Le Tachinomi Desu in Mexico City on Rio Panuco in the Little Tokyo block of Cuauhtemoc is Edo Kobayashi's standing-only tachinomi bar, a curated programme of Japanese whisky, sake and natural wine with a tapas menu that changes daily.
Address: Rio Panuco 132, Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Salon Corona in Mexico City on Calle Bolivar in Centro Historico is the 1928 cervecería-cantina between Madero and 16 de Septiembre, with cheap draft Corona in tarros, taco-and-torta plates and the original tile floor still intact through three generations of operators.
La Opera Bar in Mexico City on Avenida 5 de Mayo in Centro Historico is the gilded 1876 cantina with carved wooden booths and a bullet hole in the ceiling that legend pins on Pancho Villa, a working cantina serving Mexican plates and tequila pours every day.
Bar Mancera in Mexico City on Calle Venustiano Carranza in Centro Historico is the 1912 cantina with carved-wood interiors, the largest catalogued Cognac Hennessy stained-glass window and a signed Muhammad Ali glove on display, plus a working art-deco phone booth.
Cantina Tio Pepe in Mexico City on Avenida Independencia in Centro Historico is the 1869 cantina with an original French-imported wooden back bar, ornate ceilings and a politicians-and-locals crowd that has barely changed in a century and a half.
Salon Malafama in Mexico City on Avenida Michoacan in Hipodromo Condesa is the see-and-be-seen pool hall with art exhibits on the walls, sports on the screens, a kitchen of Mexican pub plates and a long list of mezcal and craft beer, cash-only at the bar.
Patrick Miller in Mexico City is the Roma Norte Italo-disco dance club on Merida Street, the two-decade-plus Friday-night institution where dance-off circles, 80s synthpop, robotic lights and a glitter ball draw a mixed crowd from across the city.