Esquire's best bar list welcomes newcomers

Esquire magazine's 6th annual Best Bars In America list is anything but a salute to tradition. This year, it consists of bars that, for the most part, are less than two years old.

The just-released list was curated by David Wondrich, the magazine's drinks writer.

Wondrich, incidentally, has a chapter in my upcoming whiskey anthology "Barrels and Drams," to be released in September by Sterling Publishing.

The list:

• The Thirsty Crow, Los Angeles
• Painkiller, New York City
• Maison Premiere, Brooklyn
• Spirit of 77, Portland, Oregon
• Comstock Saloon, San Francisco
• Cure, New Orleans
• Bar Congress, Austin, Texas
• The Chandelier Bar at the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
• The bar at Sra. Martinez, Miami
• The Drawing Room, Chicago
• The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., Philadelphia

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