Cinco de Mayo 2018: Find Your Fiesta Around Miami

MIAMI BEACH, FL — If you can count to five in Spanish, you are more than ready for Saturday's Cinco de Mayo celebration. Patch has you covered with a list of mouth watering salutes to our southern neighbor that will leave you doing the hat dance on Collins Avenue, Brickell, Miracle Mile or wherever the margarita trail takes you. Refresh your browser for the latest listings.

Here is Patch’s Cinco de Mayo guide:

AVENTURA

CORSAIR Kitchen & Bar is offering a Mexican-inspired brunch on Saturday and Sunday. Corsair will offer guests a Michelada bar to keep the fiesta going. For reservations, call 786-279-6800. Corsair Kitchen & Bar is located at 19999 West Country Club Drive.

DORAL

Chuy’s will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a free deluxe queso upgrade with any bulk package order for 10 or more people. On Friday, enjoy Chuy’s signature happy hour offerings with $1 off Coronas and floaters at 4 p.m. On Saturday enjoy happy hour drink specials all day. Come back Sunday for Tito’s $5 Bloody Marys and authentic Tex-Mex cuisine. Chuy’s is located at 8001 NW 36th Street. Telephone: 786-646-9986.

KINGS Dining & Entertainment Doral invites your tequila-loving friends to visit on Saturday as the venue also honors derby day. Enjoy a special Mint Julep Margarita, a Derby Race Contest, DJ, dining and bowling options. The venue is located at 3450 Northwest 83rd Avenue suite 152.

FORT LAUDERDALE

El Vez is featuring a preview of the modern Mexican destination that’s launching soon at W Fort Lauderdale. Complimentary bites including grilled carnitas, El Vez signature guacamole, chips and salsa and grilled corn. Enjoy margaritas along with Mexican and craft beers as well as signature cocktails. Guests who follow @ElVez_FTL on Instagram and post a photo showing their Cinco de Mayo spirit will have the chance to win dinner for six. Entry to the fiesta is free. The restaurant is located at 401 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.

Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar is featuring seven unique fiestas at Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar in Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens.Each location will have drink specials along with live entertainment, DJs, prize giveaways and free tequila pourings by Rocco and “Team Cinco.” Beat the crowds and arrive early when the restaurants open at noon. Check website for locations.

HOLLYWOOD

Playa at The Diplomat Beach Resort will be offering an array of can’t-miss food and drink specials including $8 Hornitos Margaritas, $5 Modelo Especial Draft Beer and $5 Beef or Chicken Tacos while Portico at The Diplomat Beach Resort is also offering up an array of delicious specials including $8 Hornitos Margaritas, $8 Hornitos Tequila Sunrise, $5 Corona Light Draft Beer, $5 Tacos. The hotel is located at 3555 S Ocean Dr.

KEY BISCAYNE

Novecento will be offering guests $6 margaritas all day and complimentary Viola Italian craft beer as well as frozen margaritas after 9 p.m. Saturday. The restaurant is located at 620 Crandon Blvd.

MIAMI

Mary Brickell Village
The retailers, restaurants and bars of Mary Brickell Village are ready to celebrate Cinco De Mayo with amazing food, music and ambiance.

• Craftsman is giving out $5 shots of Cazadores tequila and $10 margaritas.
• Fado Irish Pub will be offering taco specials as well as $5 Coronas, 1800 Silver shots and Olmeca Silver shots.
• Candela Gastrobar is offering half-priced drinks all day until 11 p.m.
• Baru Urbano has $20 buckets of Corona and $5 tequila shots.
• Doraku offers a Japanese take on the celebration. Enjoy three for $10 tacos, $10 ceviche tostada, $8 wonton chips and guacamole.
• Blue Martini is offering fiesta goers half-priced food and drinks until 8 p.m.
• Studio D is offering a $55 blow dry and Kerastase Treatment. Enjoy complimentary hand massages and hairline clean ups with $10 off for all new customers.

Downtown Dadeland is hosting a number of Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

• Pubbelly Sushi Dadeland will offer a sushi and cocktail bar outside the restaurant. Food & beverage will feature some of the most iconic dishes from the Pubbelly Sushi location in Mexico City. These include Mexican Corn Kakiage with spicy mayo and shichimi; Tuna Wakamole made with tuna, seaweed avocado and nori chips and White Fish Agave Tiradito with hirame, yuzu agave. Drinks include the Cilantro Margarita made with sake, cilantro, salty lime foam and La Michelada with Sapporo draft beer, lime, tomato and shichimi. Pubbelly Sushi is located at 8970 SW 72nd Place inside the Downtown Dadeland shopping center.

E11EVEN Miami features Elephante in the DJ booth while guests enjoy $3 Coronas and $3 Avion Tequila shots until midnight. The party starts at 10 p.m. E11EVEN is located at 29 NE 11th St.

No. 3 Social rooftop lounge will celebrate with extended Social Hour ($5 bites, beer and wine, $7 cocktails) through 8 p.m. No. 3 Social will keep the night going with its spicy margarita, Norman’s Revenge – made with tequila, agave nectar, lime, jalapeno, and black salt – and the Mezing Around – made with mezcal, hibiscus, lime, cucumber juice and habanero bitters – at $10 all night long. The venue is located at 50 NW 24th St.

The Taco Stand
is celebrating its first ever Cinco de Mayo! Guests will enjoy the vibrant atmosphere, authentic Mexican dishes and great tasting Mexican cervezas. The Taco Stand will have special deals on tacos and cervezas like $2.50 Grilled Chicken Tacos, $2.50 Pastor Tacos, $2.50 Veggie Nopal Tacos and $3.00 Cerveza. The restaurant is located at 313 NW 25th St.

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with its $1 margarita known as the Dollarita and $2 Dos Equis dubbed the 2 Dollar Dos. The chain will also be featuring Applebee’s Quesadilla Burger. See website for locations.

Smokey Bones - Bar & Fire Grill is offering six different margarita variations to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They include strawberry, peach, blood orange, cherry, Patron and classic. Check website for vacations.

Seaspice celebrates with the colors of the Mexican flag, specials on tequila shots and a curated $10 margaritas menu. The food menu starts at $15 and will showcase creations such as the Niman Ranch "Al Pastor" Slow Roasted Pork, Alaskan King Crab Tacos, Classic Huevos Rancheros, a spectacular Avocado Mousse with mango chipotle compote. Mariachis, live music and entertainment will keep guests dancing through the night as guests take photos at a photo station with themed props to help them remember fiesta. Seaspice is located at 422 NW North River Dr.

MIAMI BEACH

Pizza & Burger by Michael Mina invites guests to an authentic Cinco de Mayo fiesta with tacos and tequila from 5 p.m. to midnight. Enjoy a selection of tacos, tamales and nachos along with 1 ounce pours of Revolucion Tequila for a fixed price of $45 per person (excluding tax and gratuity). Pizza and Burger is located at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Avenue. Telephone: 305-674-4636.

Lolo’s Surf Cantina is featuring authentic Mexican cuisine to cocktail and beer deals, decorations galore and an unparalleled crowd of people celebrating the fun holiday, Lolo’s is the perfect spot for everything Cinco. Swing by at any time from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. for the All Day Fiesta. Lolo's is located inside the Marriott at 161 Ocean Dr.

The Backyard at The Confidante Miami Beach is offering a sweet and spicy Pineapple-Jalapeno Pop paired with a delicious and refreshing m argarita in The Backyard, as well as a Bloody Maria special (bloody mary with tequila) during breakfast at Bird & Bone starting at 11 a.m. then $10 margaritas in The Backyard at 4041 Collins Ave.

NORTH MIAMI BEACH AND KENDALL

Duffy’s Sports Grill in North Miami Beach and Kendall will feature a weekend-long promotion in honor of Cinco de Mayo. Guests can indulge in three crunchy beef tacos for $7.99 along with $3 Sauza and $7 Patron margaritas. Available at all Duffy’s Sports Grill locations, visitors can also enjoy the new Watermelon Margarita made with Casa Noble Crystal Tequila, Watermelon Puree, fresh squeezed lime, salt rim and garnished with a watermelon. See website for locations.

Photo by Paul Scicchitano