Hermanita

Charlotte, North Carolina

Hermanita is a hidden cocktail bar inside El Malo, a taqueria in Plaza Midwood, Charlotte, reached through a striped door. Axios Charlotte, which includes it in its guide to the city's hidden bars and speakeasies, describes it as tequila- and mezcal-focused, with late-night bites from the El Malo kitchen passed through a window. Its menus lean on house infusions, among them mojo-seasoned gin, mole-washed mezcal and tamarind-infused rye. Axios announced it alongside El Malo's opening in Plaza Midwood as the restaurant's speakeasy-style bar, and its own page calls it Plaza Midwood's hidden cocktail bar.