Tampa Bay had a boozy night at the museum last Friday when Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s 2024 edition of Margarita Wars took over St. Petersburg’s James Museum.

Inside, partygoers sampled cocktails from nearly two dozen entries from the Bay area’s best restaurants and bars.

Last year’s champ, JOTORO Kitchen + Tequila Bar, once again wowed attendees to earn the title of Tampa Bay’s best margarita while Tequila Daisy took home the first-ever Mom’s for Margarita award, decided by a group of mothers who were tasked with deciding the best mom-approved margs.

Margarita Wars was presented by Beam Suntory, El Tesoro, Amaras Mezcal, Hornitos, and Tres Generaciones with support from Denmon Pearlman, Cointreau, Ghost Tequila, Taco Bus, Estrella Galicia, The James Museum of Western Art, and The Dunedin Fine Arts Center.

Margarita Wars at the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 17, 2024. Credit: Photo by Nick Cardello
Margarita Wars at James Museum of Wildlife & Western Art in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 17, 2024. Credit: Photo by Nick Cardello

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...