Librería Valladolid

Librería Valladolid looks like a bookshop and works as a cocktail bar. Behind the door at Tabasco 321 in Roma Norte, amber-lit shelves of old books climb floor to ceiling around marble-topped tables, deep red banquettes and a long marble bar, in a room that takes its cues from the old bookshops of Europe. The drinks stick to the classics, from martinis and Negronis to the Batanga, with a menu that tells the story behind each one, and the food comes in tins: sardines, octopus and other conservas from Spain and Portugal. A running series of guest nights, numbered like volumes and called Tomos, brings in bartenders from across Mexico and abroad. The house advice: if the light is on, knock.