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Bar Ilegal Tour

Café No Sé is the original home of Ilegal Mezcal + the first mezcal bar opened outside of Mexico. Opened by Ilegal founder John Rexer around 2004, the bar has become the beating heart of an international music scene in Antigua, Guatemala.

Bar Ilegal is an experiential outpost of Café No Sé. The Ilegal team is thrilled to be celebrating 20(ish) years of Café No Sé with our 2023 Bar Ilegal Tour, making stops in Oaxaca, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, New York, and ending at Café No Sé itself in Antigua, Guatemala. Fans in these cities can expect plenty of mezcal, tattoos, and performances from the legendary SUSU.

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100% Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Glass Bottles

The pandemic kicked off a global glass shortage that impacted the spirits supply chain worldwide. When Ilegal found ourselves with no access to the bottles we had used for years, what could have thrown off production ended up a silver lining – we took swift action to identify and shift to a recylced glass partner. 

All Ilegal Mezcal bottles are now made by a family-run company that recycles 10,000 tons of glass each year at its facility in Jalisco, Mexico. 

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Love Your Neighbor

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In 2018 we launched Ilegal’s Love Your Neighbor platform. We believe that at the door of your business your values should be exemplified and defended. We are too keenly aware of the issues of climate change, immigration, the refugee crisis, gender discrimination, racism and xenophobia. These issues impact us, our friends, and our relatives.

Since the company began we have supported and contributed to a number of groups working to affect social change for the better and in 2019 we have raised over $60,000 for several groups with your help.