Barcelona cocktail bar Sips named best in Europe

The cocktail bar Sips in Barcelona has been named the third best bar in the world and the first in Europe, according to 'The 50 Best Bars' ranking. 

In the first position there is the bar Handsake Speakeasy in Mexico, followed by Bar Leone in Hong Kong.  

The Catalan bar was already the first on the 2023 edition of the list. 

Another cocktail bar in Barcelona, Paradiso, also made this year's list in the 10th position. 

Sips is a "drinkery house" rather than a more upmarket-sounding "cocktail bar." Located at Carrer Muntaner, 108, in the Eixample neighborhood, this bar does away with pretensions and brings together quality creative tastes and sleek sophisticated design. 

The place is run by two of the most well-known bartenders in their sector; Marc Álvarez and Simone Caporale.  

"Our main idea was to be the most democratic bar in the world because we don't have a proper bar counter, we have an island where two bartenders work together, one in front of the other, it's not very common to see in a bar," co-owner Álvarez told Catalan News in 2022. 

Check out the Filling the Sink's podcast episode from 2022 when three Barcelona bars made it to the top 10 of the list.