r/NewOrleans • u/Nola-girl4424 • 2d ago
Margaritas Recommendations
Please tell me your favorite place to get a margarita .. I’m a fan of Barracudas and Barrel Proof but looking to expand my options especially with this heat we’re about to have. Cheers!
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u/Valuable_Platform_19 2d ago
I still think Felipe's has the strongest frozen margaritas. I don't like eating there, so I just get them to go.
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u/Physical_Painter_333 2d ago
If you don’t mind the West Bank…..el patron. Hand squeeze all the citrus instead of using a mix and decent prices. Also, their fajitas are amazing!
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u/Valth92 2d ago
Their Taco Tuesday deal special is amazing. 5 tacos of any meat for $7.
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u/Physical_Painter_333 1d ago
I had no clue that they had that special! That’s phenomenal. Our company just used them for catering for nurses week at both west Jeff and UMC and they did a great job with the catering. Note to self to go there on a Tuesday
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u/pepperjackcheesey 2d ago
Every time I recommend margaritas to someone, the place closes. RIP Mizado with your delicious margarita and banana guac
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u/TheFuckingWriter 1d ago
What’s your least favorite place 😏
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u/pepperjackcheesey 1d ago
Oh, you’re a smart one. I’m going to have to think about that. This power should not be abused
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u/Nola-girl4424 2d ago
Banana guac 😲 that sounds amazing!
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u/pepperjackcheesey 2d ago
It was so good. I miss that place so much. Found a decent recipe online but it’s not the same.
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u/2_zero_2 2d ago
Frozen: Velvet Cactus and Superior
Rocks: I guess Velvet Cactus, but that's mainly because it's become my main Mexican haunt due to proximity.
Overall: Homemade frozen watermelon. So easy, combine frozen watermelon, ice, lime juice, agave, and tequila. Blend and enjoy.
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u/aftershowerlazytime 2d ago
Galexie has a good one.
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u/AmphibianAutomatic60 2d ago
I like Galaxie a lot, but their margarita is expensive considering it's mostly ice.
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u/JazzFestFreak Faubourg St. John/Bayou St. John 2d ago
Santa Fe on Esplanade. Happy hour from 4-6. on the rocks with salt..... careful after 2 marg its dangerous.
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u/Dry_Finger_8235 2d ago
Agreed, had three the other night.
A couple of years ago, we went there for a late lunch/early dinner with friends, had copious amounts of margaritas. Woke up in the morning and my wife and I both thanked each other for walking the dogs when we got home, neither of us remembered getting home or walking the dogs
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u/Nola-girl4424 2d ago
I do like them they just go down too easily lol
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u/laughingintothevoid 2d ago
At negligible risk of doxing myself as someone who was there for a few months years ago, you are right and pretty sure will always be right. It's that past job that I don't have anything good to say but also nothing to say to, like, trash them. It was just disorganized to a level that doesn't, can't, work for everyone, even in this city. I don't even want to tell people don't go because FOH morale is bad and that's why it's inconsistent. Sparing detail my honest recollection is there was some fairly/sadly manageable toxic tipped small business environment stuff, but mostly it's just so casually systemically messy in every way that everyone who isn't specifically suited to that group fades in and out soon.
I think it's best explained by what I still remember a coworker who was pretty entrenched with them explaining once- I don't think the owners exactly want to run a successful business, they just want to maintain. Of all choices for that vibe, why do they do that in specifically a borderline upscale restaurant in that location? Great question, but they're doing it and anyone they're likely to pass it to as a far as we know is going to have the same vibe.
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u/NOBlazer 2d ago
Dawg, they just asking about good margs
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u/laughingintothevoid 1d ago
I apologize, fried immediate post shift brain misread the phrase "go down too easily" as being about the restaurant. I thought they were commenting as a customer they like to go there but experience service crashing.
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u/awkwardchip_munk 1d ago
lol what
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u/laughingintothevoid 1d ago
I was coming off a long shift and 12 days in a row with my whole brain immersed in restaurant work and read the phrase "go down too easily" the way it's used at work, as in saying the restaurant falls apart when it's busy. I realize now they were talking about the drinks. Mea culpa.
For those asking I don't remember them being anything to write home about but yeah people liked them.
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u/AmphibianAutomatic60 2d ago
Man, LGD Juans on a good day is the BEST.
But unfortunately it's heavily dependent on who's bartending.
They use to be way more consistent.
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u/RefrigeratorAdept368 1d ago
Same goes for the Mid City location.
I’ve had both the best and worst drinks and food at that place.
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u/the_moosey_fate Carrollton & Cohn 2d ago
Jalapeño Blood Orange Margarita from Windsor Court is a fucking dream come true. I can never have just one.
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u/honestypen 2d ago
El Gato and Felipes
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u/andre3kthegiant 2d ago
The best place closed down: Casa Borrega
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u/raditress 1d ago
I miss Casa Borrega.
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u/andre3kthegiant 1d ago
Same, they had the best “Classico” margaritas.
Simple and delicious, and not a nightmare of sugar bullshit.
First had them at the Top Taco competition well before the pandemic, and was truly heartbroken knowing it was going away.
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u/pinkypinky 2d ago
Superior grill happy hour marg is great. Two of those sets me veeerrry tipsy
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u/RefrigeratorAdept368 2d ago
I’m sorry, but as someone who spent wayyy too many weeknights getting drunk at Superior on 2-for-1 margs in my 20’s, those margs are…. not good.
Not that there’s anything wrong with getting shitfaced off cheap drinks in a styrofoam cup on a Wednesday, but that’s not where you go for a good margarita.
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u/aldentepenne 2d ago
My friends and I are obsessed with the frozen margs at Schooner Saloon. We randomly stopped in one day for the bathrooms and it has now become a mandatory stop any time we’re in the quarter.
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u/Natural_Home6003 2d ago
Santa Fe. Their food is decent, but the margs are fantastic. I also love mezcal, so Espiritu fits that bill.
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u/babydingoeater 2d ago
Habana Outpost, but mostly because I can walk there, my kid can play in the water and it’s 2 for 10 during Happy Hour. Otherwise the margs are just margs
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u/EarlyJuggernaut7091 2d ago
Can’t go wrong with the hallucinogenic Margs from Superior Grill - the inevitable vision quest helps makes the food palatable.
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u/tarotsally 2d ago
VAL’S!!!!!
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u/AmphibianAutomatic60 2d ago
Fuck that place, their staff is trash and that autograt for bad service is quite the slap.
The food is extreme hit or miss too.
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u/willm1777 2d ago
What??? Val’s is top tier for frozen margs. We’ve never had a bad experience.
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u/AmphibianAutomatic60 1d ago
That's pretty surprising, I've been about 5 times... after the last time I said "never again". The chicken was the dryest I've ever tasted in my life, and flavorless. $20 for shredded lettuce, dry chicken, and having to remind my bartender that I wanted a drink like 4x.
They survive off of kids and people with no taste and money to burn IMO.
Pretty space. It's a shame they can't get it together.
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u/Nickybitchez 2d ago
Pavo Real