Good Taste with Tanji - Wine, food and fun with Tanji Patton.

Texans take tequila very serious! The Alamo City is one place you can find premium margaritas to ring in your celebration — at home or out and about. I never get tired of these ice cold, tangy creations, and they’re more popular than ever before. Unique takes from different mixologists give this regional recipes a ton of spunk….Enjoy!

One of the best–Boudro’s famous Prickly Pear Frozen Margarita – why would you want to even try to make it at home when you can enjoy this tasty treat on Boudro’s great patio on the San Antonio River Walk!

 

 

It was good enough for NBC’s Today Show, and it’s sure to be one of your favorite margaritas from La Maestra, Blanca Aldaco with Aldaco’s Stone-Oak. Served with a large wedge of avocado, it’s both stunning to look at and positively delicious!  An avocado margarita may sound strange, but there’s nothing odd about the taste of this little jewel!  Click here for the recipe…

 

Top Chef alum Johnny Hernandez’s Morenita margarita comes with a chile-tamarind rim and really pops on La Gloria’s modern Mexican cuisine menu. It’s probably the Herradura Reposado! Click here for the recipe…

 

 

Here’s another refreshing offering from the Margarita Maven, Blanca Aldaco. Her watermelon margarita is especially good during the summer months to escape the sweltering heat. Click here for the recipe…

 

 

Agave nectar really helps to sweeten things up a bit with this margarita from the Ocho Lounge & Restaurant at the Havana Hotel. What a perfect spot for the downtown work crowd to sample one during Happy Hour! Click here for the recipe…

 

 

 

NAO at The Culinary Institute of America San Antonio has a margarita on the rocks that really rocks! A traditional taste of Mexico, tequila & fresh lime takes what could be ordinary to the next level. Click here for the recipe…

 

 

 

Reap the many benefits of this Berry Berry Zesty Margarita from Zinc Bistro & Wine Bar. Roasted jalapeño and pineapple-infused tequila takes center stage! Click here for the recipe…

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