Bar Review - sunshine ahead

Cheap tequila is nasty stuff. Often poorly distilled and improperly purified, it can also be filled with nasty additives like caramel coloring and sugar that are designed to mask an otherwise vomitous flavor.

But when tequila is good, it’s very, very good. For a sip of something that smacks of warm weather and sunny skies, slip into a chair at Cabbagetown’s Agave restaurant and order their Herradura Estate Top Shelf margarita. Made with a generous dose of Herradura Estate Silver, a tequila known for its masterful distillation of blue agave, all the drink requires beyond this is a splash of Grand Marnier, a squeeze of lime and a splash of sour.

Agave, 242 Boulevard. 404-588-0006. www.agaverestaurant.com.??