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Ajay Prakash, first place winner in the 2021 Jarritos/el Restaurante Cocktail Contest
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The team at Plaza Paloma, L to R: Antonio Hernandez Tovar, Daniel Hernandez Tovar, Luz Osuna, Krystal Hernandez
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Alena Sumarokova, fifth place winner
Looking for some great ideas for new cocktails to add to your bar menu? Choose one or more of these cocktails, which won the 2021 Jarritos/el Restaurante Cocktail Contest! Our panel of bartender judges -- Dylan Holcomb, Seven Grand, Denver; Miguel Vallin, Mariachi Hospitality Group, Chicago; and Christopher Mesa, Pez Cantina, Los Angeles -- choose the five finalists from among all entries, and then the public voted on them to place them in order from first to fifth:
First: Tamarind Tres Chile Margarita, By Ajay Prakash, Mama Tigre Mexican Restaurant, Oakton, Virginia
Second: Plaza Paloma! by Krystal Hernandez, La Plaza Fiesta, Madelia, Minnesota
Third: El Burro del Fuego, by Matthew Leonard, Loco Burro, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Fourth: Tamarindo Smoky, by Cesar Arenas, Polanco Mexican Steak House, Hawthorn, California
Fifth: Summer Breeze, by Alena Sumarokova, Emilio's Trattoria, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida