The Bar in Front of the Bar is an open-air street bar at Petraki 1 in Athens, with a daily-changing, low-waste cocktail list. Rumble in the Jungle is the separate boxing-inspired bar directly behind it.
Description source 1 · Description source 2 · Checked 2026-10-08
The 50’s 2026 venue profile and the owner’s street-bar page.
Plan Your Visit
Petraki 1, Athina 105 63, GreeceSyntagma
Check before visiting. Sources disagree about hours; confirm the latest details with the venue.
- Style
- Street-facing cocktail barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Booking
- The owner’s Reservations link opens the i-host form for The Bar in front of the bar (restaurant 1707).Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
- Menu
- The live owner homepage designates its PDF at /wp-content/uploads/2025/12/menu-2025.pdf as ‘VIEW OUR MENU’.Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
54.6 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 76.5
- World's 50 Best
- 82.0
- Top 500 Bars
- 73.6
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 59.3
- Serious press
- 5.2
- Social Vibes
- 57.4
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
82/ 100
The existing 82/100 and high confidence remain the historical read. This source check clarifies attribution without recalculating the score.
Score context
A July 2026 Euronews awards recap quotes a guide description of The Bar in Front of the Bar’s street-side drinks and a lounge serving cocktails developed with local producers. This is award-related editorial coverage. The other cited article was unavailable during this check.
Guest sources checked:
Euronews reporter David Mouriquand reproduces award-guide descriptions. The unreadable Athinorama article does not establish its stored date or the stronger raw claims about scraps, seating and future crowding.
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- Quoted guide describes rotating drinks and local-producer collaboration
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- euronews.comEuronews — David Mouriquand, awards recap quoting guide · 1 July 2026
David Mouriquand’s 1 July 2026 awards recap reproduces award-guide descriptions. It is not a personal customer visit; quoted descriptions distinguish the street-side front and a lounge inside.
Other cited sources
- en.athinorama.grAthinorama — article unavailable in this check · Stored 27 October 2025 date unverified
The cited Athinorama article returned HTTP 403 and was not retried. Its body, author and stored 27 October 2025 date remain unverified; no claim about seating, scraps or future crowding is established by that unreadable source.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 1,260 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.