From Border Bars to Hollywood Cantinas: California’s Case for Cocktail Immortality
California played a significant role in turning the margarita from a regional Mexican novelty into an American icon. While the beverage evolved from a Prohibition-era drink known as a “Tequila Daisy” served at bars along the Mexican border, it was at La Jolla’s La Plaza Restaurant in 1947 that the first blended, salted-rim version we know today was made and popularized.