In honor of National Margarita Day, Café Corazón, 2394 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., will host a masterclass in making perfect margaritas on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Café Corazón, which has two other locations in Riverwest and Brown Deer, was recently named the best Mexican restaurant in the state by loveFOOD.com.
Café Corazón's co-founders George and Wendy Mireles will host their first-ever margarita making masterclass so that attendees will be able to make their own perfect margaritas at home to celebrate National Margarita Day, celebrated three days later, on Feb. 22.
“Across our three restaurants, we make thousands of margaritas a week and our entire team has learned a few tricks over our 15 years in business,” said Wendy Mireles.
“We can’t wait for our internal Café Corazón cocktail-making experts to teach our first-ever margarita-making class to share all we know.”
The 90-minute class will cover the basics of great margarita making, including tips for adding your own twist using simple syrups, purees, liqueurs and more.
The class, which has room for 20 students, starts at 7 p.m. and you can register online here.
Tickets are $12 per person, which includes a complimentary margarita, free samples of favorites from Corazón happy hour food menu including taco dip, guacamole, jalapeno queso dip, chicken flautas and, of course, you'll get to try all the different margaritas invented at the class.
“We designed the class to be hands-on, interactive, and a ton of fun,” said George Mireles. “Attendees will learn to perfect their cocktail shaking skills; There will also be margarita-related trivia questions and prizes for correct answers; and we’ll conclude the night with a photo opp where folks can hop behind our bar.”
LoveFOOD.com staffers selected Café Corazón and the other 50 Best Mexican restaurant winners based on reviews, awards and accolades, and the team's own experience.
“We can’t thank our fans, our regulars, and our Café Corazón team enough,” said George Mireles. “People constantly tell us they love our food, our drinks, and our space, but to be named the best in all of Wisconsin by loveFOOD.com.
"We were a bit speechless to say the least. This honor is a testament to every Café Corazón team member as we all take such pride in everything we serve.”
Café Corazón opened in Riverwest in 2009. The Bay View location followed in 2016 and Brown Deer opened in 2021.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
