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Get the familia out of the kitchen and join us for

Get the familia out of the kitchen and join us for dinner & drinks tonight!

Madre will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, but we’ll be back open on Friday for lunch, plus with Happy Hour at all locations from 3-6pm.

Want to shop our curated selection of rare & limited mezcales? We’re celebrating Black Friday in all of our locations: receive 10% off bottles.

Not in town? Receive 10% off all merchandise sales on our website with code Mezcal2021.

As you know, we love Oaxaca, our home, and we love

As you know, we love Oaxaca, our home, and we love mezcal. Our flights represent some of our current favorite bottles, always curated by Ivan. Like this one “Puntas y Colas.”

Recently, the @nytimes did a piece on “Selling Oaxaca in a Bottle” and we gotta say, it bummed us out. Mezcal is our heart & soul. Not a commodity. Below, @ivan_vasquez_ shares his thoughts in rebuttal to the piece.

Oaxaca is not a product. Is our land and our culture that we love and defend to death.

The only owners of Oaxaca, are the people from Oaxaca. Respect our families and communities. Oaxaca is sacred and our people and families are priceless.

I have never seen a donkey pulling a tahona. I have seen horses.

Donkeys are used to carry the agaves from the field after being harvested and they were also used to carry garrafones of mezcal from region to region before vehicles.

Cow dung is perfectly fine in a palenque. We use cow dung to grow our plants in the back yard and we don’t say “gûacala.” A mezcal palenque doesn’t need luxury or technology. A palenque gives us the luxury of drinking the most amazing spirit in the world by using traditional techniques and avoiding technology.

Tequila is the most popular mezcal in the world and it’s not boring. We can make tequila a mezcal again and it is on our hands by working with those great brands that still are making great mezcal de tequila.

Some BUT NOT ALL American owned brands are representing mezcal with respect and integrity but some Mexican owned brands are not. I have to say the true.

We must avoid Celebrity owned mezcales from any nationality including Mexico. If we want to be transparent and decolonize this spirit.

The future of mezcal is up to consumer who decides what to buy based on what we sell and how we present the spirit to them Promoting mezcal is not easy, but legit mezcales make the job easier for us.

Our integrity is on the shelves. I’m not an agave nerd, I’m still in the process of learning. The only nerds are the mezcaleros.

Ivan Vasquez
Founder of Madre
Largest mezcaleria in America
Immigrant, indigenous and dreamer

We partnered with @vice x @genesis_usa and sat dow

We partnered with @vice x @genesis_usa and sat down with our amiga @annieggonzalez to share a taste of Oaxacan culture— and what better way than with our food and mezcal?

Find the full video of @ivan_vasquez_ and Annie on YouTube, then come on in to Madre and enjoy for yourself!

#oaxacalifornia #oaxaca #oaxacanfood #oaxacanculture #mezcal #mexico #oaxacafood

Para todo mal, Mezcal, y para todo bien también.

Para todo mal, Mezcal, y para todo bien también. Join us this week at Madre para celebrar los fieles difuntos!

At all 3 Madre locations, Pan de Muerto is available through November 2nd.

Also, starting TODAY, we have @MezcalesCuish edicíon especial “Fieles Difuntos” available as a shot while supplies last. This expression was distilled with each element of the ofrenda: Cempasuchil, manzanas criollas, nisperos, guayabas, tejocotes, mandarinas, limas, platanos de castilla y cacao.

This Friday, October 29th, at Madre! West Hollywood, we are having a Día De Los Muertos fiesta y costume contest from 8pm-12am. The best costume winner will receive a bottle of Cuish’s “Fieles Difuntos” Mezcal to take home with them, selected at 11pm!

📸: @gil_stgo

#fielesdifuntos #diadelosmuertos #westhollywood #oaxaca #mezcales
#mezcal #maestro #maestrosdemezcal #agavelove

National Mezcal Day is every day at Madre! @ivan_

National Mezcal Day is every day at Madre!

@ivan_vasquez_ honors his Oaxacan heritage and has thoughtfully curated our collection of over 400 bottles— all of which follow our Leyes de Mezcal (Laws of Mezcal).

Every mezcal you sip, to the cocktails we pour, follow our self-imposed standards highlighted in our “Mezcal” story highlight!

Celebrate our Indigenous spirit at ALL Madre locations (Palms, Torrance, WeHo) with $9 Smokey Margaritas all day and Happy Hour until 7pm!

#NationalMezcalDay #BesosDeMezcal #MakeTequilaMezcalAgain #Agave #MezcalBar #Mezcal #Oaxacan #maestrosdemezcal #mezcalday

🌵Ensamble de Madrecuixe, Espadín, Jabalí 🔹

🌵Ensamble de Madrecuixe, Espadín, Jabalí
🔹Primitivo Vásquez Vasquez
🔹October 2020, Spring 2021 Release
🔹144 bottles

El mero mero Miahuateco. A rare stunner from @netaspirits. More info on this beautiful bottle below.

“In creating this small batch, Primitivo selected enough maguey to fill one 1200L sabino Montezuma cypress fermentation vat, attentively applying his knowledge and experience to every step of the process. He harvested equal parts capón and guía Madrecuixe and Espadín from two different parcels of nitrogen-rich black soil, as well as lesser amount of Jabalín - just nine piñas - from a rocky, white soil parcel.

While both the Espadín and Jabalín were harvested just five days before being roasted, Primitivo left the Madrecuixe to rest in the sun for 27 days before cooking them. Extended resting periods for Agave karwinskii types allows for a better breakdown of long cellulose chains that permit a more efficient conversion and extraction of sugars. The end result is a larger yield, and a presence of significantly more pronounced flavors of the Madrecuixe maguey.”

📸: @nik_hodges_photography

Our beautiful home, Oaxaca. The inspiration for al

Our beautiful home, Oaxaca. The inspiration for all we do. Shot captured by @ivan_vasquez_ on his recent trip home.

Words below captured by @sylvmartins for the @infatuation_la, where he names us as a best Oaxacan restaurant in LA. We are humbled 😔🙌🏾

“Madre also makes great tamales, with their tamal de mole coming as large pieces of banana leaf-wrapped masa stuffed with juicy shredded chicken. The whole thing is then coated with ladles of rich mole negro that’s sweet, nutty, and a very satisfying matte color often found on G-Wagons we can’t afford.”

Me llamo Ivan Vasquez, and I am proud to be from O

Me llamo Ivan Vasquez, and I am proud to be from Oaxaca, MX. I celebrate Latin Heritage Month as my Oaxacan culture is my connection with the past and my inspiration for the future. My heritage is a window into what our ancestors created for future generations. They worked so people like me would be moved and inspired to share our culture and heritage with the world. We are proud to partner with Perrier® Original and bring a touch of Oaxaca to your cocktails.

Smokey Mule
¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice
¾ oz Ginger Syrup
2oz Mezcal
Splash of Perrier® Original

Ginger Syrup Recipe
1 Cup Fresh Ginger Juice
1 Cup Sugar
Combine Ginger & Sugar together until sugar dilutes

In a Tin Shaker add ¾ oz Fresh Lime Juice, ¾ oz Ginger Syrup and 2oz Mezcal Espadin Joven and shake with Ice, then pour into your favorite glass and top with Perrier® Original

L A 🇲🇽 L I B E R T A D tomorrow we celebra

L A 🇲🇽 L I B E R T A D

tomorrow we celebrate Día de la Independencia de México with music & revelry at our Torrance location. Sept 16 represents freedom, and liberty, so we celebrate in true Madre style, with lots of mezcal & music. Tell us how you celebrate ✨

¡Viva la independencia nacional!

📸: @cosa.buena

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ABOUT US

Creative Mexican chow paired with artisanal mezcal & tequila at this vibrant eatery with a patio.

MADRE TORRANCE

1261 Cabrillo Ave #100,
Torrance, CA 90501
Phone: (310) 974-8005
Email: Write to Us!

Madre Culver City

10426 National Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Phone: (310) 559-4732
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Madre West Hollywood

801 North Fairfax ave#101 Los Angeles ca 90046
Phone: (323) 850 8518
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Sun-Thur 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 10am-11pm

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Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat 11am-10pm

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Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm
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