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Axios
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Margarita surprise: A snake on the rocks in a Henrico restaurant
A Richmond woman got the shock of her life when a snake fell from the ceiling of a Mexican restaurant in Eastern Henrico and right into her margarita. Why it matters: It was not the twist she was hoping for in her cocktail. State of play: On April 16, Carletta Andrews and her husband were finishing their meal at Patron Mexican Restaurant in Sandston when "she felt something on her forehead," WRIC's Autumn Childress scooped. She looked down and saw a snake — an actual living and slithering reptile — in her drink. A baby snake, allegedly, but still. A snake. "It was moving. It started wrapping around my straw," she told the TV station about the straw-sized serpent. Staff tried to prod the reptile out of her drink with a stick, but ultimately a fearless fellow diner snatched it out and moved the snake outside. How it happened: The restaurant confirmed the incident to WRIC and speculated that the creature wriggled its way into the eatery through the air conditioning unit. They also comped the meal, Andrews tells Axios. The manager said, "just go ahead and go." What they're saying: "I left shaking. I was traumatized," Andrews told WRIC. Same, girl. Same. Flashback: This is the second time in recent years that a diner has been traumatized by a snake in a Virginia restaurant.
New York Post
26-04-2025
- General
- New York Post
Snake falls from Mexican restaurant ceiling, into customer's margarita
This margarita came with a twisssst. A snake dropped out of the ceiling of a Mexican restaurant and landed in a woman's margarita, leaving her rattled. Carletta Andrews said she'd just finished dinner on April 16 with her husband at Patron Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in Sandston, Virginia, when she felt something hit her forehead, according to 8News. 'I looked at my husband like what was that,' Andrews explained, adding she's 'scarred' for life. 'When I turned around, I saw the snake in my margarita.' 3 The frightening incident unfolded inside Patron Mexican Restaurant and Cantina. Patron Mexican Restaurant and Cantina/Facebook Andrews said the snake — a baby of indeterminate species — started curling itself around her drink's straw. 'I kept saying please don't let it go in my purse,' she said. 'I left shaking, I was traumatized.' She has not said if she plans to sue Restaurant workers rushed in to try to remove the snake with a stick. But another patron grabbed the snake and release it to the wild. 3 The snake started curling around the margarita's straw. Carletta Andrews/Facebook Andrews said the restaurant offered to move her to a booth, but she just wanted to go home Andrews wants to know how this could've happened, and where the mama snake could be. 'If that was the baby — I fear… is the mom there?' A spokesperson for Patron Mexican Restaurant and Cantina told 8News the snake may have gotten into the ceiling through an air conditioning unit. 3 Carletta Andrews said the experience left her 'scarred.' Carletta Andrews/Facebook The eatery was cited last December for a number of violations, including mold, broken handles, missing ceiling tiles, cracked floor tiles throughout the kitchen, and leaky ceiling tiles, but addressed each issue within six days.
