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Sip & Guzzle

New York

• The Best Bar in North America 2026, sponsored by Perrier
• The Best Bar in Northeast USA 2026

No stranger to the 50 Best Bars lists, Shingo Gokan's work is legendary in Asia and beyond. At Sip & Guzzle, New Yorkers will discover a sister property to his Tokyo original, SG Club (No.3 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021 and No.10 in The World's 50 Best Bars 2020). Like the flagship, the Greenwich Village destination touts two complimentary concepts spread over two floors.

Upstairs, Gokan's Odd Couple collaborator (and Employees Only veteran) Steve Schneider helms Guzzle, a lively bar room. Guests fill the wood-accented space to quaff Japanese beers, perfect highballs and 'crushable' cocktails. Expect a playful take on classics, such as the Saketini, featuring banana vodka, sake, Fino sherry and a Castelvetrano olive. Downstairs, Ben Yabrow leads a more formal programme at Sip. The traditional Japanese room offers a sophisticated vibe and the cocktails follow suit: take the Doctor Green, which mixes tequila, tomatillo, green apple, shiso and horseradish for a refreshing carbonated drink, or the wonderfully evocative Negroni In The Shade, made with white negroni, melon, kiwi and gyokuro.

Rounding out the all-star team is Mike Bagale, former Executive Chef of Alinea (No.15 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2017). At Guzzle, the kitchen serves up a host of innovative snacks like Fried Mochi along with more substantial fare such as the signature Electric Chicken (fried and deboned and served spicy). At Sip, the menu provides playful dishes conjured from unabashedly luxurious ingredients. For example, the Royale with Cheese Meal features a Wagyu sandwich presented in a golden box alongside a boozy riff on a Cherry Cola float.

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