Pulquerías, tsofaffin cibiyoyi inda aka cinye kuma sayar da wannan ruwan, sun wanzu tun farkon zamanin mulkin mallaka. Kullum suna bambanta kansu daga wuraren shan giya, inda ba "talakawa" suka hadu ba, amma iyalai. Bambancin ya tsufa, har ma da kamfanoni.
Costumbristas, masana tarihi da masana tatsuniyoyin tarihi sun bayyana abubuwan pulquerías. Suna da kayan ado na musamman, alamomi, sunaye, waƙoƙi da raye-raye kuma sun daɗe suna wurin taron kawai. Anan ga cikakken hoton da Antonio García Cubas yayi na wani tsohon pulquería da aka shirya domin bikin:
“Pulquerías tuni aka sake zana baho a baƙaƙen waje kuma an goge shi sosai a ciki, a shirye suke don karɓar farin tsaka tsaki, wanda ba a tabbatar da baftismar sa ba, kamar yau, a cikin gidan sarauta, amma a rijiyoyin Guadalupe, Zocoalco da Santa Clara Cuautitla; An wanke teburin da allon gefe, wanda a cikinsa aka nuna manya-manyan gilasai na gilashi, dunƙulen seleri da tsaunukan jan tuna, don warkar da dusar kankara, da zarar ta karɓa; bangon, an cire kuma an kawata shi da yankakken takarda mai launi da ƙofofi tare da rassan Willow. A cikin sandunan giya, piqueras (wani katako mai juzu'i mai juzu'i na ƙarfe a waje, an sanya shi a ƙarshen kanti), an cika shi da kwalabe cike da giya, syrup, mistelas da giya iri-iri.
“Ya kamata abin lura, ya kai mai karatu, cewa a wannan lokacin, mutane masu mutunci suna shan tabaransu a wuraren aikin Faransa kamar su Plaisant, titin plateros da kuma wuraren da ake kira al’ummu, kamar Progreso, Gran Sociedad da Bella Unión, da kyau wuraren shan giya sune giyar mashaya bargo, wadanda suka gamsu da kashe kashinsu na ingantaccen chinguirito, mistela, sama da kasa ko rage barasa, hop ko cakuda giya hudu, tare da li, re tare da ca ko re da na ko kuma an tace shi da lemun tsami, an tace shi da kirfa ko kuma an tace shi da lemu. (Littafin abubuwan da na tuna). "
The pulquerías yana da sunaye kuma waɗanda har yanzu suke da su, sun cancanci kulawa: "'Yar Apaches" shine sunan da "Los Apach" ya samu lokacin da aka sarauta. Kuma "El Porvenir", lokacin da aka sake buɗe shi, ana kiransa "Los Recuerdos del Porvenir".
Hakanan maɓallin zagayawa ya kasance sanannen hali a cikin birni da hanyoyi yayin ƙarni na ƙarshe. Sun ce yana kama da firist ɗin, tunda duk an yi musu baftisma da ruwa: ɗayan don kawar da zunubi da ɗayan, don ƙara umarni.
Pulquerías da ta kasance ta kowa ce a kowace titi, in ji mafi yawan ƙari, a yau sun zama kusan kayan tarihi. Hotuna, ayoyi, alamu da kuma adon bango sun ɓace. A yau mutane suna shan giya, ba buguwa ba. Pulque an samar dashi kusan gaba ɗaya don amfanin gida kuma ƙoƙarin iya ko kunshin shi bai yi nasara ba. Amma ba wanda ya daina keɓewa don kyakkyawan warkewa tare da barbecue kuma ƙanshin turaren miya ko burodi na dunƙule ya kasance cikin ƙwaƙwalwar.
