The Vancouver Margarita Challenge was a success featuring Margarita creations from restaurants around Vancouver. Each establishment featured their margarita creation from September 3-27, 2023 .
The Winners are:
1st Place:
{108 points}
Salsa & Guacamole
Jo’s Margarita
Price: $11.90
Created by: the team
Named after one of our special clients who asked us to make a special margarita with a kick of lime and spice to it.
We created this amazing margarita.
Offered: all the time
Salsa & Guacamole
13483 72 Ave LOWER LEVEL, Surrey
Tel:Phone: (604) 597-0202
Web: https://salsaandguacamole.com/
Instagram @salsa_andguacamole
2nd Place:
{103 points}
Food by Fanta
Killing Me Softly
Price $16
Created by: Davina and Keita
The beautiful pink of this Strawberry Margarita represents love and the black pear syrup represents darkness and pain which comes pouring in slowly to engulf the pink love inside your skull glass. This creation takes a traditional margarita and adds some jalapeño spiciness with a rim of Tajin, peppermint, salt and sugar. The charcoal pear syrup mimics poison. Be careful! It’s strong and might kill you softly
Ingredients: Tequila 1000, Cointreau, Ancho Ryes, Fresh Lime juice, Mint syrup, Fresh Strawberries, Pear charcoal syrup, Fresh Jalapeño sliced, Tajin, Dried pepper mint, Salt and sugar
Offered: Lunch and Dinner
Food by Fanta
20542 Fraser Hwy, Langley
Tel; (604) 530-6803
Instagram @foodbyfanta
3rd Place:
{101 points}
JamJar Canteen
Za’atar Rosemary Margarita
Price: $15
Created by: Simran
A herbaceous twist on a classic! Rosemary and Za’atar combine to give depth and elevate a traditional lime margarita
Ingredients: Tequila, za’atar rosemary syrup, lime with a za’atar salt rime
Offered at Commercial from 11:30-9:30pm
JamJar Canteen
2280 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 252-3957
Web: https://www.jamjarcanteen.ca/
Instagram @jamjarcanteen
In the People’s Choice Awards category, the public who tried the Sangria creations were the ones who had the opportunity to cast their vote throughout the challenge.
The Winners are:
1st Place People’s Choice:
Food by Fanta
Killing Me Softly
Price $16
Created by: Davina and Keita
The beautiful pink of this Strawberry Margarita represents love and the black pear syrup represents darkness and pain which comes pouring in slowly to engulf the pink love inside your skull glass. This creation takes a traditional margarita and adds some jalapeño spiciness with a rim of Tajin, peppermint, salt and sugar. The charcoal pear syrup mimics poison. Be careful! It’s strong and might kill you softly
Ingredients: Tequila 1000, Cointreau, Ancho Ryes, Fresh Lime juice, Mint syrup, Fresh Strawberries, Pear charcoal syrup, Fresh Jalapeño sliced, Tajin, Dried pepper mint, Salt and sugar
Offered: Lunch and Dinner
Food by Fanta
20542 Fraser Hwy, Langley
Tel; (604) 530-6803
Instagram @foodbyfanta
2nd Place People’s Choice:
Salsa & Guacamole
Jo’s Margarita
Price: $11.90
Created by: the team
Named after one of our special clients who asked us to make a special margarita with a kick of lime and spice to it.
We created this amazing margarita.
Offered: all the time
Salsa & Guacamole
13483 72 Ave LOWER LEVEL, Surrey
Tel:Phone: (604) 597-0202
Web: https://salsaandguacamole.com/
Instagram @salsa_andguacamole
3rd Place People’s Choice:
JamJar Canteen
Za’atar Rosemary Margarita
Price: $15
Created by: Simran
A herbaceous twist on a classic! Rosemary and Za’atar combine to give depth and elevate a traditional lime margarita
Ingredients: Tequila, za’atar rosemary syrup, lime with a za’atar salt rime
Offered at Commercial from 11:30-9:30pm
JamJar Canteen
2280 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 252-3957
Web: https://www.jamjarcanteen.ca/
Instagram @jamjarcanteen
Our media judging panel determined the ultimate winners of the challenge, and this was quite the task as each judge who tasted each creation with a rigorous process based on taste, originality/uniqueness and presentation/appearance.
Each media judge scored each creation with a maximum of 40 points as follows: Overall Taste 20 points, Originality and Uniqueness 10 points, Presentation and Appearance 10 points. The highest number of points a challenge creation could have been awarded is 120 points.
Our Media judges for this challenge were: Maggi Mei, Rei Van, and Shelley Hayashi.
Thank you to the restaurants that accepted my invitation and featured the Margarita Challenge creations on the menu for the past few weeks during this challenge.
I encourage you to visit the winning spots to try their Margarita creations! See all the Margarita Challenge Entries Here.
By: Richard Wolak