And The Winner Is?
Best Margarita in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- by Janet James

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In Search of Margarita Grande If you'd like MY secret recipe, you can Contact Me and I'll send it  right  off to you. MMMM good. Our intentions to find the best margarita recipe are to hit every bar (exaggerating, of course) in Cabo and have a little shot of Margarita.   We figure if they're anything like the ones we get at home, they're mostly mix, with a little glance at the Tequila bottle.  WRONG.

Since we're on the beach, having just gotten off the water taxi and feeling thirsty, we head for The Office, known as 'the happiest place under the sun", a real beach bar with chairs and tables under big blue umbrellas sitting right in the sand.  If this isn't vacation, I don't know what is.  The Sea of Cortez, clear and green, just a few feet away, soft sand under our feet, warm sunshine on our backs, waiters and waitresses buzzing around to meet our whims (drink whims) and sunbathers everywhere.

We've seen The Office written up several times, always claiming to have the best Margarita in Cabo, although I also know that Panchos has the largest selection of tequila anywhere, so why don't they have the best Margarita?  Panchos, by the way, will buy you dinner if you bring in an unopened bottle of Tequila that they do not have in their inventory!

A typical Plain Jane waitress at The Office. My heart went out to her.

Margarita's are best made with tequila blanca (white), but, honestly, after a couple of sips, I don't really think it matters what color it is.

'Officios' are stationed at regular intervals to see that they don't.  However, I notice that they are either asleep on the job or. . .  

A step beyond the Grand Hover

Once you look, they zero in with the spiel.  "You not have big ass" this one tells me.  "This dress look good on you."  I'm flattered of course - great Margarita, by the way - and have to see the dress.  

"How much," I ask one last time - ha.  "Two hundred pesos," he says.  I laugh after calculating a loose $20.  The dress is flimsy and 'barely there'.  

"You need three?" he says. "I'll give you three for $40 American dollars.  It's a very good deal."

I spot a wrap around beach skirt that would look good on my granddaughter and make my final offer. "The dress and beach skirt for $15."  He can see I'm tough, so he nods, grins, and turns over the merchandise.

Our second Margarita arrived somewhere during the process - the ugly waitress must have worked her magic while I wasn't looking - and we're now pretty much lying on the chairs.  Our study is complete.  This is, without a doubt, the best Margarita in Cabo.

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