Cafés in Itzimná & Colonia México

Modern houses on Calles 18 to 29

Diario de Yucatán describes houses with open plans, thin slabs, V-shaped metal columns, butterfly roofs and corner windows, by architects including Félix Mier y Terán and Fernando López Escalante.³ By 2021 many had been demolished, and others had become cafés, restaurants, wine shops, breweries and offices.³

Manifesto's northern bar, Manifesto Barra Cold Brew, is on one of these streets at Calle 18 #107, between 27 and 29.⁴ It has outdoor seating, unlike the roaster's original café in Santiago.⁵

Specialty bars around Itzimná

Itzimná and Colonia México have more specialty cafés than any other part of Mérida. Lila Café Especial is on Calle 21 near Calle 24, a few blocks from the church; Mapaches Café Especial Casa Tostadora, a roasting house, is at Circuito Colonias 382; and Arista Barista Norte is at Avenida José Díaz Bolio 121, the avenue where Café Louvre stands at No. 75.

Kadus, at Calle 60 #326 by Avenida del Deportista, opens daily 08:00–22:00. Its menu has a section of "Instagrammable drinks", and in 2024 a tiramisu iced latte cost MX$99.⁶

Getting here from Paseo de Montejo

Paseo de Montejo was extended north in stages: the first extension of 440 m came in 1926, and the second, 1,200 m long, linked the avenue to Colonia México in 1950.⁷ El Orden del Caos (No. 82) and A ki' la cafe (No. 111) are on the avenue itself, and the café of the Centro Cultural Dante is on Prolongación Paseo de Montejo at Calle 17.

The church square and its fiesta

The statue of Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) was brought from Paris in the early 20th century, and the patron-saint fiesta falls in the first half of October. The church opens daily 07:00–12:00 and 16:00–20:00.¹

The Recreos de Itzimná did not last: the amusement park disappeared in the first decades of the 20th century, a decline the Por Esto account links to the Mexican Revolution.² Café Mosaico at Calle 21 #105 and Dilan Cafetería at Calle 25 #124a are a short walk from the square.

Farther into Colonia México, Coffee Cake is at Calle 27 and Calle 38, Lóoch Barrita de Café on Calle 24 between 31A and 31B, Sitå Velú at Calle 27 #281 and Caffe Latte on Avenida Rotary Internacional. JC's Tree Coffee (Calle 39 #449G) and Café Murano (Calle 39A #460) are on the southern edge.