Baltra Bar

Mexico City, Mexico

No. 48 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026, No. 78 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025, and No. 20 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025.

José Luis León, who also oversees Licorería Limantour, runs this Galápagos-themed Hipódromo bar as an informal counterpoint to its sibling. Gray couches, light wooden tables, and Charles Darwin paraphernalia, vintage maps, butterfly lithographs, taxidermy, create a living-room warmth that encourages lingering. The seasonally evolving menu takes experimental liberties that Limantour's established identity does not permit.