By Danielle Davies
National Tequila Day isn’t actually for another week — July 24, to be exact — but who doesn’t want to stretch a holiday when they have the chance, especially one that involves tequila? This week and next, celebrate the distilled beverage straight, in cocktails, frozen or on the rocks. Just be sure to enjoy it!
1. Tequila Pairing Dinner
For a full eating and drinking experience, head to Harbor Pines Golf Course for a four-course Tequila Dinner & Pairing at 6 p.m., Friday, July 14. Courses include mouthwatering items like Chicken Tequila Taco with Street Corn, Chili Lime Shrimp, Bistro Filet with Chimichurri Sauce and Yucca Fries, and warm apple cobbler over ice cream, all with an accompanying tequila tasting. Tickets are $80 per person. Harbor Pines Golf Course is located at 500 St. Andrews Drive, Egg Harbor Township. Visit HarborPines.com.
2. Queen Jayne’s Lounge & Royal Drinkery
If you want to enjoy your tequila in a swanky cocktail at a new, hip venue, look no further than the Boardwalk Paloma at Queen Jayne’s Lounge & Royal Drinkery. Made with Patron Reposado Tequila, Licor 43, Grapefruit, Cinnamon Boardwalk Syrup and Sea Spray, this $16 delight is refreshing and delicious — absolutely perfect for summer at the shore. It is located at 264 New Road, Somers Point. Visit QueenJaynes.com.
3. Tequila Shrimp Bangers
There’s no reason to keep your tequila to a glass. At Vagabond Kitchen & Tap House in Atlantic City, the tequila shrimp bangers will have you craving tequila in a whole new way. Picture crispy jumbo shrimp tossed in a tequila banger sauce over a bed of mixed greens and drizzled with raspberry vinaigrette. While you’re there, don’t hold back on sipping some tequila as well – the ginger lemongrass margarita, made with Casamigos Blanco Tequila, triple sec, ginger lemongrass simple syrup, lime juice, smoked chili bitters and tajin is fabulous. Vagabond Kitchen & Tap House is located at 672 N. Trenton Ave., Atlantic City. See VagabondAC.com.
4. A Spirits Sampler
If you’re a tequila aficionado, you may want to do some sipping and sampling, and there’s no place better to do that than at Jose Garces’ Amada at Ocean Casino Resort. Dine on tapas-style dishes while sampling tequilas and mezcals from Komos Rosa Reposado and Don Julio 1942 to Casamigos Anejo/Mezcal and Gran Patron Piedra. A one-ounce tasting of three different spirits is just $35. It is located at 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. See TheOceanAC.com.
5. Margaritaville
Still think there’s no better way to enjoy tequila than in your frozen and fun margarita? We hear you. Margarita lovers everywhere should head to — you guessed it — Margaritaville for a huge selection of margaritas in every flavor under the sun. There’s the traditional margarita, of course, but also the Feeling Peachy, Last Mango in Paris, and even a Blueberry Pomegranate Margarita. Honestly, you can’t go wrong. It is located Resorts Casino Hotel at 1133 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. See MargaritavilleAtlanticCity.com.
Danielle’s been a writer and storyteller for the past fifteen years—her work has appeared everywhere from Philadelphia Style Magazine and The Press of Atlantic City to Cape May Magazine and The WC Press in West Chester. Nationally, her short stories have been published in Typehouse Magazine and Scary Mommy. She lives in South Jersey with her husband and two children.
