The origin of the margarita is as cloudy as the lime juice in it. Hussong’s in Ensenada, Mexico — founded in 1880 by German immigrant Johan Hussong — lays one of at least eight claims to the tequila cocktail. (In 1941, its story goes, bartender Don Carlos Orozco mixed tequila, Damiana and lime for the first known time and served it over ice in a salt-rimmed glass to Margarita Henkel, daughter of the German ambassador to Mexico.)
The light at the end of the tunnel looks a little less like an oncoming train these days, but we’re far from singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” especially in Las Vegas.
Amore Pizza & Pasta, 3945 S. Durango Drive, received 38 demerits March 25. Violations included no thermometer at cooks’ line make table. GRADE: C.
Fat Bastard Merlot is a deep dark blood-red color with a semi-opaque core going out into a fine crimson-red rim definition and medium-high viscosity.
East Coast favorites — many of them with Eastern European roots — are one of the most popular requests to Taste of the Town, so it was no surprise that Jay Goldstein was looking for prune Danish. And readers have a two-word suggestion for him: Bagel Cafe, which is at 301 N. Buffalo Drive.
Veteran Las Vegas restaurateur Gino Ferraro has learned a thing or two during the past 25 years about what makes a restaurant a success.
In the glass: Markham Merlot is a dense ruby-red color with a semi-opaque core going out into a fine crimson rim definition with high viscosity.
Almaza Hookah Lounge & Restaurant, restaurant, 9890 S. Maryland Parkway, received 21 demerits March 9. Violations included box of spoiled squash. GRADE: C.
168 Market restaurant, 3459 S. Jones Blvd., received 23 demerits March 3. Violations included food held at improper temperatures. GRADE: C.
