Rita Cantina offers delicious Mexican cuisine and innovative cocktails. Their signature margarita recipes are composed of deliciously flavorful and seasonal ingredients, refreshing for this summer heat.
Rita’s Bar Program is led by Beverage Director Adam Miller alongside Head Bartender Diego Rivera. Adam boasts an impressive background in the New York cocktail scene. Before opening Rita Cantina, Adam was the General Manager and Co-Owner of the famed Bay Kitchen & Bar, while Diego reigns from the decorated La Factoria in the heart of San Juan.
These hot summer days call for a refreshing watermelon margarita recipe by margarita expert Adam Miller:
Watermelon Margarita
Created by Adam Miller at Rita Cantina (Springs, NY)
● Ingredients
○ 2oz Blanco tequila
○ 1 oz watermelon juice
○ 1 oz lime juice
○ .75 oz simple syrup
● Method
○ Juice lime and watermelon fresh. Make a 1:1 simple syrup with cane sugar.
○ Combine all ingredients in a shaking tin and shake—fine strain over fresh ice. Garnish
with a lime wedge and drink!
● Glass
Double Old Fashioned Glass or Rocks Glass (12.5 oz and above)
