El Destilado ★ 4.5
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal pairing
Food: Nine-course tasting
Oaxaco Cerveceria is a bar in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
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.
Food program: Pizza and snacks
Address: C. de Ignacio Allende 207, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal pairing
Food: Nine-course tasting
Sabina Sabe also runs as a late-night Centro cocktail bar with multiple drinking rooms, a Mazatec-inspired cocktail program and music past midnight.
Signature drink: Maria Sabina cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: Mezcalarita
Food: Snacks
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.
Signature drink: Los Amantes mezcal flight
Food: Snacks
Los Danzantes runs an in-house mezcal bar program from its distillery, pouring single-village mezcals (Santiago Matatlan) alongside the restaurant menu.
Signature drink: Los Danzantes mezcal flight
Food: Modern Mexican plates
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal sour
Food: Casa Oaxaca menu
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal pairing
Food: Nine-course tasting
Sabina Sabe also runs as a late-night Centro cocktail bar with multiple drinking rooms, a Mazatec-inspired cocktail program and music past midnight.
Signature drink: Maria Sabina cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: Mezcalarita
Food: Snacks
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.
Signature drink: Los Amantes mezcal flight
Food: Snacks
Los Danzantes runs an in-house mezcal bar program from its distillery, pouring single-village mezcals (Santiago Matatlan) alongside the restaurant menu.
Signature drink: Los Danzantes mezcal flight
Food: Modern Mexican plates
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.
Signature drink: Mezcal sour
Food: Casa Oaxaca menu