Guadalajara
Flaming Spiral GIFs Will Make You Want to Light Shit on Fire
There's no CGI in Daniel Barreto's mesmerizing experiments with fire.
End Your Suffering at Guadalajara’s Best Mezcal Bar
Pare de Sufrir—or "end your suffering"—offers 70 brands of mezcal from producers around Mexico, including a special variety made with chicken breast.
The Best Way to Drink Tequila is Out of a Casserole Dish
Forget margaritas, tequila slammers, or the frankly terrible tequila sunrise. There’s a much more fun and refreshing way to enjoy Mexico’s most loved spirit: out of a clay casserole dish.
Armed vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands in Mexico’s second biggest city
With the police providing little or no protection against violent crime, inhabitants of Guadalajara's forgotten outskirts have begun forming their own self-defense squads.
Everyone Drinks Vampire Cocktails Out of Plastic Bags in This Tiny Mexican Town
In San Luis Soyatlán, you'll spot dozens of people clutching plastic bags full of tequila-spiked crimson liquid.
My Time as a Mexican Cop Made Me a Better Street Vendor in Los Angeles
Despite the hundreds of taco and bacon-wrapped hot dog vendors in LA out on a nightly basis, street vending is 100 percent illegal there. Meet this passionate street taco vendor who used to be a police officer in Mexico but now makes some of the best...
Hundreds of Addicts 'Rescued' by Authorities from Mexico's Abusive Drug Rehab Centers
Mexico’s authorities provide almost no services for addicts and also rarely do anything to stop the systematic abuse that is common in the country’s many private rehab centers.
Don't Try to Order a Cocktail at This Old-School Guadalajara Cantina
La Fuente does not have a website or an Instagram account, and it serves little more than beer, tequila, and pig's trotters to a diverse array of elderly regulars, politicians, writers, and local celebrities.
Guadalajara’s Oldest Cantina Changed Hands 112 Years Ago in a Game Of Poker
Possibly haunted and rumored to have once put cat meat in its birria, Guadalajara's La Iberia has long and bizarre history as the oldest cantina in the area.
Mexico’s Greatest Soccer Team Drank Tequila in This Cantina Before Every Game
The bar's legendary house cocktail, “Nalgas Alegres,” or “Happy Buttocks,” costs just 50 pesos and consists of gin, rum, red wine, Orange Crush soda, and lime juice.
Young Women Are Getting Abducted Off the Streets of Mexico’s Second Largest City
Local authorities have sought to downplay the problem, and many of the victims have encountered difficulties when they tried to report what happened to the police.
A Mexican Drug Cartel Posed as a Private Security Firm to Lure Recruits
The authorities in the western state of Jalisco say that the fake company distributed flyers seeking recruits with “a desire to better themselves,” and then set them to work selling drugs.