Cantina Route in San Miguel
Nothing could be more fitting than for our team to spend the month of September exploring San Miguel’s cantinas for the delight of everyone coming to celebrate Mexico’s Independence with a few good drinks along the way.
We’re happy to present our cantina route:
We begin with one of the oldest, founded in 1956: Cantina el Cucu, one of the town’s most beloved spots, with its old-time Mexico style and decor featuring very local elements such as horses as well as bullfighting posters.
Another lovely detail is that you can find a plaque with the name of the founder, Don Jorge Vidargas Barajas, who would no doubt be happy to see that his beloved bar still welcomes those thirsty for the good life.
Find it in the Zona Centro on Insurgentes Street number 39, where you won’t need to bring more than about 200 pesos to try the best local beer.
Without leaving the Zona Centro, Bar San Miguel is a unique spot that brings together iconic Mexican phrases on the ceiling with terrible spelling mistakes to give it an even more comical touch.
Find this iconic place, whose popularity needs no social media to spread by word of mouth, at Insurgentes number 55, where in addition to enjoying a few good drinks, you can play on its jukebox whichever hit song from yesterday or today speaks to you most.
Likewise, this is the place where you can spend a long time taking in the large number of portraits of famous Mexicans, stirring patriotic pride in how wonderful it feels to belong to this great nation.
To go with the excellent mezcals they specialize in, 21 Única Cantina brings in live music to liven up the night so that sorrows go down better accompanied by the elixir of the gods.
The cantina’s masculine style is emphasized by the screens throughout the venue, which are there to broadcast the most important sporting events, where groups of friends surely heal their sorrows by forgetting the outside world during countless hours of fun.
The average tab ranges from $100 to $400 pesos, and they have a powerful phrase on their arch, which you’ll find at Jesús Street number 23, that reads: “Any happiness that does not come from alcohol is fictitious”.
“If you went to San Miguel and didn’t visit La Cucaracha, it’s as if you never visited San Miguel de Allende,” and that phrase could not be more true, since the famed cantina has given rise to some of the most memorable moments of our nights.
Mariachis are usually there all the time, although sometimes it also has a slightly livelier atmosphere reminiscent of nightclubs.
Founded in 1947, La Cucaracha is so famous that it has served as a location for numerous films from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, making it an essential stop for all lovers of the seventh art as well as admirers of our history.
Head right now to Zacateros number 22 in Centro and become part of the history of La Cucaracha that is still being written.
