Sabina Sabe
- ★ 4.4
- Mezcal cocktail bar
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Sabina Sabe house cocktail
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 is named for Mazatec medicine woman Maria Sabina, a cocktail bar with one of the world's largest mezcal collections.
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Where to drink
17 places
Selva Oaxaca Cocktail Bar
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Selva cocktail with mezcal, hoja santa and Oaxacan cheese
Selva on Macedonio Alcala is on the 50 Best Discovery list, a creative cocktail bar with Oaxacan-ingredient drinks and mezcals from small distilleries.
Mezcaloteca
- ★ 4.7
- Mezcal tasting library (appointment-only)
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Five-mezcal educational flight
Mezcaloteca on Reforma has poured by appointment since 2010: small-batch mezcals from family producers, agave cooked in earthen ovens, no chemicals used.
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In Situ Mezcaleria
- ★ 4.5
- Mezcaleria
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Ulises Torrentera-curated flight
In Situ on Vicente Guerrero is Ulises Torrentera's mezcaleria with 180-plus mezcals and the author often behind the bar pouring on his own flights all night.
Mezcalogia
- ★ 4.3
- Mezcaleria
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink El Jolgorio Tobala flight
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil is the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio and Nuestra Soledad mezcaleria, with a kitchen of Oaxacan plates and 200-bottle cocktails.
Cuish Mezcaleria
- ★ 4.4
- Mezcaleria
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Wild-agave mezcal flight
Cuish on Diaz Ordaz is Felix Hernandez Monterrosa's mezcaleria since 2009, with wild-agave mezcals downstairs and a small art and live-music room upstairs.
La Casa del Mezcal
- ★ 4.2
- Cantina
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Mezcal de pechuga
La Casa del Mezcal on Flores Magon is the 1935 cantina behind Mercado Benito Juarez, with a long mezcal counter and old-cantina feel in central Centro.
Neta Tasting Room
- ★ 4.3
- Mezcaleria
- $$$
- Jalatlaco
Drink Neta Spirits flight
Neta Tasting Room on Cinco de Mayo 506 in Jalatlaco is the official Neta Spirits showroom, with mezcal flights, small plates and barrio-evening rhythm.
Comala
- ★ 4.0
- Restaurant-bar
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Mezcal cocktail and craft beer
Comala on Pino Suarez is a Centro courtyard restaurant-bar with all-day Oaxacan plates and a mezcal-and-cocktail bar that runs to 1am most nights of the week.
Oaxaca Brewing Co
- ★ 4.2
- Craft beer taproom
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Oaxacan stout
Oaxaca Brewing Co on Tinoco y Palacios is the city's flagship craft taproom from two Baja-California-trained brothers, with stouts, IPAs, fruit ales.
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Oaxaco Cerveceria
- ★ 4.0
- Craft brewery taproom
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Pulque-cerveza and IPAs
Oaxaco Cerveceria on Allende is a small Centro taproom with house IPAs, pulque-cerveza and a wood-fired pizza kitchen, run by a husband-and-wife team.
El Destilado
- ★ 4.5
- Tasting menu bar
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Mezcal pairing
El Destilado on Cinco de Mayo runs a long mezcal and Mexican-sake pairing alongside the tasting menu, with one of Oaxaca's deepest fermented-drink lists.
La Mezcalerita
- ★ 4.0
- Mezcal cocktail bar
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Mezcalarita
La Mezcalerita on Macedonio Alcala is a small mezcal-cocktail room near Plaza de la Soledad with a strong mezcal-cocktail menu and craft beer.
Los Amantes
- ★ 4.0
- Mezcaleria
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Los Amantes mezcal flight
Los Amantes on Macedonio Alcala is the mezcaleria from one of the city's older mezcal brands, with a poetry-and-cocktail program in a small Andador room.
Los Danzantes Mezcal Bar
- ★ 4.4
- Mezcaleria
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Los Danzantes mezcal flight
Los Danzantes runs an in-house mezcal bar program from its distillery, pouring single-village mezcals (Santiago Matatlan) alongside the restaurant menu.
Casa Oaxaca Cafe
- ★ 4.2
- Restaurant-bar
- $$$
- Centro Historico
Drink Mezcal sour
Casa Oaxaca Cafe on Garcia Vigil 407 is Alejandro Ruiz's casual second room, a daytime cafe with mezcal sours and Casa Oaxaca classics at half the price.
Pulqueria Jalatlaco
- ★ 3.9
- Pulqueria
- $$$
- Jalatlaco
Drink Pulque curado de tuna
Pulqueria Jalatlaco on Aldama serves traditional pulques and curados (tuna, mango, apio) with a small botana, the most local-feeling drink room in the barrio.
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