Distillation of pulque - tequila's distant ancestor, may have been started by the Conquistadors as early as the 1520s. The Spanish were accustomed to drinking alcoholic beverages with meals - in Europe water was a dangerous drink, unpurified and teeming with bacteria and parasites. Most people drank weak wine and beer with meals. In his first letter home, the Conquistador Cristobal de Oñate wrote to King Carlos V about sugar obtained from agave... "From these plants they make wine and sugar, which they also sell." In the 16th century, the Franciscan friar, Torbio de Benavente, wrote about the drink 'mexcalli.' Eager to maintain the market for Spanish products, in 1595, Phillip II banned the planting of new vineyards in Mexico.
After the Conquest, the area around today's Jalisco state was originally called New Galicia by the Spanish conquerors. The community we now know as Tequila officially became a village in 1656. It was originally named after the current governor of New Galicia, La Torre Argus De Uloa y Chavez. The community of Arandas, in the highlands of Jalisco near Tequila, was founded in late 1721. Until 1821, Jalisco was under separate government from Mexico. Spanish names replaced native ones for many of its communities.
ORGINAL MARGARITA
Silver Tequila, Cointreau & our famous sweet & sour, served in a martini glass.
SINALOA SPLASH
House anejo contreau lime juice and a splash of Grand Marnier
HANG TWO
Bacardi Light, Pineapple juice, colada mix with a splash of Midori
SURFER'S DREAM MARGARITA
Silver Tequila, Bols Blue Curacao, Controy, and Lime Juice
POINT BREAK MARGARITA
Silver Tequila, Controy, Lime Juice and a splash of Midori
BLUE WAVE
House Silver Contreau, Lime Juice and Blue Curazao
CADILLAC MARGARITA
Anejo Tequila, Contreau, Lime Juice and a splash of Grand Marnier
