PubClub.com's Top 5 List Of Margarita Heaven The booze doesn't have to be in a blender, so long as it renders that concoction – frozen or not – that helps us hang on, as well as hang out with our friends, old or new. Margaritas are awesome, one of man's all-time great cocktail inventions. What is it about tequila, and margaritas in particular, that makes us … [Read more...]
World Margarita Championship Taking Place In Tucson, AZ
Bartenders Compete To Make The Best Frozen – Or Not – Concoction Blended or on the rocks? Salt or no salt? Do they play "Margaritaville?" These are questions that must be asked during the World Margarita Championship, taking place Saturday, Oct. 17, in Tucson, AZ. It features bartenders coming up with concoctions – frozen or otherwise – before a panel of … [Read more...]
Haute Enchilada Cafe Moss Landing Food & Cocktails
Restaurant & Bar An Oasis Off Highway 101 In Monterey Bay For many travelers, it's a potential distraction on the way to a destination. A small cluster of restaurants by a seemingly small harbor along busy US 1 between Monterey and Santa Cruz. For others, tho, Moss Landing is a destination. And after spending an evening eating and drinking like a Spanish conqueror at … [Read more...]
National Tequila Day July 24 Is Made For Margaritas And Madness
Each Year On July 24 It's Time To Toast The Alcohol That Makes Us Do The Wildest Things Fire up the blender and break out the shot glasses. It's National Tequila Day! Every year on July 24 it's time to toast the alcohol that makes us do the wildest things. I remember being fueled up on tequila in Baja, Mexico, when a group of us got a sudden inspiration and … [Read more...]
NYC Mexican Restaurants Using Devotion Vodka For Its Margaritas
Gluten-Free Food And Drinks Highlight Menu, But Is it San Francisco-Style Fare? I received a press release that left me thinking that the people involved are either really creative or those city folks in New York may not know a heck of a lot about Mexican food and margaritas. Without the benefit of being able to get "boots on the ground" and actually finding out … [Read more...]
A Hot Time At The Haute Enchilada In Monterey Bay’s Moss Landing
A Blog About Good Food, Dynamic Drinks and One Lively Owner Sometimes, you just never know where you'll find a good time. I found one recently and it was in one of the most unusual locations, unusual because I didn't even know there was a good time to be had in it. But you never go until you go, right!? The location was Moss Landing, CA, a commercial fishing … [Read more...]
Rock & Brews Redondo Beach Opening Opens Up A Fun Day Of Barhopping
Crawling Through The Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach Bars The opening of the new Rock & Brews rock and beer (mostly) bar in Redondo Beach, CA, provided the perfect launching pad for a day of bar-hopping in the South Bay Beach Cities. I had arrived to Rock & Brews from Manhattan Beach and what followed was a full day of fun. It also included a margarita at a … [Read more...]
My Favorite Margarita Party Drinking Experience
After A While There Was No Booze In The Blender, Just Tequila It's National Margarita Day as I write this, and just thinking about that great drink that makes us do wild and crazy things is bringing to mind all kinds of great memories involving it. Perhaps my favorite story involves a house party I ran into on sunny Southern California day. And stumbled (quite … [Read more...]
Happy National Margarita Day Feb 22!
The Perfect Day To Be Wasted Away in Margaritaville! Blended Or On The Rocks? Salt Or No Salt? Break out the blender. Put on the signature Jimmy Buffett song. The only questions for today are: Blended or on the rocks and salt or no salt? Personally, I prefer on the rocks and no salt. This, above all times, is the day to be wasted away in Margaritaville. … [Read more...]
Ercoles, Manhattan Beach’s Dive Beer Bar, Has Margaritas, Too
A Review Of The Tequila-Heavy Cocktail At This Local Watering Hole No matter how much you think you know a place, or how many times you go there, it's still good to take some tips from another local. Case in point, margaritas at Ercoles in Manhattan Beach, CA. That is something I had never previously considered until I was out with a long-time local who said something … [Read more...]
Did LA’s Mayor Really Party With Charlie Sheen In Cabo San Lucas?
If Antonio Villaraigosa Can 'Party With The Best Of 'Em,' Well, Let's Party! Perhaps I misjudged Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. I always looked at him as being a typically poisoned politician, to be trusted only as far as as I can toss a beer bottle. Well, I still feel that way but if what Charlie Sheen says is true, I would like to be close enough to the mayor … [Read more...]