Mexicali Blues

The best Cinco de Mayo party at the Lake of the Ozarks is happening over an entire weekend - yes, 2 days - at Mexicali Blues in Osage Beach! Even though we're normally closed on Sundays, we're making an exception this weekend and keeping the party going all weekend long!  Saturday Night Fiesta Beginning on Saturday night at our Lake of the Ozarks Mexican restaurant (Cinco de Quatro!) we're getting the holiday celebration started early at 5:00 pm . There will be some amazing food and drink specials in store for you.  In addition to that, we've got the London Strangers rocking our outdoor patio from 5-9 pm . We expect you to show up ready to party, but don't wear yourself out because we're doing it all again on Sunday! Cinco de Mayo All Day Sunday For the actual Cinco de Mayo, we'll be treating you to more delicious specials on your favorite food and drinks from the time we open at 11:30 am until we close down for the evening. We'll be ho...

It's nearly time for one of our favorite holidays, but since it falls on a Sunday this year, Mexicali Blues is going to celebrate all weekend long! Not only will we be throwing the best Cinco de Mayo party at the Lake of the Ozarks , but we'll also be starting early on Saturday and making it a 2-day celebration! (So we guess that  technically  Saturday is "Quatro de Mayo."😉)   Fiestas Saturday AND Sunday Yes, you read that correctly. Even though we are normally closed on Sundays, this holiday is a very special event worth opening our doors for. After all, we can't expect you to celebrate correctly unless you can enjoy the best Mexican food at the Lake of the Ozarks for the holiday!  First up, on Saturday, May 4, we're planning some incredible drink and food specials for dinner beginning at 5:00 pm. In addition to that, we'll be partying on the patio with live entertainment from London Strangers from 5-9 pm . These talented fellas are a professio...

Our Mexican restaurant is gearing up to throw the best Cinco de Mayo party at the Lake of Ozarks ! Since it falls on a Saturday this year, everyone has the freedom of a weekend to celebrate as hard as they like with us at Mexicali Blues , with an entire day on Sunday to "recover." (Because you'll be tired from dancing all night long, of course!)  Fiesta at Mexicali Blues As you may already know, we love to have fun every day at Mexicali Blues, but on Cinco de Mayo, we turn up the fun factor as high as it can possibly go, and then add one more notch to that! Beginning at 11 am on Saturday, May 5, 2018, we'll have  incredible food, drink, and shot specials in store for you, and those specials will be going on all day long.  We'll take the party to the patio at dinnertime with amazing live music from "Cuz I Said So" from 6:30-9:30 pm . There'll be free chips & our famous salsa all around (as usual) plus the best Mexican food and margaritas ...

Cinco de Mayo is a day set aside for celebrations, great food, and of course, tequila! Our Lake of the Ozarks Mexican restaurant excitedly looks forward to the 5th of May each year, as do all of our wonderful patrons. Do you actually know how Cinco de Mayo came to be a holiday? Your friends at Mexicali Blues in Osage Beach have the story for you in today's blog.  NOT Mexican Independence Day Many mistakenly believe that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day, but that holiday is actually on September 16. The events that established their Independence Day happened about 50 years before Mexico's victory at the Battle of Puebla, which is the cause for celebration on Cinco de Mayo. They may not have won the war, but winning this battle in 1862 gave Mexican citizens a sense of unity and the hope and inspiration that they needed to keep fighting.  Battle of Puebla Due to the previous wars that Mexico had been involved in, the country's treasury was nearly bankr...