Monday is National Tequila Day. Cheddar News checked in from Toro Loco in downtown Manhattan to take a peek at some of the restaurant's top signature tequila cocktails made by bartender Will Tacuri.

<div class="block">Monday is National Tequila Day. Cheddar News checked in from Toro Loco in downtown Manhattan to take a peek at some of the restaurant&#39;s top signature tequila cocktails made by bartender Will Tacuri.</div>

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On The Scene: Celebrating National Tequila Day

Today's National Tequila Day. But if your classic Margarita could use a flaming hot upgrade, Michelle Castillo is on the scene with some advice from a professional bartender. Good morning. Hi, I'm here at Tora Loco which is in downtown Manhattan and we're actually here with Will Tari who's a bartender here. He's going to show us a little bit about one of their signature cocktails, which is the flaming skull. So tell me a little bit more about it. Will. So the flaming skull is actually a drink made with a passion lime juice has homemade salt which is made with a chili and guajillo, which is homemade that it makes that drink more special. So yeah, here you go to try it. I love how it heated it up so I can try a little bit of it. It's a little ok. So you're going to find flavors with passion fruit lime and soda. It's going to be really refreshing treat for summer especially. Oh, yes, it's like nine in the morning, but it definitely is a very refreshing like 5 p.m. already feels like five. So it is National Tequila Day. Tell me a little bit more about why you think tequila is so popular at this time. Well, tequila is so popular at this time because tequila has been, it's been there a lot of for many, many years, many times. So basically, right now, the industry is growing with tequila and me, but with tequila specifically, uh here in New York, it makes more sense because we have a lot of mixologist which are creating more drinks where they are becoming more accurate with techniques and all that stuff. That's why we bring to, to and that's what we are trying to do. And um yeah, that's also, that's one of the main things. All right, let's try some tequila. Tell me what makes a good, sure. OK. That's a really good question. Sorry, I put this to the side. What makes a really good tequila for me? I would say it's a tequila that takes time that shows love in the process of making the tequila itself a good brand for that. The which is one of my favorite tequilas. Uh We have the Blanco and sure the difference between the four of them. The Blanco is still less than two months for it's two months and up for it is less than sorry. It's a year and up but not more than three years and an extra is three years to be an extra. It has to be eight for three years. Um You're gonna find citrus notes in here. Citrus uh black pepper and you can find like woody notes because it's been resting for like more time than a a OK. So tell me a little bit more. So when I'm tasting it, what should I be looking for those notes? You're gonna feel the agave on this one? OK. You gonna it OK. OK. And your mouth is gonna tell you like you're actually drinking a really nice sip. It don't shoot like yeah. OK. I see that like blackberry notes has a very clean finish, citrusy, clean crisp bok. Now, if you're not a big tequila fan, but you still want to participate in National Tequila Day. What are some alternate liquors? You could try? I should definitely recommend you if you don't like probably the we can also go with the the is more like calmer, more friendly to the palate and also the which is more like more like a dessert note and it makes everything feels good at the end because she has these all complex notes that been resting. So that's a complete well, next up, we're going to show you how to pair your tequila with some excellent dishes here at the restaurant. So stay tuned.