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The Connaught is

: the best bar in the world.

This is said by the more than 500 hospitality experts who distribute the World's 50 Best Bars Awards.

His latest edition just gave gold to the very elegant London bar because, in his opinion, "it is difficult to think of a bar anywhere in the world that has made

a routine as simple as the Connaught Bar."

The cruel anecdote of the award is that the day came that the new confinement came into force in the United Kingdom to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which is on the verge of leaving 1.1 million infected in the country.

The second confinement will last for four weeks.

So the Connaught, hidden in the namesake hotel in

, had to close that night.

The virus affected the same awards ceremony that on other occasions had all the pomp and ceremony of this type of event.

This year, journalists and industry experts did not have to dip into their finery.

Overall, the party moved to Zoom, an icon of these times.

Connaught 1920s style interior.

The Connaught Hotel has been an institution of upscale Mayfair since it opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe Coburg Hotel.

The bar, designed in the 1920s style by the late

, also has an enviable resume as it has been in the

of the list of the best bars in the world in the last eleven editions.

This is the first time, however, that it reaches the top spot.

According to experts, the cubist interior design frames the bar "like a work of art" and

warm and judiciously attentive."

All cocktails are impeccably made to order.

What do you recommend taking?

Those who know it are very clear: the

are probably

In this new edition, the second prize went to Dante (New York) and his legendary negronis, while the bronze went to Athens, up to the famous The Clumsies.

This is the list of the top ten:

The 10 best bars in the world of this edition:

1. Connaught Bar (London)

2. Dante (New York)

3. The Clumsies (Athens)

4. Atlas (Singapore)

5. Tayer / Elementary (London)

6. Kwant (London)

7.

Florería

Atlántico (Buenos Aires)

8 . Coa (Hong Kong)

9. Jigger & Pony (Singapore)

10. The SG Club (Tokyo)

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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