Distillery tasting roomdowntownMon-Thu 15:00-20:30, Fri-Sat 15:00-22:00; closed Sun
Santa Fe Spirits, founded 2010 by Colin Keegan, pours locally distilled Colkegan single malt and Wheeler's dry gin in a tasting room off Galisteo on Read.
Signature drink: Colkegan Single Malt and Wheeler's Dry Gin cocktails
Food: Light bites
Hotel craft cocktail loungedowntownDaily 16:00-23:00
CAVA functions as the Eldorado Hotel's living-room bar, with craft cocktails and live music six blocks west of the Plaza on San Francisco Street.
Signature drink: Seasonal mezcal cocktails
Food: Tapas-style plates
Brewery gastropubagua friaDaily 11:30-21:00
Rowley brews farmhouse sours and saisons in a small Maclovia Street facility; the gastropub plates farm-to-table dinners alongside the tank lineup.
Signature drink: House saisons and Belgian-style sours
Food: Farm-to-table gastropub plates
Garden-to-glass cocktail bardowntownSun-Thu 15:00-21:00, Fri-Sat 15:00-22:00
Secreto Lounge is Santa Fe's most awarded cocktail room; the smoked sage margarita and garden-to-glass program live inside Hotel St. Francis one block off.
Signature drink: Smoked sage margarita
Food: Bar snacks and small plates
Art deco craft cocktail bardowntownMon-Sat 16:30-00:00; closed Sun
Tonic is the city's serious-cocktail room, an art deco intimate space pouring liquor-and-house-syrup seasonal classics on East Water Street.
Signature drink: Seasonal craft cocktail menu
Food: Curated bar bites: charcuterie, conserva, artisan cheese
Tequila and margarita barsouthsideMon-Sun 11:00-21:30
Maria's pours over 150 hand-shaken margaritas and stocks 170 tequilas in a Cordova Road cantina since 1950; former owner Al Lucero wrote the Margarita Book.
Signature drink: Maria's Special margarita (Casa Noble Crystal and Cointreau)
Food: Full New Mexican menu