Margarita - Cocktail #2

Margarita, oil on panel, 15 in. x 10 in.  SOLD

Birth date:  Late 1930’s – Early 1940’s

Origin:  Unknown

The Margarita was the drink of choice for Beat Generation icon, Jack Kerouac. A literary cult hero, he authored On the Road, a book that changed, shaped, and gave voice to a whole generation. Mr. Kerouac's favorite drinking hole in New York City was the White Horse Tavern. He was bounced from the place so often that they scrawled above the urinals “Jack, Go Home!" The tavern still operates at Hudson and 11^th Street.

Jack Kerouac with pipe and cocktail

"My fault, my faliure, is not the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."

                 -Jack Kerouac

White Horse Tavern, NYC (today)

Recipe:

• 2 oz. - Tequila
• 1 oz. - Triple Sec (Cointreau)
• 1 ½ oz. - Lime Juice
• Lime Wedge

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a salt-rimmed margarita glass. Garnish with the lime wedge.