Margaret (Margarita) Sames created the drink at her Acapulco home in 1948 during a Christmas party. His proportions – one-third Cointreau, one-third tequila, and one-third squeezed Mexican lime juice – were served over hand-crushed ice in a rocks glass. His new creation was a hit, and, as Pancho also taught at the Juárez bartenders’ school, the drink’s recipe spread.ĭanny Negrete presented the margarita as a wedding present to Margarita, his future sister-in-law, at the Hotel Garci Crispo in Puebla, Mexico, the day before his brother David's marriage in 1936. Morales only remembered the Cointreau from the recipe, so he improvised. A female customer requested a Magnolia – brandy, Cointreau, and an egg yolk, topped with Champagne. Herrera mixed 3 parts black tequila, 2 parts Cointreau, and 1 part fresh lemon juice added shaved ice and blended the mixture together with a hand shaker.įrancisco “Pancho” Morales invented the Margarita on July 4, 1942, at a bar in Juárez, Mexico, named Tommy’s Place. She was allergic to hard liquor, except for tequila, but didn’t enjoy drinking it straight, even with salt and a lemon slice. Peggy Lee, who performed at the Balinese Room, never disputed this story.Įnrique Bastate Gutierrez created the Margarita in the early 1940s as an homage to actress Rita Hayworth, whose birth name was Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino, born in Tijuana, Mexico.Ĭarlos “Danny” Herrera, bartender at the Rancho La Gloria bar, on the old road between Tijuana and Rosarito Beach, in 1947-1948, came up with the Margarita for an actress and showgirl Marjorie King, whose stage name Rita De La Rosa, which she adopted for her piano gigs around San Diego at the Hotel Del Coronado and the Del Mar, among others. He modeled it after the popular Sidecar for Miss Lee, who liked tequila. Santos Cruz, head bartender at the historic Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas, created the Margarita for singer Peggy (Margaret) Lee in 1948 with equal portions of blanco tequila, Cointreau, and fresh lime juice.
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