La Fuente ★ 4.4
La Fuente in Guadalajara is the Centro Historico cantina dive since 1921, the Tapatio botana bar pouring tequila with free snacks at lunch and afternoon hours.
9 late-night dives worth the night across Mexico, editor-ranked. All Mexico guides.
La Opera Bar ★ 4.4
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.
La Pasita ★ 4.4
La Pasita pours its raisin liqueur beside the Plazuela de los Sapos in Puebla, in a room open since 1916, with a cube of cheese and a raisin on a stick.
Salon Corona ★ 4.3
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.
Bar Mancera ★ 4.3
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.
La Casa del Mezcal ★ 4.2
La Casa del Mezcal on Flores Magon is the 1935 cantina behind the Mercado Benito Juarez, with a long mezcal counter, a no-fuss dive feel and locals.
Cantina Tio Pepe ★ 4.1
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 ★ 4.1
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.
Mercado 60 Bars ★ 4.0
Mercado 60 in Merida runs three bars and two live-music stages through a food-hall block by Parque Santa Lucia, with music every night until 03:00.
TipTables are shared by all the stalls, so grab one near a stage and order from any bar; it opens every night of the year except 24 December.
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