La Penúltima

San Juan, Puerto Rico

La Penúltima is a casual cocktail bar on Avenida Ponce de León in San Juan from brothers Stephen and Christopher Hoppe. It opened in 2016 with a serious drinks program that drew industry people from far afield, then pared its approach back after the 2017 hurricanes. The menu centers on updated vintage classics and modern classics: a Coffee Old-Fashioned made with bourbon, coffee liqueur and mint, a Pepón Daiquiri, and The Paper Plane One, which pairs bourbon and Cappelletti with pineapple and lime. Whisky Coco and El Pichon are both charged with CO2, and the spirits selection goes deep on amaro, sherry, mezcal and Japanese whisky.