Escondido Mezcal Bar at Centro Closed

Escondido Mezcal Bar

August 31st 2023 is the last day of service for Escondido Mezcal Bar located at Centro in Northeast Minneapolis.

It has been an amazing two year run for us.

I want to thank everyone that came in an support this project, the owners of Centro for giving us a space for education, discussion and consumption of a spirit and culture that is my passion.

Thanks to Nick and Ian for partnering with me on this space.

Look for Escondido to be born again in another form or space.

Escondido Agave Lounge

COVID has brought on many changes to us all, but it has also opened some opportunities for me in my professional life. Since 2018, I have been managing the agave program at Popol Vuh / Centro in Minneapolis. When we had to shut down in March 2019, what was the next step? Popol Vuh eventually closed and we reimagined the space into what is now, Vivir. The private dining space was an empty room and with the help of the ownership I was able to work on a mezcal bar concept.

I am excited to announce that we created a tasting room called Escondido. It is located inside of Vivir and will be a reservation only tasting experience to start. You can make reservations here. Your experience will be about 90-120 minutes and in include some house flights (or build your own), snacks from the Vivir kitchen, cacao tasting options featuring a partnership we have with La Rifa in Mexico City.