Bar Crisol is the evening side of a sister cafe to Exo Roast Co., housed in a charming adobe building in Tucson's historic Barrio Viejo. The cafe pours Exo coffee by day, and from Wednesday to Saturday evenings the room reopens as a bar built around agave spirits, botanical cocktails and signature coffee drinks, with vintage typewriters among its retail offerings.
Batch is a downtown Tucson whiskey and cocktail bar on Congress Street, known for a whiskey collection of more than 1,400 bottles and hand made doughnuts. The historic building also holds a full bar with local craft beer, a street side patio, a speakeasy style basement cocktail lounge called Snake & Barrel, an upstairs sports bar and a retail whiskey selection. It is locally owned by Tucson natives Ronnie and Christian Spece.
SideCar is a neighborhood craft cocktail bar in Tucson's Broadway Village. The menu pairs house classics such as the Oaxaca Dry Sour, built on small batch mezcal, French gin, salted lime and a habanero shrub, with stirred and shaken house cocktails, highballs and a short list of quick party sips.
The Royal Room is a bar at 450 N. 6th Ave. in Tucson, open every day into the early hours with a daily happy hour. Its in house taco counter, El Taco Royale, serves tacos made with fresh ingredients and local tortillas alongside the bar's cocktails, beer and wine, and the room hosts a regular programme of events.
Nightjar is a craft cocktail bar focused on culinary inspired drinks, sharing a 160 year old property with Coronet Restaurant and Cafe. Original saguaro rib ceilings, 19th century built ins, vintage furniture and a turn of the century Arizona back bar make an intimate setting for a considered drink with friends.
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Tucson guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 6 with a map and filters.
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