Espinos, the family-owned Mexican bar and grill in Chesterfield Valley, began offering tequila dinners long before imaginative multi-course meals paired with cocktails became popular. Next week marks the start of tequila dinner season at the restaurant, with Cazadores tequila featured in the glass and on the plate.
Owner Roseann Espino has quite the fiesta planned for the Dec. 1 four-course tequila dinner. It begins with a flight of Cazadores tequila – blanco, reposado and añejo – served with spicy shrimp torte with Cazadores crème fraiche. As you enjoy your appetizer, a Cazadores rep will be on-hand to explain flavor profiles and notable distillation tidbits about the company’s line of blue agave–based spirits. Guests will then have a choice of apple butternut squash tequila soup or a roasted pear salad with Cazadores balsamic reduction. Of the entrée options, might we suggest the grilled venison? Mexican bread pudding will make a sweet ending to the meal. Each course will be accompanied by a tequila-based cocktail: a pumpkin margarita, a Fuji apple cocktail, Black Winter margarita and Mexican eggnog.
For just $50 a person, you can sit with your own party and eat – and drink – at your own pace. Seating is limited, though, so call 636.519.0044 to make your reservation.
Looking to get an early start on tequila quaffing? Head to Espinos this weekend for a house margarita. And if you can’t make it out to the tequila dinner Dec. 1, mark your calendar for the first Wednesday of each month. January will feature Dos Lunes; the heartfelt month of February is appropriately reserved for Corazón; and March will see either Patrón or Cabo Wabo as the evening’s estrella.
This article appears in Nov 1-30, 2010.