{"id":320828,"date":"2026-06-03T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/320828\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:23:10","slug":"whos-got-the-best-margarita-during-world-cup-season-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/320828\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s got the best margarita during World Cup season in Dallas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many locals and visitors will be tuning in to the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/world-cup\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">World Cup<\/a> matches, in Dallas one of the city\u2019s best-known culinary traditions will become part of the tournament\u2019s official celebrations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visit Dallas has organized the FIFA World Cup 26 Dallas Margarita Mile Cup, a competition pitting some of the city\u2019s most popular restaurants and bars against each other in a quest to find the public\u2019s favorite margarita. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The competition will run throughout June and July and will follow a format inspired by sports tournaments. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Participants can obtain their electronic passport by registering on the event website. They can then visit participating establishments, sample the drinks created for the occasion and vote for their favorites. Restaurants go head-to-head in weekly matchups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You must be at least 21 years old to participate. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The participating restaurants are: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the world\u2019s eyes on Dallas in 2026, we want to give visitors an experience that\u2019s interactive, undeniably Dallas, and one that they\u2019ll remember long after they return home,\u201d said Jennifer Walker, chief marketing officer at Visit Dallas, in a news release. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This competition is based on the Margarita Mile program created by Visit Dallas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/drinks\/2018\/05\/15\/waste-away-on-the-margarita-mile-dallas-new-cocktail-crawl\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">in 2018<\/a> to highlight the city\u2019s historic connection to the frozen margarita. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dallas is considered the birthplace of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/2025\/02\/19\/how-this-dallas-restaurateur-changed-the-history-of-the-margarita\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">frozen margarita machine<\/a>, invented in 1971 by restaurateur Mariano Martinez, owner of the Tex-Mex restaurants Mariano\u2019s Hacienda and La Hacienda Ranch. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That machine is now part of the collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those of us in the restaurant community, the World Cup is an incredible opportunity to showcase Dallas on a global stage,\u201d said Shannon Wynne, owner of Miriam Cocina Latina in the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While many locals and visitors will be tuning in to the 2026 World Cup matches, in Dallas one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,56866,114087,87998,87906],"class_list":["post-320828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-margarita","tag-tp-bars","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}