This year Cinco de Mayo falls on a Tuesday, and Tuesday, unlike it’s more fun-loving weekday counterparts Friday and Saturday, is best known for two things: tacos, and more recently this. So we’re finding ourselves in another one of those party-vortexes like when Fleet Week, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and America’s Cup and more all happened at the same time. Ok, it’s not quite that dramatic, but there are a number of restaurants throughout Marin celebrating the occasion by going the extra step with music, drink specials, and more. Before you start downing shots and dancing around sombreros, we have a pro tip: Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. Here are our five favorite events — check them out and have fun tonight!
THE CANTINA Offering it’s full menu and converting the parking lot to a beach fiesta (complete with real sand) and 15 first-come, first-served tables. The festivities start around 4 and will also include a beer truck and a jump house for kids ($5 unlimited bouncing), thecantina.com.
GUAYMAS Features include: $3 Tecates, $4.50 Corona bottles, $5 select Margaritas, $7 Cazadores shots, plus an extended happy hour (2-8 p.m.) and a DJ, guaymasrestaurant.com.
MARINITAS You can expect their regular happy hour menu plus Hornitas drink specials and a DJ and dancing from around 9 p.m. to close, marinitas.net.
TACO JANE’S Their regular happy hour plus a DJ, tacojanes.com.
LA PINATA Happy hour specials plus a DJ, lapinatanovato.com.
Kasia Pawlowska loves words. A native of Poland, Kasia moved to the States when she was seven. The San Francisco State University creative writing graduate went on to write for publications like the San Francisco Bay Guardian and KQED Arts among others prior to joining the Marin Magazine staff. Topics Kasia has covered include travel, trends, mushroom hunting, an award-winning series on social media addiction and loads of other random things. When she’s not busy blogging or researching and writing articles, she’s either at home writing postcards and reading or going to shows. Recently, Kasia has been trying to branch out and diversify, ie: use different emojis. Her quest for the perfect chip is never-ending.
