4 Best Bars in Juárez and Anzures with La Zona Rosa, Mexico City

If you’re looking for it, you’ll eventually find it, but you won’t find it if you aren’t looking for it. With a strict, secret location, Hanky Panky is one of Mexico City’s few Prohibition-era-style speakeasies. Award-winning mixologists come and go from here to highlight their specialties abroad, while always bringing something back with them. Reservations are required, and when you arrive, you’ll have to ask around (as in up and down the block) in order to find the entrance—it's part of the charm. Inside is dark, with leather booths and a 10-seat bar. Many cocktails are based on Mexican mixology magic, though there’s plenty of international flavors as well; you won't be disappointed with something spicy.

A nod to international counterculture, with a special appreciation for everything goth, this bar is purposely dark and always bumping out industrial, metal, and rock tunes into the street. It’s tight quarters and slightly confined, but you'll feel like you’re part of a special, all-black-wearing club when you enter. Find a spot to squeeze in and wait for your server to come by with a menu that includes wine, mezcal, an impressive variety of international and artisanal Mexican beers, and cocktails served in skull-shape mugs.