Tequila

i recently got a new job at the tapas restaurant distrito, on the corner of 40th and chestnut.
distrito is a new restaurant themed after mexico city, with a hot pink color scheme, a booth constructed out of a volkswagen beetle(the traditional mexican taxi), a bitching jukebox, a claw machine full of luchador masks and action figures, and a wall comprised of 650 luchador wrestling masks.
it is casual fine dining. the owner and executive chef is jose garces, who you may know as the brains behind wildly popular philly restaurants amada and tinto.
so today at my new job we were in our third day of training.
after we sampled more of the dishes on the menu, which included my favorite so far, a kobe beef taco with potato-truffle puree and tomato-horseradish escabeche, my god,so fucking delicious, we sampled top shelf tequilas.
the owner of tequila restaurant in philly, david suro, manufactures his own tequila, siembra azul, a blanco tequila which is so good it almost made me cry.
mr. suro gave a detailed presentation on the history and manufacturing processes of tequila, which actually was quite captivating.
add to this, all the proceeds of his tequila go to the education of immigrant's children, he is quite an amazing dude.
so, distrito opens monday the twentieth of july. come check it out.
i'd make reservations though, this place is gonna be the bee's knees.