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These Are Officially the Best Bars in America

For whoever needs a stiff drink right about now….

Here’s a rhetorical question for you: It’s Election Day Four—who needs a stiff drink? 

Serendipitously, the World’s Best Bar Awards announced the top watering holes in America just yesterday. (They did also announce the best bars globally. But thanks to the raging coronavirus pandemic in this country, we can’t cross international borders, so that’s irrelevant!) So as Friday night nears, here’s a handy guide for where to order a state-of-the-art cocktail while anxiously awaiting the state of the union.

Dante (New York)

The official best bar in America? That would be Dante, the 104-year-old institution that recently opened a second outpost in the West Village. Under the leadership of Linden Pride and Nathalie Hudson, they’ve become a critical darling—in 2019, they took the official crown as The Best Bar in World. This year they claimed second place, making them the top spot in North America.

With an outdoor dining setup that echoes the bistros and cafés of Europe, it’s the perfect place to have an aperitif al fresco this fall. Especially with their new warm drinks menu, which includes a hot buttered rum with raspberries or hot smoked toddy with marmalade.

Attaboy (New York and Nashville)

There is no menu at Attaboy, a custom craft cocktail bar in New York and Nashville that’s been a staple on the World’s Best Bar ranking for the past several years. (Currently, they’re ranked as number 12 in the world, and second in America.) Instead, you just tell the bartender what you’re feeling. Which, let’s be real—is probably a lot.

NoMad Bar (New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas)

The NoMad Bar, which is ranked as the third best bar in America, is closed at each of its respective hotel hotspots in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. But when they do reopen, you should go there. Especially those in Clark County—who, thanks to John King’s magic map, I now care about deeply.

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Katana Kitten (New York)

This Japanese cocktail bar, ranked as 16th best bar in the world and fourth in America, is the epitome of cool: there are vintage posters from Tokyo, a retro playlist, and decor inspired by Japan’s Taiso period—known as the country’s jazz age. Order a Toki highball and stay awhile.

Employee’s Only (New York and Los Angeles)

There have been 12 years, and 12 editions, of the World’s Best Bar Awards. Employee’s Only has been listed on every single one. This year, they rank 38th in the world and fifth in America. Credited with bringing the mixologist movement to New York City, it’s got a prohibition-style vibe that makes it perennially popular with Gotham’s denizens. In 2018, they opened a second watering hole in West Hollywood.

Café La Trova (Miami, Florida)

A haunt in the heart of Little Havana, Café La Trova crafts creative cocktails Cubanos: think mojitos, frozen banana daiquiris, and a Hotel Nacional (pineapple rum, apricot liqueur, pineapple juice, lime juice). It makes its debut at number 70 globally.

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

A$AP Rocky at South by Southwest 2019
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A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

Quavo photographed in 2019
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Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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