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Casa Dragones Jamming Sessions returns giving Bartenders a Chance to Win a Trip to San Miguel de Allende, Barra Mexico and Cash Prizes

Casa Dragones Jamming Sessions is BACK giving Bartenders a chance to Win a Trip to San Miguel de Allende, Barra Mexico & Cash Prizes.

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Superbueno — New York, NY 11 Honorees due to a tie Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. West Capri Club — Los Angeles, CA Cleaver – Butchered Meats, Seafood & Classic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV Highball Cocktail Bar — Phoenix, AZ Mírate — Los Angeles, CA Realm of the 52 Remedies — San Diego, CA Rob Roy — Seattle, WA Strong Water Anaheim — Anaheim, CA Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA True Laurel — San Francisco, CA Yacht Club — Denver, CO Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – Presented by Pernod Ricard Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. Central Bar Tonique — New Orleans, LA Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA Best Intentions — Chicago, IL Here Nor There — Austin, TX Kiesling — Detroit, MI Lemon — Chicago, IL Meteor — Minneapolis, MN Reserve 101 — Houston, TX The Roosevelt Room — Austin, TX Three Dots and a Dash — Chicago, IL Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East Bar Americano — Brooklyn, NY Bar Kaiju — Miami, FL Birds of Paradise — Boston, MA Double Chicken Please — New York, NY Martiny’s — New York, NY Milady’s — New York, NY Overstory — New York, NY Pearl Diver — Nashville, TN Service Bar — Washington, D.C. Superbueno — New York, NY Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West Baby Gee — Long Beach, CA Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour — Phoenix, AZ Capri Club — Los Angeles, CA Highball Cocktail Bar — Phoenix, AZ Killer Whale Sex Club — Phoenix, AZ Lady Jane — Denver, CO Realm of the 52 Remedies — San Diego, CA Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA Trick Dog — San Francisco, CA True Laurel — San Francisco, CA Best U.S. Hotel Bar Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. Central Bandista at the Four Seasons Hotel — Houston, TX Chandelier Bar at the Four Seasons New Orleans — New Orleans, LA Carousel Bar & Lounge at Hotel Monteleone — New Orleans, LA Catbird at the Thompson Hotel — Dallas, TX Cindy’s Rooftop at Chicago Athletic Association Hotel — Chicago, IL Equipment Room at Hotel Magdalena — Austin, TX Hot Tin at the Pontchartrain Hotel — New Orleans, LA Lazy Bird at The Hoxton — Chicago, IL Midnight Rambler at The Joule — Dallas, TX Vol. 39 at The Kimpton Gray Hotel — Chicago, IL Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East Champagne Bar at the Four Seasons Surf Club — Miami, FL Coquette at the Omni Seaport Hotel — Boston, MA Dear Irving on Hudson at the Aliz Hotel — New York, NY Lobby Bar at The Hotel Chelsea — New York, NY Nubeluz at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad — New York, NY Raines Law Room at the William — New York, NY Swan Room at Nine Orchard Hotel — New York, NY Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery at The Stiles Hotel — Miami Beach, FL The Portrait Bar at The Fifth Avenue Hotel — New York, NY White Limozeen at The Graduate — Nashville, TN Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. West Cavaña at LUMA Hotel — San Francisco, CA Green Lady Cocktail Room at the White Sands Hotel — Honolulu, HI Little Rituals at the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott — Phoenix, AZ Mountaineering Club at the Graduate Seattle Hotel — Seattle, WA Pacific Standard at the KEX Portland — Portland, OR Ski Lodge at Superfrico at The Cosmopolitan — Las Vegas, NV The Chandelier Bar at The Cosmopolitan — Las Vegas, NV The LaFayette Hotel and Club — San Diego, CA The Manor Bar at the Rosewood Miramar Beach — Montecito, CA The Vault at The Kimpton Hotel Monaco — Salt Lake City, UT Best U.S. Restaurant Bar Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. Central Apothecary — Dallas, TX Arnaud’s French 75 Bar — New Orleans, LA Club Lucky — Chicago, IL Cobra — Columbus, OH Espiritu Mezcaleria — New Orleans, LA Grey Ghost — Detroit, MI Kumiko — Chicago, IL Maple and Ash — Chicago, IL Maxwells Trading — Chicago, IL Murray’s Tavern — Austin, TX Spoon and Stable — Minneapolis, MN 11 Honorees due to a tie Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. East Amazonia — Washington D.C. Bangkok Supper Club — New York, NY Bresca — Washington, D.C. COTE Korean Steakhouse — New York, NY Gramercy Tavern — New York, NY LPM Restaurant & Bar Miami — Miami, FL Macchialina — Miami, FL Papi — Portland, ME Sunny’s — Miami, FL The Grey — Savannah, GA Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West Dalida — San Francisco, CA Donna’s — Los Angeles, CA Huarachis Taqueria — Phoenix, AZ Kato Restaurant — Los Angeles, LA L’Oursin — Seattle, WA Mírate — Los Angeles, CA Palomar — Portland, OR The Butterscotch Den — Sacramento, CA Valentine — Phoenix, AZ Viridian — Oakland, CA Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. Central Bisous — Chicago, IL Common Decency — Chicago, IL Fern Bar — Kansas City, MO Good Company — St. Louis, MO Gus’s Sip & Dip — Chicago, IL Nickel City — Houston, TX NightBloom — New Orleans, LA Papercut — Austin, TX Public Parking — Madison, WI TRUCE — Chicago, IL Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East Bar Contra — New York, NY Bar Madonna — Brooklyn, NY Bar Snack — New York, NY Clemente Bar — New York, NY COQODAQ — New York, NY Coral Club — Nashville, TN Loma — Providence, RI Merai Bar — Boston, MA Press Club Cocktail Bar — Washington, D.C. Sip & Guzzle — New York, NY ViceVersa — Miami, FL *11 Honorees due to a tie Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West Camélia — Los Angeles, CA Carry On — Phoenix, AZ Happy Medium — San Diego, CA Night on Earth — Los Angeles, CA Pretty Penny — Phoenix, AZ Real Charmer — Los Angeles, CA Roma Norte — San Diego, CA Starlite at the Beacon Grand Hotel — San Francisco, CA Tallboy — Oakland, CA Too Soon — Portland, OR

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