BRAD ALLEN: NOW BOARDING AT MATADOR >>>
I've passed the "New Tequila Flights" sign outside the Matador several times this past month - but somehow, I'd never made it inside for the new ride. Since the bar lists more than 100 tequilas, I felt compelled to try the Anejo flight of Don Julio, Gran Centenario and Amate tequilas ($24, with four other tequila flights available) served on a wooden paddle - very similar to the one Neidermeyer used on Chip Diller in Animal House - with a chaser of red sangrita.
Nice.
I do think 100 tequilas is too many. Fifth tequilas is too many. Five is too many. In my barroom cosmos, there are only two varieties of the stuff: yellow-death flavor, and the good, clear white plata for when company comes over.
[Matador, 721 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.627.7100]