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LA BANDIDA
La Bandida — the bar
San Antonio

LA BANDIDA

a falta de un amor, un bandido por favor

901 N. Alamo ↓ Scroll

i. the bar

Fourteen drinks.
Wanted.

A cocktail bar in River North. Vintage interior, candlelit. The drinks change with the season and never with the trend.

ii. the namesake

La Bandida.
Reposado, hibiscus, smoke.

The drink the bar was built around. Order it once. Order it again. Printed on the menu in the same spot every month.

iii. the loft

Downstairs you find your way.
Upstairs, someone finds it for you.

The loft above the bar, and the mezcal bar along its back wall. Walk up when there's space — or, four or more, buy the table and have it waiting.

Steinway & Sons upright piano, brass nameplate above worn keys

iv. the alibi

Midnight gossips.
Piano older than us.

No remorse. The conversations are the alibi.

The hideout list.

Off-menu nights. New drinks. Occasional trouble.