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Spring Break Food Fun: Tequila Bar Round Up
Posted by Joey Hernandez / Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Need more spring break ideas? Check out the full NoVA Spring Break Guide.
Nothing screams Spring Break more than tequila. While not all of us can take an island trip to indulge in tequila shots and margaritas, here are a few local tequila spots that will satisfy the spring break tequila craving:
Red Rocks Cafe and Tequila Bar, Centreville
Offers over one hundred and twenty six varieties of tequila.
El Tio Tex Mex Grill, Gainesville and Falls Church
Creator of the “Machorita”, large frozen lime margarita served with a 7oz coronita beer inside.
Guajillo, Arlington
Combines El Jimador tequila and jalapenos to make its “El Fuego” margarita.
Rancho El Paso, Warrenton
The Sangrita Margarita is the newest drink on their menu combining a homemade sangria and Gold Tequila.
T’Kila Latin Kitchen & Bar, Aldie
Whether it’s the house margarita or top shelf, they all start with T’Kila’s hand squeezed lemon-lime mix.
Mango Mike’s, Alexandria
Offers Mangorita’s Happy Hour from 4pm to 6pm every day.
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Carnivores Unite for Meat Week 2010
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Two days and counting until Meat Week 2010! The event lasts from January 31 to February 7 nationwide, with the event culminating on Super Bowl Sunday. What a perfect way to end the week: barbeque and pigskin. Eight days of pure heaven for meat lovers.
Image: Kelly Kubik
In 2005 “The Holiday That Time Forgot” was founded by Chris Cantey and Erni Walker in Tallahassee, Florida. Although the term meat refers to any and all animal flesh, they decided to focus meat week on barbeque, Southern style barbeque that is. Awards are handed out for Best of’s (Sauce, Service, Sides, Atmosphere, and All-Around) and Meat Week Honors. Meatography is key to documenting the event.
The DC region can thank Captain Mike Bober of Capital Spice, for putting together a mouthwatering list of venues for DC’s first ever Meat Week.
-Sunday, Jan 31: Urban BBQ in Rockville, MD
-Monday, Feb 1: Rocklands Barbeque in Washington, DC
-Tuesday, Feb 2: Red Hot & Blue in Arlington, VA
-Wednesday, Feb 3: Pork Barrel BBQ at Mango Mike’s in Alexandria, VA from 5-9pm ($15.95)
-Thursday, Feb 4: Capital Q in Washington, DC
-Friday, Feb 5: Branded ’72 in Rockville, MD
-Saturday, Feb 6: Mr. P’s Ribs and Fish in Washington, DC (514 Rhode Island Ave, NE in the Safeway parking lot) at 3pm
-Sunday, Feb 7: venue of your choice at 6pm
The idea was to keep the event within the Beltway and Metro accessible, so only two venues are in Virginia.
Lucky for us, one of the Virginia venues (Mango Mike’s) will feature a preview of what’s to come at Pork Barrel BBQ (yes, the makers of the sauce and dry rub), which opens this spring in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, VA. It’s an appropriate debut as the guys at Pork Barrel are partnering with Mike Anderson and Bill Blackburn of Mango Mike’s to develop the new restaurant.
Image: Pork Barrel BBQ, Capital Spice
Urban BBQ is on the list, which is the location of last years first attempt by Tim Carman in drawing fans to the holiday.
Rockland’s Virginia locations, though not the primary site for the holiday, will be happy to take any carnivores eager to bite into some barbeque.
On the last day participants are free to eat barbeque at a game watching party of their choice. All gatherings are open to the public and take place at 7pm, unless otherwise noted. You don’t have to attend all 8 days.
To secure a spot at Pork Barrel’s tasting, email capitalspice@gmail.com by Monday evening.
Excuse me while I go wipe the drool off my face.
–Aisha Salazar