The team behind Winona's has opened a Mexico City-inspired cocktail bar
Introducing a Mexico City-inspired cocktail bar and cantina to Bed-Stuy, Dolores (397 Tompkins Avenue) opened its doors on July 2. The new bar is a joint venture from husband-and-wife Cressida Greening and Emir Dupeyron, the duo behind the beloved Crown Heights eatery, Winona's. Pulling on Dupeyron's childhood growing up in Mexico City, the resulting bar channels cantinas found in the area mixed in with art from the 1930s and 1940s. Transforming the space—which previously held the dimly lit, cocktail lounge and queer bar, Oddly Enough—the bright green exterior now houses hand-carved tables, green velvet banquettes and a walnut and marble bar.
Channeling the rhythm of the city, albeit, in liquid form, the team tapped the surefire talent that is Leanne Favre. A renowned mixologist, Favre previously held the title of creative director at Cobble Hill's Clover Club and worked as creative director and head bartender at the shuttered Leyenda. As partner and beverage director of Dolores, Favre is shaking up agave-forward cocktails, including tried and true cantina staples with Margaritas on draft and Palomas with just the right amount of carbonation. Creativity continues with the Mexican Espresso Martini, a riff on the classic Carajillo cocktail, that swaps out espresso for a Mexican-made coffee rum and amaro. Meanwhile, her Midnight Cowboy martini variation comes with a spear of cotija-stuffed olives.
Naturally, it wouldn't be a cantina without some food. Botana, or shared snacks, dominate the menu with Sopes con Picadillo, Chicharrónes Fritos or fried pork belly and a Pressed Seafood Aguachile with a combo of octopus, shrimp and squid. There's also a full menu of tacos to be had here, much of which take note from famous eateries found across Mexico. The Cochinita Pibil Turix with its Yucatán-style braised pork takes inspiration from El Turix taqueria in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City while The Lengua 'El Bosque' is an homage to the decades-old Bar El Bosque in the San Miguel Chapultepec area.
But the weekends are sure to lure taco lovers of all kinds with its Tacos de Canasta deal. Translating to 'basket tacos,' the tacos are filled with various meats, covered in oil and layered in baskets to steam and stay warm. Available on Fridays and Saturdays from 11pm until sell out, this late-night bar bite will run you $2 per taco. So come the weekend, let's just say, you'll know where to find us.
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