Denver Life Magazine

The Flower Child of Mexican Cuisine

“Margaritas are very special cocktails,” says Aaron Farkas, bar manager at Tacos Tequila Whiskey. “A traditional Margarita is tequila, lime juice, and then some form of sweetener. It’s hard to mess up, but also very easy to tell when it’s messed up.”

Legend has it that the cocktail was created in the mid-1900s in Acapulco, Mexico. There, socialites were sipping a drink called the Daisy, made with gin or brandy, lemon juice, a

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