New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- Mumbai's restobar Americano secured the number one spot in the city at the recently concluded 30 Best Bars 2024; it also ranked #8 among the bars in the country. It is the only place in the city in the coveted Top 10 in the current edition of the homegrown award platform.

While the spotlight is on the bar team led by Govind Koranga, few people know the cocktail program has been designed by Darren Crawford, a veteran mixologist from the San Francisco Bay area where the owner of Americano, chef Alex Sanchez, grew up as well.

Crawford, 45, began his career by checking IDs at the door and working at bars in San Francisco part-time as a student before finding his bearings at the speakeasy Bourbon & Branch, where he has ...