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Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Córdoba for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Córdoba for grown-ups.
Bar Santos is the standing counter opposite the Mezquita in Córdoba, cutting wedges off a tortilla de patatas built the size of a cartwheel.
Signature drink: Caña with a wedge of the house tortilla
Food: Tortilla de patatas by the wedge, salmorejo
Order: A wedge of tortilla and a caña, eaten on the Mezquita wall outside.
Tip: There is no table service and barely any room, so order at the counter and take it out to the wall.
Casa Bravo works the Puerta de Almodóvar gate in Córdoba from a patio retiled in 1914, pouring wine from its own bodega with the kitchen open all day.
Signature drink: Wines from the house bodega
Food: Cordobés tapas, daily menu, salmorejo
Order: The salmorejo, then whatever is on the daily menu board.
Tip: The kitchen runs continuously from midday, which is unusual here and useful in the dead afternoon hours.
Sojo Ribera runs a mixology room and first-floor terrace over the Guadalquivir in Córdoba, facing the Roman Bridge and the Torre de la Calahorra.
Signature drink: House cocktails built around Córdoba's history
Food: Bar snacks
Order: A house cocktail on the upstairs terrace at dusk.
Tip: The published summer schedule is tighter than the winter one, and the room does not open Sunday to Tuesday.
La Bicicleta keeps a corner on Calle Cardenal González in Córdoba, a dog-friendly cafe bar pouring beer, wine and fresh juice until 01:00 daily.
Signature drink: Fresh-squeezed juices alongside beer and wine
Food: Snacks and homemade desserts
Order: A fresh juice in the afternoon, a beer after dark.
Tip: One of very few rooms near the Mezquita still serving at midnight on a weeknight.
The Balcón de Córdoba rooftop looks over the Judería in Córdoba from a former Encarnación convent, pouring wine and cocktails beside local tapas.
Signature drink: Wine and cocktails served with cordobés tapas
Food: Tapas and sweets from the hotel kitchen
Order: A copa of Montilla-Moriles with the tapas selection, taken on the roof.
Tip: The terrace closes at 20:00, so this is a late-afternoon drink rather than an evening one.