El Vilsito ★ 4.8
El Vilsito in Mexico City is the Narvarte mechanic shop by day and Bib Gourmand al pastor taqueria by night on Peten, with the trompo running past 02:00 most.
OrderTacos al pastor (night shift trompo)
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Los Cocuyos ★ 4.7
Los Cocuyos in Mexico City is the 24-hour Centro Historico taqueria on Bolivar since 1980, the around-the-clock counter that runs suadero, longaniza.
OrderSuadero and tripa tacos
Tlayudas Libres ★ 4.7
Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres opens at 21:00 and runs to 03:00 with wood-fire tlayudas, tasajo and quesillo, the canonical Oaxaca late-night stop.
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Lechoncito de Oro ★ 4.6
Lechoncito de Oro on Calle de Los Libres runs 20:00-03:00 with suckling-pig tacos, tostadas and tortas, the most famous late-night lechon in town.
OrderTacos de lechon
Churreria El Moro ★ 4.5
Churreria El Moro in Mexico City is the 1935 Centro Historico churros counter on Eje Central, the 24-hour churro and chocolate window that runs hot churros.
OrderChurros with chocolate espanol
El Huequito ★ 4.5
El Huequito in Mexico City is the 1959 Centro al pastor counter that runs through dinner until 22:00 in the original Ayuntamiento alley, the late-evening.
OrderTacos al pastor
Selva ★ 4.5
Selva on Macedonio Alcala stays open 16:00-01:00 Mon-Sat, a 50-Best-Discovery bar with hoja santa and Oaxacan-cheese cocktails on the late-night list.
OrderCocktails and mezcal
Miel de Agave ★ 4.5
Miel de Agave keeps more than 170 artisanal mezcal labels on 7 Poniente in Puebla, plus fresh pulque and Pueblan snacks, until two on weekends.
OrderPueblan snacks
TipThe kitchen keeps going as long as the bar does, so a late mezcal here comes with something more than peanuts.
El Gallo Altanero ★ 4.4
El Gallo Altanero in Guadalajara is the Calle Marsella late-night cocktail bar, a Colonia Americana 50 Best Discovery room for agave drinks until 02:00.
OrderAgave-spirit cocktails
La Negrita Cantina ★ 4.4
La Negrita Cantina in Santa Ana Mérida is the 1917 cantina pouring trova and 50-plus mezcales until 22:00, free Yucatán botanas with every drink.
OrderYucatecan botanas with drinks
Picheta Rooftop ★ 4.4
Picheta's rooftop bar in Centro Mérida looks at the Cathedral and Plaza Grande and keeps Yucatecan tasting plates running until 01:00 Mon-Sat.
OrderYucatecan tasting plates + mezcal cocktails
Marquesitas Plaza Grande ★ 4.4
The marquesita carts on Plaza Grande Mérida sell queso-de-bola and cajeta crepes until midnight on weekdays and 01:00 on Sundays year-round.
OrderMarquesitas with Edam and cajeta
Tlayudas Las Animas ★ 4.4
Tlayudas Las Animas on Mariano Matamoros 203 runs Thursday-Saturday 18:00-23:30 near Carmen Alto, quieter than the Libres stand just blocks away.
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Cuish Mezcaleria ★ 4.4
Cuish on Diaz Ordaz runs Tuesday to Saturday 17:00-03:00 with wild-agave mezcals downstairs and live music and art shows in the upstairs hall after dark.
OrderWild-agave mezcals and snacks
Sabina Sabe ★ 4.4
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 runs until midnight most nights as a 50-Best-Discovery cocktail bar named for Maria Sabina, with multiple drinking rooms.
OrderMezcal cocktails
Comal ★ 4.4
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
OrderChanclas and mole poblano
TipThe kitchen runs to midnight seven days a week, which is unusual for a Centro dining room of this quality.
Pare de Sufrir ★ 4.3
Pare de Sufrir in Guadalajara is the Calle Marsella mezcaleria, a Colonia Americana late-night fixture for Oaxaca and Jalisco mezcal flights until 02:00.
OrderMezcal flights and snacks
Catrín 47 ★ 4.3
Catrín 47 on Calle 47 Mérida keeps the kitchen and mezcal bar running until 02:00 Mon-Sat, chef Alfredo Villanueva's mural-walled cocina cantina.
OrderModern Mexican small plates + mezcal flights
El Califa Condesa ★ 4.3
El Califa in Mexico City is the Condesa taqueria on Altata that runs till 04:00 daily, the late-night al carbon counter and the go-to Condesa post-bar stop.
OrderCampechano and gaonera tacos
Salon Tenampa ★ 4.3
Salon Tenampa in Mexico City is the 1925 Plaza Garibaldi mariachi cantina that runs daily till 03:00, the antojitos and tequila room with live mariachi.
OrderCantina antojitos with mariachi
Mezcalogia ★ 4.3
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil stays open Tuesday to Saturday until 00:30, with the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio mezcaleria and the kitchen on Oaxacan plates.
OrderMezcal flights and plates
Hormiga Negra ★ 4.3
Hormiga Negra works Mexican mixology above a Centro building on 7 Oriente in Puebla, rotating the list seasonally and running local DJs until three.
OrderBar snacks
TipThe latest proper cocktail room in the Centro, and the DJ nights mean it gets loud rather than contemplative after one.
Los Taquitos de la Yaxchilán ★ 4.2
Los Taquitos de la Yaxchilán, in the Punta Nicchehabí alley off Avenida Yaxchilán in Cancún, has served tacos since 1994 and stays open until 04:00.
OrderTacos al pastor and tripa, with a torta or a gringa if you want more.
TipIt opens at 16:00 and runs to 04:00 on every day except Tuesday, so it suits a taco long after the bars and clubs have closed.
Oaxaca Brewing Co ★ 4.2
Oaxaca Brewing Co on Tinoco y Palacios stays open until 23:00 with craft pours, wood-fired pizza and a relaxed Centro taproom for late-night beer crowds.
OrderCraft beer and pizza
Áttico 303 ★ 4.2
Attico 303 crowns Hotel Casa Rosa in Puebla with a cathedral-level terrace, pouring cocktails beside Spanish plates and contemporary Pueblan cooking.
OrderSpanish and Pueblan plates
TipThe rooftop keeps serving to two at weekends, so it doubles as a late kitchen when the street-level rooms have shut.
Utopía Belgian Beer & Bistro ★ 4.2
Utopia Belgian Beer & Bistro has stocked Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente in Puebla for two decades, in a dark room that also sells beer to take home.
OrderBelgian bistro plates
TipCash is the safer bet here, and the bistro plates are a better late order than they have any right to be.
Taquería Coapeñitos Nader ★ 4.1
Taquería Coapeñitos on Avenida Carlos Nader in Cancún serves Mexico City style suadero and lengua tacos with a row of salsas, open every day until 01:00.
OrderSuadero and lengua tacos, then guacamole and a pick of the salsas.
TipThe Nader branch opens at 09:00 and closes at 01:00 every day, which makes it a handy stop after Avenida Nader's bars.
Tacos Rigo ★ 4.1
Tacos Rigo's Palenque branch on Avenida de las Playas in Cancún began as a taco cart and cooks tripe, campechana and pastor tacos until 02:00 most nights.
OrderAn order of three tacos de tripa, campechana or pastor, or a parrillada with nopales and guacamole.
TipOn weeknights and Saturday the Palenque room closes at 02:00, and on Sunday at 01:00, so it keeps serving long after midnight.
Tacos Providencia ★ 4.1
Tacos Providencia in Guadalajara is the Avenida Pablo Neruda late-night taqueria, a Providencia favourite for al pastor and suadero past 03:00 nightly.
OrderTacos al pastor
Mercado 60 ★ 4.1
Mercado 60 on Calle 60 Mérida runs 20 food and bar stalls open until 03:00, live music every night, kitchen going from dinner through the early morning.
OrderMexican antojitos, Argentine grill, mezcal cocktails
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