Condesa's default meeting point: a terrazzo bar, house pét nats from Valle de Guadalupe, tinned seafood, and a 90s playlist.
Caimán sits at Avenida Nuevo León 120 in Condesa, a few blocks from Parque México and the Campeche Metrobús stop. The Infatuation's reviewer claims any weekend plan made with a chilango will eventually include it, and ranks it among the city's 19 best bars.
It opened in late 2021 as one of Condesa's few true bars rather than restaurant bars, and it has stayed packed since.
Winemaker Lucas D'Acosta of Aborigen in Valle de Guadalupe makes nine pét nat labels exclusively for the house.
A terrazzo bar top runs the small room, with wooden booths along the wall and a sidewalk terrace outside; Rico.guide and Time Out México both inventory it the same way. Google reviewers call it small and mean it.
The terrace before nightfall is the local move, and the textured tabletops photograph better than they should.
Start with the house pét nat, bottled from around 900 pesos, or a Negroni, the default order of Rico.guide's contributors. Time Out México rated the wine list, Austria through Valle de Guadalupe, above the hurried classics.
The kitchen sends homemade chips crowned with mussels, quail egg, and güero chiles, the dish Time Out calls the star, plus tinned sardines and boquerones.