{"id":253817,"date":"2018-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/tequila-where-you-least-expect-it-2\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:00:00","slug":"tequila-where-you-least-expect-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/tequila-where-you-least-expect-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tequila where you least expect it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Dr. Tinta | \u00a1Vamos, ponte feliz!<\/p>\n

Attention shoppers: a chic restaurant and bar touting modern Mexican cuisine and decent tequilas has sprung onto Fashion Valley Mall\u2019s second-level. If you need to throw down your bags and rest your bones on comfy rattan seating over designer tacos and margaritas, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n

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Just in time for the upcoming holiday season, Blanco Tacos + Tequila is an inviting refuge situated a few steps from of the food court\u2019s frazzle. It is owned by Fox Restaurant Concepts, a Phoenix-based outfit that\u2019s about to open North Italia restaurant near Bloomingdale\u2019s on the ground floor.<\/p>\n

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Blanco\u2019s indoor-outdoor bar (Foto por Dr. Ink)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With an impressive tequila and mezcal selection, plus craft beer and a food menu showing off trendy proteins and ingredient combinations, you can bet that every taco-loving hipster in town would flood Blanco if located outside a mall.<\/p>\n

\"TequilaWhich raises the question: Will mass consumers shell out $18 for a pair of wagyu beef tacos and nearly $20 on flights of premium tequilas after blowing their budgets on the mall\u2019s pricey retailers?<\/p>\n

While the jury decides, this infrequent mall patron happily embraced the price breaks available during happy hour. A margarita kissed with citrus-y Patron Citronge liqueur, for example, was half off the regular price of $10. The house-made sour mix containing coconut water, fresh lime and pineapple juices was appealing. But I struggled to taste the non-exclusive Jose Cuervo Especial tequila used in it.<\/p>\n

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Five dollars also scores you a beer (bottled or draft), a glass of sangria (red, white or pink), or an icy fros\u00e8 made with ros\u00e8 wine and pureed fruits.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, an abbreviated appetizer menu includes things like double-cheese nachos for $7; Mexican pizza with roasted poblano chilis and tomatoes for $8; and a few different tacos for $4 apiece.<\/p>\n

As a longtime fan of ground-beef tacos, which are difficult to find beyond Taco Bell, I couldn\u2019t resist. The crispy shell held a dense packing of the mildly spiced meat along with shredded cheddar, diced tomatoes and a few ribbons of lettuce. It reminded me of the gringo tacos my mother made back East when I was a kid, long before Mexican food entered into our local dining scene.<\/p>\n

Had it not been for my gluttonous dive into the complimentary chips and flavorful red salsa, I would\u2019ve ordered a couple more. And if the margarita was a little stronger, I might have let down my spending guard and hit the stores afterwards for some foolhardy purchases.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Dr. Ink | Come On, Get Happy! Attention shoppers: a chic restaurant and bar touting modern Mexican cuisine and decent tequilas has sprung onto Fashion Valley Mall\u2019s second-level. If you need to throw down your bags and rest your bones on comfy rattan seating over designer tacos and margaritas, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":234924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Tequila where you least expect it","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}