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    Best Margaritas in Dallas

    The 10 best margaritas in Dallas for discriminating cocktail drinkers

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 22, 2015 | 3:19 pm
    The 10 best margaritas in Dallas for discriminating cocktail drinkers
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    UPDATE: Since this was published, Agave Azul has temporarily closed its downtown location, and Lazaranda has become Cinco Tacos Cocina & Tequila.

    There are margaritas to sip with your Tex-Mex, and margaritas to get you buzzed. There are margaritas made from tequila and lime, and not much else.

    And then there are the margaritas we're exploring here. Fruity margaritas. Foodie margaritas. Margaritas born in the mixology age, that go beyond the basic cocktail with the addition of kitchen ingredients like cilantro leaves and pineapple wedges and slices of jalapeño so multidimensionally satisfying, they're almost a meal in themselves.

    Agave Azul
    Though the downtown expansion of this Carrollton favorite Mexican restaurant from Zotico Reyes didn't take, the original still has one of the best and broadest margarita selections around. At Agave Azul, the bartenders squeeze fresh lime juice for every margarita, even for its basic house drink. Its exotic flavors extend from tamarind to a chipotle margarita, with just a hint of smoke. Among its myriad fruit margaritas is one made with pureed cantaloupe, like a smoothie spiked with tequila.

    Komali
    High-end ​Mexican restaurant from chef Abraham Salum includes a menu of nearly a dozen margaritas, all of which contain exotic fruits and flavor combos. But the savvy drinker goes for the tamarind, featuring a dose of tamarind puree that adds a sweet-sour raisin-y pucker.

    Stampede 66
    At his Texana restaurant, chef Stephan Pyles re-creates the prickly pear margarita from his legendary '90s restaurant Star Canyon, with a molecular-gastronomy twist. Now this blend of tequila, prickly pear puree, lime and candied jalapeño is made tableside with liquid nitrogen, smoky vapor and much distracting scraping in a stainless steel bowl, for which they charge $18 (up $2 since 2012). It's still one of the city's best margaritas, with its interplay of sweet and puckery and a velvety soft frozen texture.

    Urban Taco
    Mexican mini-chain is the margarita king, with eight exotic fruit-flavored frozens, such as pomegranate and guanabana, plus nine on the rocks with various muddled ingredients. The signature is the ginger-jalapeño, and it's a foodie dream. They use tequila in which they've marinated fresh ginger and lemongrass, add lime juice and agave nectar, then muddle jalapeño slices and cilantro leaves. It's an unexpected combination that's pleasingly well-rounded, with a spice level that's warm, not hot.

    TNT Tacos and Tequila
    That casual Mexican restaurant TNT, which recently opened in the Quadrangle, would have stellar margaritas should come as no surprise. Its older sibling, Southwestern chain Blue Mesa Grill, blazed the local tequila trail, including its signature top-shelf margarita served in a shaker. TNT takes tequila to new heights with tequila flights and with a margarita lineup that boasts unusual fruits such as blueberries and peaches. One standout is the orange noir, a citrusy take on the margarita with lime juice and muddled oranges left in the drink so you can scoop up the pulp.

    Wild Salsa
    Well-rated Mexican restaurant in downtown Dallas serves not only as a practical outpost where you can grab a $2.50 taco, but also as a place with a notable selection of drinks, including stand-out margaritas. They favor pineapple, which features prominently in the signature Wild Rita, with a thick slice of roasted pineapple propped on the glass, and in the exotic avocado margarita, with pineapple, jalapeño and avocado that adds both creamy body and a cooling presence.

    Mesa Dallas
    This Oak Cliff mom-and-pop serves some of the most elegant Mexican food in town, and it has a small but well considered menu of cocktails to match. If you're talking the best drink, it has to be the Mesa horchata, an adult version of the classic rice drink infused with cinnamon and vanilla rum. But if you're talking margaritas, the spicy margarita offers a real kick, thanks to tequila infused with both serrano and habanero peppers, with a subtle yet decisive dose rendered as only a chef could.

    Yucatan Taco Stand
    Latest branch of this small fast-casual upscale taco chain just opened on Greenville Avenue. The service style and atmosphere may be fast casual but don't be fooled; there's a list of "artistanal" cocktails too. We'll let them off the hook for the spelling because we're still tingling from the jalapeño cucumber margarita. This is a common pairing in the margarita world, but few deliver the sneaky sizzle that Yucatan does. The drink starts out cucumber-cool, then lights a fire in your mouth that slowly dims. Cool-hot, cool-hot.

    Lazaranda
    The food at this Addison Mexican restaurant specializing in unique seafood is a cut above, and the drink lineup is no slouch either, with exotic martinis and coladas along with the margaritas. The cucumber mint margarita is an enticing drink, loaded with muddled cucumber slices and fresh mint leaves that give it a mojito-like flair. It's heavy on the simple syrup and therefore rather sweet, but a chile-dusted rim adds some zing, and the restaurant's choice of chipped ice makes it all go down easy.

    Meso Maya
    El Fenix's la-dee-da sibling has a chef in the kitchen (Nico Sanchez) and a zip in the cocktails. What has become its signature drink is the avocado margarita, combining avocado with tequila, lime and pineapple juice, garnished with a chunk of pineapple. The avocado is less forward than you might expect; this drink is about surprise and balance.

    Lazaranda cucumber mint margarita.

    Lazaranda margarita
      
    Photo by Marc Lee
    Lazaranda cucumber mint margarita.
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    Coffee News

    New coffee concept from Florida to open 3 locations in the Dallas area

    Raven Jordan
    May 13, 2025 | 3:03 pm
    Qargo Coffee
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    An Italian-inspired coffee shop is coming to Dallas-Fort Worth: Called Qargo Coffee, it's a chain from Florida that will open three DFW locations in summer 2025.

    The cafes will be at the following addresses:

    • Grand Prairie: 7501 Lake Ridge Pkwy. at Lake Ridge Center
    • Irving: 3990 N. Belt Line Rd. in a former Wendy's
    • Fort Worth: NWQ of I-35 and Basswood Blvd. #100

    Qargo Coffee was founded in Miami by Sam Shenouda and Bernadette Bastorous, along with development manager Mark Bastorous, who opened their first store — a kiosk in Tampa International Plaza — in 2022. There are currently more than a dozen locations in Florida, California, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington D.C., as well as one in Edinburg, Texas. (The company is also the subject of a complaint by the Federal Tarde Commission for failing to disclose information required by the Franchise Rule, a case that is still pending.)

    Their menu features coffee and desserts with an Italian theme including a partnership with Lavazza, the iconic Italian coffee roaster, for all of its coffee products.

    Menu items include cold brew, boba tea, seasonal drinks, plant-based Lotus Energy drinks, and drinks crafted for pets such as sweet potato puree topped with whipped cream.

    They also serve all-day breakfast items such as breakfast and lunch sandwiches, pastries, tiramisu, chocolate ganache cheesecake, French macarons, and mini Dutch pancakes topped with chocolate syrup, powdered sugar, and whipped cream.

    Each location also customizes offerings with regionally inspired beverages and food items.

    Introducing the concept to DFW is franchisee Kushal Bastakoti, an art gallery owner who has owned and operated cafes in Dallas and Fort Worth, such as boba tea and specialty drinks shop Feng Cha, for 10 years.

    Bastakoti says he found the brand appealing because of how it uses art as a way to connect the community and also to share some of the art found at his gallery, Kush Art Gallery and Lounge in Fort Worth.

    "Each location will be feature an open show art gallery and activations inside in addition to drive-thru ordering," Bastakoti says.

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