El Atoradero’s New Mezcal Bar Delivers Booze We Can Use
Screwball movies and sunny music have long served as diversions during troubled times. And if Brooklyn’s current profusion of mezcal bars is proposed as additional salve, well, we’ll take that too.
As opposed to La Milgrosa’s recently debuted speakeasy, El Atoradero’s agave den is out well in the open—in fact, it occupies its very own building, directly next to the restaurant. Christened Madre Mezcaleria, the Crown Heights newcomer will eventually house up to 125 bottles—one of the most sizable collections in the city—from Nuestra Soledad “San Baltazar” Espadin on the low end (with menu-scrawled tasting notes of buttercream frosting, ash and ice wine), to Espiritu Lauro Tepextate (reminiscent of toasted marshmallow, sulfur and collard greens) on the high.
706 Washington Ave., Crown Heights
Photos by Chris Trigaux