Texas / Austin

Whisler's

Tiki LoungeModern hidden 4.3 (1400)$$

A dive bar downstairs, a hidden mezcal library called Mezcaleria Tobala up a narrow staircase — two bars pretending to be one.

Getting in

Front room is a dive bar; upstairs mezcaleria has its own stairwell door.

Order this

Mezcal Paloma

Your passport

Tiki Lounge rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every tiki lounge bar.

Keep the night going

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The Gear Room

The definitive tiki text: rum categories, syrups, and why your mai tai tastes wrong.

Orgeat, falernum and grenadine — the three syrups every tiki drink secretly depends on.

Opaque on purpose: the drink is a secret, the vessel is the show.

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