The best kind of bucket list: every bar in town you need to hit up.
Between the club scene in South Beach and Miami's growing list of best restaurants, there's no shortage of places to have a drink in this city. But just which bar is deserving of being called the best? We enlisted Miami's top bartenders and industry experts to weigh in and help us decide the city's best drinking spots, from the best wine bar to the best-looking bar. Based on their nominations, these are the finalists of Time Out Miami's 2017 Bar Awards. The winners will be announced at a celebration in downtown Miami on June 19. Congratulations to this year's finalists!
Bar of the Year presented by Monkey Shoulder
The Anderson
Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company
Broken Shaker at Freehand Miami
Beaker & Gray
Best New Bar
Employees Only
The Anderson
El Grito
Bitter Truth
Best Bar Family
Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company
Broken Shaker
Beaker & Gray
Purdy Lounge
Best Bar Design presented by Milagro Tequila
Bar Nancy
Ball & Chain
27 Restaurant & Bar at Freehand Miami
Copper 29
Best Single-Focus Bar
Commonwealth
Gin + Collins
COYA Miami
Taurus Beer and Whisk(e)y House
Best Wine Bar presented by Segura Viudas
Lagniappe
Bunbury
Happy Wine
Cibo Wine Bar South Beach
Most Creative Drink List
Pawn Broker
Repour at the Albion
Zucca
Barton G
Best Restaurant-Bar Program
27 Restaurant & Bar at Freehand Miami
Alter
Finka Table & Tap
Beachcraft
Most Instagrammable Cocktail
Smile, You Son of a Bitch at Bar Nancy
Giggle Water at Pawn Broker
Lost in Japan at Copper 29
New York Sour at the Regent Cocktail Club
And a huge thank you to this year’s lineup of amazing industry panelists!
Panelists
Hector Acevedo
Sebastien Derbomez
Bobby Eldridge
Eddie Fuentes
Virginia Gil
Leo Holtzman
John Lermayer
Spencer Taliaferro
Charles Steadman
Derek Stilmann
