Food.Fun.Stuff: Cinco de Mayo!

[ 0 ] May 5, 2010 | Johnna

Ole! Yup, you know what it is…Cinco de Mayo. The day of drinking tequila and celebrations around the city. Today’s Top Five is dedicated to the places to make Cinco de Mayo a celebration to remember. Check it:

>>>Social is celebrating with $5 Margaritas Sociales or $25 pitchers. To soak up all the alcohol, the restaurant will feature $1.50 fish tacos, made-to-order guacamole and blood orange pico de gallo for $3.

>>>Farmers & Fishers has been celebrating all week with “Tequila Week”, which is a week-long of speciality cocktails infused with plenty of tequila. Founder David Suro, a Mexican-born American, has teamed with Siembra Azul Tequila to educate and entertain patrons on none other than…tequila.

>>>No celebration is complete without something sweet. Good thing we have Hello Cupcake. The cupcakery is featuring the “Cinco de Mayo” cupcake until Saturday. Yum to lime cake, tequila-lime buttercream, a festive sugar rim and a slice of lime candy. How do you like it? Regular, Gluten-free or Vegan?? You choose.

>>>The DC Food Blogger Happy Hour- Not exactly a Cinco de Mayo celebration but there will be plenty of Tequila on hand and good convo on food stuffs @ Restaurant 3. Toast one for the day!

>>>Wednesday not a good day to be wasted?? Try the “Ocho de Mayo” celebration at the Capitol Skyline Hotel on May 8, 2010 from noon until 8 pm. Look forward to a nacho eating contest, Margarita contest, Maracas and of course, plenty of Tequila. The entry fee is $15 for all ages.

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Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.