

Foodie Experiences
A Market Square cantina since 1985, with over a hundred mezcals and bartenders who'll happily narrate your descent into agave enthusiasm.
Market Square, Store Street
More infoCafe Mexico has held down Market Square on Store Street since 1985, doing rustic cantina warmth before it was a marketing strategy. The real draw is the back wall: over a hundred bottles of mezcal and tequila, and bartenders who narrate the smoky ones and the dangerously sippable ones without pretension. Hit happy hour, order a flight to share, and compare tasting notes past appetizers.
The built-in activity is the agave: share a flight from one of Canada's biggest mezcal collections and let the bartenders walk you through the smoky, the bright and the dangerously sippable. Anchor it with creative tacos so the date stays on the rails, and hit the daily happy hour if your timing lines up, budget close to two hours. It runs late in Market Square, so you can stretch this one out.
Been here? Share a useful detail from your visit, or ask what you want to know before going. Reader experiences are self-reported.