Cantina

Stalwart of the ‘cisco cocktail scene, in a dark, attractive slot a couple blocks off Union Square, adorned with candelabras, burnt-orange walls and smartly-DJ’d samba, cumbia and hip-hop. From co-founder of San Francisco Cocktail Week Duggan McDonnell, who proffers concoctions like a rich blackberry & cabernet caipirinha, a dope five-spice margarita, and our favorite: the powerfully spicy Laughing Buddha, a mix of Citron vodka, Serrano chiles, lime, honey and ginger.