Selva ★ 4.5
Selva on Macedonio Alcala stays open 16:00-01:00 Mon-Sat, a 50-Best-Discovery bar with hoja santa and Oaxacan-cheese cocktails on the late-night list.
Try: Cocktails and mezcal
Sabina Sabe is a late-night spot in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 runs until midnight most nights as a 50-Best-Discovery cocktail bar named for Maria Sabina, with multiple drinking rooms.
Address: 5 de Mayo 209, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Selva on Macedonio Alcala stays open 16:00-01:00 Mon-Sat, a 50-Best-Discovery bar with hoja santa and Oaxacan-cheese cocktails on the late-night list.
Try: Cocktails and mezcal
Comala on Pino Suarez runs until 01:00 Monday to Saturday with Oaxacan plates, mezcal cocktails and a courtyard that draws the after-Selva crowd most nights.
Try: Oaxacan plates and mezcal
The Zocalo esquites and elote carts run 18:00-23:00 daily, cups of corn with chile, lime, mayo, queso fresco and the standard plaza-night Oaxacan snack.
Try: Esquites and elotes
Oaxaca Brewing Co on Tinoco y Palacios stays open until 23:00 with craft pours, wood-fired pizza and a relaxed Centro taproom for late-night beer crowds.
Try: Craft beer and pizza
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil stays open Tuesday to Saturday until 00:30, with the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio mezcaleria and the kitchen on Oaxacan plates.
Try: Mezcal flights and plates
Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres opens at 21:00 and runs to 03:00 with wood-fire tlayudas, tasajo and quesillo, the canonical Oaxaca late-night stop.
Try: Tlayuda
Selva on Macedonio Alcala stays open 16:00-01:00 Mon-Sat, a 50-Best-Discovery bar with hoja santa and Oaxacan-cheese cocktails on the late-night list.
Try: Cocktails and mezcal
Comala on Pino Suarez runs until 01:00 Monday to Saturday with Oaxacan plates, mezcal cocktails and a courtyard that draws the after-Selva crowd most nights.
Try: Oaxacan plates and mezcal
The Zocalo esquites and elote carts run 18:00-23:00 daily, cups of corn with chile, lime, mayo, queso fresco and the standard plaza-night Oaxacan snack.
Try: Esquites and elotes
Oaxaca Brewing Co on Tinoco y Palacios stays open until 23:00 with craft pours, wood-fired pizza and a relaxed Centro taproom for late-night beer crowds.
Try: Craft beer and pizza
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil stays open Tuesday to Saturday until 00:30, with the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio mezcaleria and the kitchen on Oaxacan plates.
Try: Mezcal flights and plates
Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres opens at 21:00 and runs to 03:00 with wood-fire tlayudas, tasajo and quesillo, the canonical Oaxaca late-night stop.
Try: Tlayuda