All About Our Favorite Cocktail!
At Mexicali Blues , we LOVE a nice, cold margarita - no matter the season! Cinco De Mayo is just around the corner and it's making us want to bring out the tequila and limes. At Lake of the Ozarks' best Mexican restaurant , we have a variety of different signature margaritas you can try. Let's learn more about the history of the margarita and some fun facts about our favorite drink! Who Created the Margarita? Just like with many other popular cocktails, more than one person claims to have created the first margarita. The top contender for the creator of the margarita is Carlos “Danny” Herrera, who claimed to have invented the drink at his restaurant in Tijuana, Rancho La Gloria, around 1938. As the story goes, Herrera created the cocktail for one of his customers, Marjorie King, who was an aspiring actress. She was allergic to all hard alcohol except tequila. To make the liquor a little more pleasing, he combined the ingredients of a traditional tequila shot – salt and