Hormiga Negra is a bar in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bar snacks
Tip: Upstairs in a Centro building on 7 Oriente, open Thursday to Saturday until three, with local DJs on the busier nights.
Address: Avenida 7 Oriente 5, Centro, 72000 Puebla
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.
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.
