Cocktail barCocktail bar$$centro-historico
Licoreria San Pedrito mixes mezcal cocktails on 9 Oriente in Puebla in a small retro room with a dance floor that fills fast after midnight.
Signature drink: Mezcal cocktails
Food: Snacks
Tip: Small, retro and loud once the dance floor fills, on the same block of 9 Oriente as the Belgian beer bar.
Cocktail barMezcaleria$$centro-historico
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.
Cocktail barMezcaleria$$centro-historico
Mayahuel is the small mezcal bar inside Hotel Marques del Angel on 5 Poniente in Puebla, strong on Pueblan bottles and cured pulques, with Friday music.
Signature drink: Pueblan mezcal
Food: Snacks
Tip: Inside Hotel Marques del Angel on 5 Poniente, strong on Puebla bottles and cured pulques, with live music on Fridays.
Cocktail barCantina$los-saposWed-Mon 13:00-18:00; Tue closed
La Pasita pours its raisin liqueur beside the Plazuela de los Sapos in Puebla, in a room open since 1916, with a cube of cheese and a raisin on a stick.
Signature drink: Pasita, the house raisin liqueur
Food: Cheese and raisin garnish
Tip: One pasita comes with a cube of fresh cheese and a raisin on a stick, and the room shuts by six in the evening.
Cocktail barMezcaleria$$centro-historicoSun 14:00-24:00; Tue-Thu 14:00-24:00; Fri-Sat 14:00-02:00
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.
Cocktail barCocktail bar$$$centro-historicoThu-Sat 19:00-03:00; Sun 13:00-19:00
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.