Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Puebla for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Puebla for grown-ups.
La Pasita pours its raisin liqueur beside the Plazuela de los Sapos in Puebla, in a room open since 1916, with a cube of cheese and a raisin on a stick.
Signature drink: Pasita, the house raisin liqueur
Food: Cheese and raisin garnish
Tip: One pasita comes with a cube of fresh cheese and a raisin on a stick, and the room shuts by six in the evening.
Miel de Agave keeps more than 170 artisanal mezcal labels on 7 Poniente in Puebla, plus fresh pulque and Pueblan snacks, until two on weekends.
Signature drink: Puebla mezcal flight
Food: Pueblan snacks and pulque
Tip: More than 170 artisanal labels sit behind the bar, so hand the choice to the bartender rather than reading the list.
Hormiga Negra works Mexican mixology above a Centro building on 7 Oriente in Puebla, rotating the list seasonally and running local DJs until three.
Signature drink: Seasonal Mexican mixology
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Upstairs in a Centro building on 7 Oriente, open Thursday to Saturday until three, with local DJs on the busier nights.
Calendula pours cocktails and pulque a step from El Parian in Puebla, including a kale, cucumber and mezcal build that reads greener than it drinks.
Signature drink: Pulque curado
Food: Snacks
Tip: A step from El Parian, and the kale, cucumber and mezcal build is the one to order if you want something other than pulque.
Utopia Belgian Beer & Bistro has stocked Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente in Puebla for two decades, in a dark room that also sells beer to take home.
Signature drink: Belgian ale
Food: Belgian bistro plates
Tip: Twenty years old, cash-preferred, and it also sells bottles to take away from the shop attached to the bar.
Bilderberg Taproom Centro pours six rotating lines on 5 Oriente in Puebla, from a rice lager to a Russian imperial stout, brewed over in Cholula.
Signature drink: Rotating house lines
Food: Snacks
Tip: Six lines rotate, brewed in Cholula, and the range runs from a five per cent rice lager to a twelve per cent imperial stout.
Attico 303 crowns Hotel Casa Rosa in Puebla with a cathedral-level terrace, pouring cocktails beside Spanish plates and contemporary Pueblan cooking.
Signature drink: Cocktails with a cathedral view
Food: Spanish and Pueblan plates
Tip: Weekend service runs to two in the morning, and the terrace is small enough that a reservation is worth the effort.
Licoreria San Pedrito mixes mezcal cocktails on 9 Oriente in Puebla in a small retro room with a dance floor that fills fast after midnight.
Signature drink: Mezcal cocktails
Food: Snacks
Tip: Small, retro and loud once the dance floor fills, on the same block of 9 Oriente as the Belgian beer bar.
Destilado Urbano stocks over a hundred mezcal labels on 6 Sur in Puebla and runs guided flights of three with a chaser from around 250 pesos.
Signature drink: Guided mezcal flight
Food: Snacks
Tip: A guided flight of three with a chaser starts around 250 pesos, which is the cheapest structured tasting in the Centro.
Mayahuel is the small mezcal bar inside Hotel Marques del Angel on 5 Poniente in Puebla, strong on Pueblan bottles and cured pulques, with Friday music.
Signature drink: Pueblan mezcal
Food: Snacks
Tip: Inside Hotel Marques del Angel on 5 Poniente, strong on Puebla bottles and cured pulques, with live music on Fridays.