Cinco de Mayo lands on Taco Tuesday. Here are the best deals in Fort Worth
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- Many Texas Cinco de Mayo celebrations feature Tex‑Mex food and margarita specials.
- Several Fort Worth restaurants are offering $5 tacos, $5 margaritas and other specials.
- Chuy’s, Torchy’s and Blue Goose Cantina are offering Cinco de Mayo specials.
Cinco de Mayo meets Taco Tuesday this year, more reason than ever to celebrate a truly Tex-Mex holiday.
It was two Tejanos, Mexico Army Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza of Goliad, Texas, and Capt. Porfirio Blanco with a troop from Alice, who led Mexico to victory over the invading French May 5, 1862.
But Cinco de Mayo’s Texas roots truly began in 1989. That’s when a Dallas ad agency launched the Cinco marketing campaign to promote Corona beer.
Since then, Texans have celebrated Cinco de Mayo along with residents of Puebla, Mexico, mainly by toasting Zaragoza with margarita specials and tacos galore.
Here’s a look at a few celebrations, some more Tex than Mex (ask your favorite restaurant):
● Blue Goose Cantina restaurants in Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Grapevine and North Richland Hills will serve $5 tacos, queso, margaritas, “skinny” margaritas and Jell-O shots; bluegoosecantina.com.
● Chuy’s, founded in Austin but now owned by a Florida chain, will serve specials Monday and Tuesdays including four different $5 quesos, $6 margaritas and $9 large margaritas with a souvenir cup to help you remember.
There are two Chuy’s in Fort Worth plus Arlington, Hudson Oaks, Mansfield and Southlake; chuys.com.
● City Works Eatery and Pour House in the Shops at Clearfork is serving specials such as pork tenderloin al pastor along with lavender margaritas or a spicy watermelon paloma; 5288 Monahans Ave., cityworksrestaurant.com.
● Fuego Tortilla Grill, the popular Texas chain from College Station, is serving a Frito-pie taco with beef, cheese, onions and Fritos, along with strawberry margaritas.
There’s a Fuego at 955 N. Burleson Blvd. in Burleson; fuegotortillagrill.com.
● Los Vaqueros, 2513 Rodeo Plaza, will serve $5 quesabirria tacos and $5 margaritas; losvaqueros.com.
● Mercado Juarez Cafes will serve half-price taco dinners and $3 margaritas at both the Fort Worth and Arlington locations; mercadojuarez.com.
● Mexican Inn Cafes will serve $5 margaritas through May 5 at all nine area locations; mexicaninncafe.com.
● Muchacho, 431 Grand Ave. East in Southlake, will serve a special orange margarita Monday and a mezcal-tequila-pineapple margarita May 5.
● SusieCakes, the California-based bakery in the WestBend shopping center at 1621 River Run, Fort Worth, will serve churro cupcakes and snickerdoodle-filled “SusieTacos”; susiecakes.com.
● Torchy’s Tacos will serve an afternoon “hooky hour” with nachos for $2 off and half-price beer and margaritas.
There are nine locations in Tarrant County; torchystacos.com.
