In Situ Mezcaleria ★ 4.5
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.
Signature drink: Ulises Torrentera-curated flight
Food: Bar snacks
Mezcaloteca is a bar in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only library tasting room with 100-plus family-producer mezcals, opened in 2010 to educate palates on traditional.
Food program: Water and dry snacks
Address: Reforma 506, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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.
Signature drink: Ulises Torrentera-curated flight
Food: Bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: El Jolgorio Tobala flight
Food: Oaxacan plates
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.
Signature drink: Wild-agave mezcal flight
Food: Bar snacks
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 the heart of Centro.
Signature drink: Mezcal de pechuga
Food: Cantina bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal cocktail and craft beer
Food: Oaxacan plates
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.
Signature drink: Ulises Torrentera-curated flight
Food: Bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: El Jolgorio Tobala flight
Food: Oaxacan plates
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.
Signature drink: Wild-agave mezcal flight
Food: Bar snacks
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 the heart of Centro.
Signature drink: Mezcal de pechuga
Food: Cantina bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: Neta Spirits flight
Food: Snacks
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal cocktail and craft beer
Food: Oaxacan plates