It’s National Margarita Day AND Taco Tuesday! Here are some top Fort Worth margs to try
National Margarita Day has arrived, and on Taco Tuesday, too.
For 50 years since June 2, 1971 — the day mixed drinks were first legally poured in Texas bars — margaritas and the best have been the topic of debate, usually requiring another round.
The favorite might be “Tino’s Special” from Joe T. Garcia’s, or the jalapeno margarita from The Original del Norte, or the Perfect from one of the Baja Cantina locations.
They’re all different, from the syrups and anejos down to variations such as Meso Maya’s new Isla Mujeres, made with coconut.
And of course, Dallas-Fort Worth is the home of the frozen margarita, also invented earlier in 1971 by restaurateur Mariano Martinez, who has restaurants in Arlington and Colleyville.
Here’s a look at a few margaritas and specials:
▪ Taco Heads, 1812 Montgomery St., and 2349 N. Main St., is known for its 24-ounce margaritas in a to-go cup with a straw for Stockyards strolling.
For Margarita Day, Taco Heads will offer a $20 flight of three different margaritas; tacoheads.com.
▪ Tinie’s, a restaurant at 113 S. Main St., will offer $6 casita margaritas with a skyline view of downtown; tiniesfw.com.
▪ Its cousin Sidesaddle Saloon, 122 E. Exchange Ave. off Mule Alley, will serve $6 margaritas named for trick roper Flores LaDue; sidesaddle-saloon.com.
▪ Meso Maya Comida y Copas, 3050 S. Hulen St., is premiering its $15 Isla Mujeres coconut margarita with Osadia craft tequila and also will serve an avocado-pineapple margarita and $5 house margaritas; mesomaya.com.
▪ The Austin-based Chuy’s Tex-Mex chain will supersize any margarita for $2 extra. It’s also offering a new Tito’s Frozen Lemonade drink; Tarrant County locations include two in Fort Worth, Arlington and Southlake, chuys.com.
(It’s not the same company as the small, local Chuy’s Restaurant locations in northwest Fort Worth, Haltom City, River Oaks and Richland Hills.)
▪ El Fenix Mexican Restaurants in Fort Worth, Arlington, Burleson and Weatherford will serve $4.50 house margaritas at happy hour; elfenix.com.
▪ The On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina restaurants will offer $5 margaritas with an optional 40-cent “meltdown” of Grand Marnier; ontheborder.com.
▪ Fireside Pies, 2949 Crockett St., Fort Worth, and 1285 S. Main St., Grapevine, will offer $5 margaritas and $12 Margherita pizzas; firesidepies.com.
(The tomato-basil-and-mozzarella pizzas are made in the colors of the Italian flag and named for a queen. Don’t expect tequila pizza.)
▪ Fish City Grill locations in Burleson, Mansfield and Southlake will serve $6-$9.50 frozen and rocks gold and silver margaritas; fishcitygrill.com.
▪ Hurst-based BoomerJack’s Grill will serve $5 house margaritas at its eight Tarrant County locations; boomerjacks.com.
▪ The Fuzzy’s Taco Shop chain will offer $5 18-ounce margaritas; fuzzystacoshop.com.
▪ The Dallas-based Flying Fish restaurants, 2913 Montgomery St., Fort Worth, and 300 E. Abram St., Arlington, will offer $5 classic or strawberry margaritas, on the rocks or frozen; flyingfishinthe.net.
This story was originally published February 16, 2022 at 5:45 AM.
