SALUD-WORTHY SIPS: Life's a Cocktail Party on National Tequila Day in Palm Beach County

PALM BEACH COUNTY – Olé! Hustle up your happy hour-loving amigos for blue-agave drenched libations on National Tequila Day, July 24.

Here are three day-to-night holiday drinking destinations to celebrate in Palm Beach County.

Tucked inside Amrit Ocean Resort, LaLa Lobby Bar & Lounge will pour a Blueberry Passion Margarita ($22), a pink-hued senorita featuring Blanco tequila, passion fruit juice, lime juice, and fresh blueberries. Over at Ayre by Karma, pucker up with a Flamingo Dance ($15), loaded with Reposado tequila and blood orange while enjoying a postcard-approved sunset.

LaLa Lobby Bar & Lounge and Ayre by Karma are located at Amrit Ocean Resort at 3100 N. Ocean Drive, Riviera Beach. For more information, visit amritocean.com or call 561-694-8300.

Over in Wellington at the new Arcade Time, take a break from virtual reality with a boozy You Had Me at Tequila ($7) handcrafted with tequila, triple sec, and lime, or try the regal Princess Paloma ($6) with tequila, lime, grapefruit juice, soda water, spicy tajin, and garnished with a peach ring gummy.

Arcade Time is located at The Mall at Wellington Green at 10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington. For more information, visit arcadetimeusa.com/wellington or call 561-247-8463.

LaLa Lobby Bar & Lounge’s

Blueberry Passion Margarita Recipe

Ingredients:

1 oz. 400 Conejos mezcal

1 oz. Corazon Blanco tequila

¾ oz. blueberry purée

½ oz. passionfruit purée

½ oz. fresh lime juice

1 rosemary sprig (for garnish)

Instructions:

Add the mezcal, tequila, blueberry purée, passionfruit purée, lime juice, and ice into a cocktail shaker.

Shake vigorously until thoroughly chilled.

Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with a rosemary sprig.