National Tequila Day in Vegas: Chorizo Fat-Washed Tequila and Scorpion Garnishes

National Tequila Day is this Sunday, July 24, and we wanted to send you these top selections from Las Vegas hot spots. From chorizo fat-washed tequila to cocktails garnished with a scorpion, we hope these will pique your interest.

Lucky Day

Lucky Day, a tequila and mezcal bar brimming with iconography, color and an explosion of lights located in Downtown Las Vegas, offers an impressive selection of rare mezcals, small-batch tequilas, signature cocktails and more. Lucky Day’s Scorpion Punch cocktail (pictured at top), made with tequila or mezcal, watermelon liquor, nightshade, pepper syrup, house sour, lime juice and a scorpion garnish, is sure to help you celebrate National Tequila Day, with a hint of danger. Lucky Day also offers tequila flights, with choices including Blanco, Reposado, Añejo, extra Añejo and more.

Peyote

A glamorous desert oasis awash in a vibrant palette, Peyote brings retro desert charm to Downtown Las Vegas. Peyote’s Chorizo margarita is an adventurous twist on the classic, made with chorizo fat-washed Teremana Tequila, agave and lime.

Park on Fremont

Park on Fremont brings design, craft cocktails and an irreverent art collection together as a whimsical restaurant and bar in Downtown Las Vegas and offers live entertainment from local DJs and entertainers on Friday and Saturday nights on its extended DJ booth with a premier sound system. Its signature cocktail, The Hopster, made with Casamigos Blanco, fresh lime juice, Stiegl Radler Grapefruit beer and a salted rim, is a citrus sipper to keep cool with on National Tequila Day.

We All Scream

We All Scream, located in Downtown Las Vegas, is a 10,000-square-foot art-filled nightclub and not-for-profit ice creamery benefiting public art. In celebration of National Tequila Day, We All Scream is highlighting its Missus Frazzle Berry cocktail, made with Reposado Tequila, pear, honey, Cassis, lime juice and soda.

Commonwealth

Commonwealth, a 6,000-square-foot cocktail bar located in Downtown Las Vegas, offers a stylish social scene with a collision of art and industrial architecture mapped across two floors. Mixologists sling hand-crafted cocktails from a menu of signature drinks as well seasonal selections. For National Tequila Day, Commonwealth will feature its Take it Easy cocktail, made with DeLeón platinum tequila, lime juice, simple syrup and grapefruit, topped with sprite.