23-02-2025
Margaritaville hosted their annual Margarita University in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – Visitors in Panama City Beach are wasting away at Margaritaville.
Saturday is National Margarita Day and Margaritaville is celebrating by hosting their annual Margarita University where they teach the audience how to craft the perfect margarita.
Denise Abear has been a mixologist and bartender at Margaritaville restaurant in Panama City Beach since its opening in 2008. She says National Margarita Day marks the end of the slow season here.
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'It gets extra busy, but it's kind of like the last of like the locals and the snowbirds come in and before it starts getting really, really busy and Pier Park, it's like their last like hurrah to come hang out and not have to wait, you know, a long time to get into any, any restaurant really impaired part but us, us also,' Abear said.
Abear says the key to making a perfect margarita isn't so much about how much you pour but keeping the recipe consistent.
'The consistency of your actual specks on your pour if you do not have enough tequila or too much sour mix or something like that, it just won't taste as good. You know, we want it to be the same every time,' Abear added.
A little fun fact about the name margarita in English it's the name of the drink. In Spanish, it translates to the 'daisy flower'. It is also commonly used as a feminine first name.
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