Daisy Margarita Bar: Norteño Cantina in Los Angeles

The Daisy Margarita Bar opens on April 17 as a restaurant and trendy cocktail area that concentrates on margaritas from acclaimed bartender Max Reis and partner Matt Egan. “These dive bars are all over Mexico, however each region has its own Norteño character as a local bar that serves food. Reis made up a salsa (margarita) bar with an icy guacamole range, and a Baja Slaw margarita blending personal set Mal Bien x Mírate Espadin with purple cabbage, Oaxacan fruit liqueur, Mezcal Guey, pulque (fermented agave sap) fish, vinegar, and lime sauce. Sissy Margarita Bar inhabits the former home of the Sherman, a structure that’s been around considering that the mid-1900s.

Unique Margarita Concept

The creamsicle margarita mixes tangerine, mole, coconut, Don Fulano Reposado, and Derrumbes Salmiana mezcal. Reis composed a salsa (margarita) bar with a frozen guacamole variety, and a Baja Slaw margarita blending personal batch Mal Bien x Mírate Espadin with purple cabbage, Oaxacan fruit liqueur, Mezcal Guey, pulque (fermented agave sap) lime, fish, and vinegar sauce.

Over the last four months, the Mírate team has actually been overhauling the shuttered Sherman bar on the edge of Ventura and Van Nuys Boulevards into 2 nearby projects. The Sissy Margarita Bar opens on April 17 as a dining establishment and stylish mixed drink place that concentrates on margaritas from acclaimed bartender Max Reis and partner Matt Egan. It’s the first of two places to open in Sherman Oaks, where acclaimed barman Reis, Egan, and cook Alan Sanz assembled something unique for Los Angeles: a Norteño cantina-inspired dining establishment and bar. The group will debut the intimate Gilbert Perez Bar on the top flooring in late May.

Vaquero-Style Interior

Daisy Margarita Bar inhabits the previous home of the Sherman, a building that’s been around because the mid-1900s. It’s blocks away from preferred dining establishment Anajak Thai and laid-back watering hole Mr. Furley’s Bar. Egan dealt with Adean Studios and upcycled the facilities and timber paneling, while including customized light fixtures, a personalized jukebox, and new shade to create a vaquero-style inside for Sissy. It seats 100 total guests with a 20-seat bar. Similar to Mírate, Egan personally selected the photography, paintings, and indications, which were mostly sourced from Mexico.

Simplified Flavorful Margaritas

Reis, whose cocktail obsessions ushered Mírate right into a sought after The United States and Canada’s 50 Finest Bars slot, is taking a much less valuable approach at Daisy. “I have actually been doing these scientific research cocktails given that Gracias Madre,” claims Reis. “I would certainly invest hours making very facility flavor accounts, and individuals would request a watermelon margarita. With Daisy, let’s just utilize every one of this scientific research background to make flavorful margaritas.”

“Daisy [which translates to “margarita” in Spanish] is motivated by a Norteño cantina,” claims Sanz, who formerly dealt with Reis at Gracias Madre. “These dive bars are all over Mexico, yet each area has its very own Norteño individuality as a local bar that offers food. Back in the day, as long as you kept getting beverages, they brought a lot more food to the table. I experimented with components for Sissy.”