Picture this: you’re sitting indoors with someone you love, the lights are low and your hands are wrapped around a textured glass filled with a drink that’s definitely worth savoring. As you sip, you hear light chatter around you and feel a sense of warmth and coziness. This could be your winter experience in Albuquerque if you visit one of the city’s aesthetic, romantic, dark and cozy bars. Some of our favorites are suggested below.
G. Toti
G. Toti offers delicious drinks from a higher perspective. This Downtown rooftop bar has an expansive outdoor patio overlooking downtown Albuquerque. The indoor seating options offer lush decor and warm nooks to nestle into. The drinks can be described in three words: fresh, flavorful and fabulous.
Drink Recommendation: Taste of the Desert
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Lost Cultures Tea Bar
Sober spaces are on the rise. One where guests can sip a mocktail and catch a cozy vibe? Even better. Lost Cultures Tea Bar offers a variety of revolving tea and mocktail options. Their menu is creative and inspired. To top it off, their mocktails are more than just syrup and club soda. They are created with non-alcoholic spirits and other unique ingredients like chamomile, walnut bitters and chile gochujang simple syrup.
Drink Recommendation: 90 Day Pear
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Daydream Rum Bar
With an interior loosely based on the Wes Anderson movie “The Life Aquatic,” Daydream Rum Bar is sure to please with a warm aesthetic in contrast to the cold weather outside. Orange and green decor and low lighting accompany drinks as pretty as they are delicious. Many of this bar’s menu items were created to be shareable, so bring a couple of friends to this cool basement bar and warm up while winding down.
Drink Recommendation: Kino’s Cannonball
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Copper Lounge
The interior of this bar is the definition of charming. Copper Lounge, located in Nob Hill, is filled with lush, warm, vintage-inspired decor and soft, cozy seating. No matter what time of day you visit Copper Lounge, the lights inside are low and romantic. The cocktail menu is diverse and the mocktail options are robust.
Drink Recommendation: The Wake Me Up
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Teddy Roe’s
Teddy Roe’s is a prime spot to grab a cocktail in the colder months. This speakeasy-style bar is located in the alleyway behind M’Tucci’s Bar Roma. Look for the door marked “bakery.” The menu boasts creative, curated cocktails alongside a dark, intimate interior.
Drink Recommendation: The Mary Pickford
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