La Popular is a wine bar in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
La Popular on Garcia Vigil is a restaurant, bar and gallery with a natural-wine list and a tight kitchen of small plates, a fixture of the Oaxaca scene.
Food program: Snacks and small plates
Address: Garcia Vigil 519, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 is named for Maria Sabina, a cocktail bar with a vast mezcal collection, natural wines and local-ingredient small plates.
Signature pour: Sabina Sabe house cocktail
Wine focus: Mezcal-cocktails with wine by the glass
Food: Small plates
Selva on Macedonio Alcala is the 50 Best Discovery cocktail bar with creative Oaxacan-ingredient drinks and mezcals from small distilleries on a tight bar.
Signature pour: Selva house cocktail
Wine focus: Mezcal and natural wines
Food: Snacks
Comala on Pino Suarez runs a small Mexican wine list with Casa Madero, Bichi and Cuna de Tierra alongside the in-house mezcal cocktails and the courtyard.
Signature pour: Casa Madero by the glass
Wine focus: Mexican wines and mezcal
Food: Snacks and Oaxacan plates
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil pairs Casa Cortes mezcals (El Jolgorio, Nuestra Soledad) with a tight Mexican wine list and a small kitchen of Oaxacan plates.
Signature pour: El Jolgorio Tobala
Wine focus: Mezcal with Mexican wine by the glass
Food: Oaxacan plates
Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only mezcal library with 100-plus family producers for educational flights and a small dry-snack pairing service.
Signature pour: Family-producer mezcal flight
Wine focus: Mezcal flights by appointment
Food: No food
Neta Tasting Room in Jalatlaco is the Neta Spirits showroom on Cinco de Mayo 506, with mezcal flights, natural wines and small plates in quiet evenings.
Signature pour: Neta Spirits flight
Wine focus: Mezcal-led with natural wines
Food: Snacks
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 is named for Maria Sabina, a cocktail bar with a vast mezcal collection, natural wines and local-ingredient small plates.
Signature pour: Sabina Sabe house cocktail
Wine focus: Mezcal-cocktails with wine by the glass
Food: Small plates
Selva on Macedonio Alcala is the 50 Best Discovery cocktail bar with creative Oaxacan-ingredient drinks and mezcals from small distilleries on a tight bar.
Signature pour: Selva house cocktail
Wine focus: Mezcal and natural wines
Food: Snacks
Comala on Pino Suarez runs a small Mexican wine list with Casa Madero, Bichi and Cuna de Tierra alongside the in-house mezcal cocktails and the courtyard.
Signature pour: Casa Madero by the glass
Wine focus: Mexican wines and mezcal
Food: Snacks and Oaxacan plates
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil pairs Casa Cortes mezcals (El Jolgorio, Nuestra Soledad) with a tight Mexican wine list and a small kitchen of Oaxacan plates.
Signature pour: El Jolgorio Tobala
Wine focus: Mezcal with Mexican wine by the glass
Food: Oaxacan plates
Mezcaloteca on Reforma is the appointment-only mezcal library with 100-plus family producers for educational flights and a small dry-snack pairing service.
Signature pour: Family-producer mezcal flight
Wine focus: Mezcal flights by appointment
Food: No food
