in Vancouver on April 22nd after the long list from 51 to 1. Hunter came out back in March. That earlier reveal already hyped up cities like Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, and Victoria. Over 300 industry pros voted on this. Bartenders, owners, drinks riders, and cocktail experts from Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean split 5050 by gender for fairness.

1:01It's all about who's pushing the envelope in drinks and vibes. Toronto's other standouts include library bar in 19, mother at 22, and civil works at 29. Vancouver scored a few too, like June on Cambie at 17, and botanist bar at 38. Canadian bars owning eight of the top 50 spots shows the scenes on fire north of the border proof were mixing it up with the best on the continent.