A weekends-only barbacoa specialist in Roma Sur, roasting Hidalgo-style lamb for about 12 hours over mesquite and oak in an underground pit, wrapped in charred agave. The lamb, its deep consomé, the m...
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Bar Mauro
Cocktail Bar · Roma Norte · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#2)
A Roma Norte ode to 1970s Milanese aperitivo from founder Mauro Mendoza, built on Italian vermouths and amari. Bitter classics get reworked locally — the Negroni 1929 with cacao nibs and strawberry, t...
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Tlecān
Mezcalería · Roma Norte · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#5); World's 50 Best Bars 2025 (#23)
Tlecān — Nahuatl for 'place of fire' — is a Roma Norte mezcalería built around pre-Hispanic agave culture, pouring small-producer distillates with a focus on female mezcaleras. Cocktails lean on ancie...
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Handshake Speakeasy
Cocktail Bar · Juárez · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#12); World's 50 Best Bars 2024 (#1 — World's Best Bar)
Hidden behind a black door marked '13' in a Juárez hotel, Handshake seats 32 for 90-minute sittings of lab-driven cocktails built on Mexican agave and house infusions — Once Upon a Time in Oaxaca with...
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Form + Matter
Cocktail Bar · Roma Norte · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#13)
Form + Matter (FO+MA) opened in Roma Norte in late 2024 from Handshake alumni José Olivas and David Rocha with restaurateur Po Tsai, and it puts the lab gear — rotovap, centrifuge, sous vide — at the ...
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Licorería Limantour
Cocktail Bar · Roma Norte · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#20); World's 50 Best Bars 2024 (#32)
A Roma Norte institution that's anchored Mexico City's cocktail scene for over a decade under head bartender José Luis León. The seasonally redrawn menu pulls from the city's markets and literature, w...
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Kaito del Valle
Cocktail Bar · Juárez · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#25)
A Japanese-inspired cocktail bar, izakaya and karaoke spot that built its name over eight years in Colonia del Valle before moving to Juárez in 2025. Sake is the through-line — Japan's national drink ...
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Baltra Bar
Cocktail Bar · Condesa · North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 (#48); World's 50 Best Bars 2025 (#78)
An intimate Condesa cocktail bar named for a Galápagos island, Darwin memorabilia and all, with the warmth of a neighborhood café. Beverage director José Luis León builds thematic seasonal menus — one...