We are honored to be chosen as the 2023 James Beard Foundation Award winner for Outstanding Bar. We share this award with our family, friends, team, guests, and supporters. Mahalo from the bottom of our hearts for your support throughout the years!

We are honored to welcome our friend Kevin Diedrich, owner of Pacific Cocktail Haven (PCH), and his team to our first bar takeover of BLA.  The event will be on March 15-17, 2023.

Our heartfelt mahalo to everyone for these nominations! We are honored!

We share this honor with everyone in Hawai’i! Mahalo James Beard Foundation! The 2020 James Beard Award Semifinalists

We are honored to be in such great company! This year we were chosen as one of the regional top 10 (West) in the category of Best American Cocktail Bar. Mahalo to everyone for their support! Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards

We are extremely honored to be recognized by Esquire Magazine on their Best Bars in America, 2019 list! With so many incredible establishments across the country, we are so proud to represent Hawaii as one of the top 27 bars listed. Mahalo Esquire! Esquire: The Best Bars in America, 2019

After serving as a judge last year, Justin was one of four previous winners invited to compete again this year and he delivered. Congratulations to JP for being the only 3x Champion of the World’s Best Mai Tai Competition! Ka Mai Tai O Keawe (The Big Island’s Mai Tai) Bacardi Gran Reserva 8 yr Root-washed […]

Honored, humbled, motivated to strive for more…we were recently named to the 2018 James Beard Semifinalist list under the category of Outstanding Bar Program. We’re so proud to represent Hawaii and share this honor with everyone who supported us along our journey.

Congratulations to Paul for coming in 3rd in this year’s World’s Best Mai Tai Competition! Considering there were over a hundred applicants and finalists from all over the world this year, 3rd place is quite an accomplishment! BLA has placed top 3 in 5 out of the past 7 competitions (5 for 5 in those […]

Every year Liquor.com comes out with their “Drink Here Now” list, a listing of the greatest, most distinctive bars. This year the list went global for the first time. We’re extremely honored to be included on their list of the top 263 bars in the world, chosen by some of the most knowledgeable, well-traveled people […]