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A restaurant has damaged the Guinness World Record for the biggest tequila assortment on Earth — and it isn’t in Mexico.
Meximodo, which opened final November in Metuchen, New Jersey, boasts the largest library of agave spirits on this planet. A Guinness World Records adjudicator licensed the world file throughout a celebration on July 24.
The eatery serves over 1,000 various kinds of agave-derived liquor. In December, LeMalt Hospitality Group senior vice chairman TJ Pingitore spoke with Fox News Digital concerning the restaurant’s opening.
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Pingitore’s group was impressed to interrupt a world file after Metuchen garnered nationwide awards, together with the current 2023 Great American Main Street Award.
The Central New Jersey city was additionally named the birthplace of the 2023 American Girl Doll of the Year, Kavi Sharma.
Left to proper, Guinness World Record group members Callie Smith and MacKenzie Berry with Meximodo proprietor Saurabh Abrol, Guinness adjudicator Andy Glass and TJ Pingitore. (Meximodo)
“Being on the plaza, [with] the anchor business here about to open … we wanted to do something really special, not just for the community here, but also for the tequila enthusiasts all over the U.S.,” stated Pingitore.
“And we decided to break the world record for the most tequila [and] mezcal that’s pourable by law in the entire world.”
In December, Mayor Jonathan Busch spoke extremely of Meximodo’s opening to Fox News Digital.
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“The opening of Meximodo is another exciting investment in what has become one of the culinary capitals of Central Jersey,” the mayor stated. “We are so excited to welcome Meximodo to our award-winning downtown.”
Customers can stroll into the Metuchen restaurant and discover a tequila suited to their taste profile. The agave liquors can style spicy or smoky, Pingitore stated.
Customers can stroll into Meximodo in Central New Jersey and discover an agave liquor suited to their explicit taste profile. (Meximodo by LeMalt Hospitality Group/Designs by Celano Group)
“When you break down the tequila library, you’re looking at flavor profiles like smoky [and] mild,” he stated.
“You’re looking at whether it’s a tequila, a mezcal or another kind of derivative of that in the agave spirit world.”
“Our bartenders are all trained in suggesting the flavor profile out there,” he additionally stated.
“There’s a good 20 or 25 [liquors] that are on the spicier end or have a really jalapeño, habanero type of kick. There’s [tequilas] that you know — and then some small batch distillates that you don’t. And those are just as interesting, too, so we invite everybody to come in and discover.”
Among the 1,000-plus tequila and mescal bottles in Meximodo’s library, Pingitore stated his favorites are El Tesoro and Tequila Ocho.
The senior government additionally advised Fox News Digital that neither of Meximodo’s two rivals for the world file are in Mexico.
The two institutions are situated in Las Vegas and London.
The world file had been “right around 600 unique bottles, and we have over 1,000 bottles,” Pingitore stated. “So we’ve shattered that record.”
“The pollo con mole is amazing. It’s our chicken.”
Meximodo additionally boasts an intensive menu with meals developed from the group’s visits to numerous Mexican villages.
Many of the tequilas pair effectively with the menu’s dishes.
Meximodo founder Saurabh Abrol (far left) and group members in Mexico. (Meximodo by LeMalt Hospitality Group/Designs by Celano Group)
“The pollo con mole is amazing. It’s our chicken. The mole appears very, very well with kind of our milder, some of our milder flavor profile skills that might have a little smoke to them really goes well,” Pingitore stated.
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“And then you have our barbacoa — which is delicious, served two different ways.”
One of the most well-liked dishes at Meximodo is pollo con mole, which pairs effectively with tequila, stated Pingitore. (Meximodo by LeMalt Hospitality Group/Designs by Celano Group)
“Either way you get it, whether it’s in a taco or it’s in the main dish, you can get it with a more smoky tequila,” he added.
“We’d say something on the smokier [side] or even a mezcal.”
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The restaurant’s distinctive tequila library has been drawing consideration from native media, even incomes it the title of “most colorful new restaurant” by NJ.com.
Members of the Meximodo group traveled to Mexico as they have been creating the restaurant’s menu. (Meximodo by LeMalt Hospitality Group/Designs by Celano Group)
“My new favorite Mexican spot!” one reviewer wrote on Google.
“Everything is beautifully decorated from the minute you walk in, and we could tell there was a lot of love put into this place.”
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Said the identical reviewer, “I’m usually not a fan of guacamole, but the Pineapple-Mango Guacamole here is fantastic, and we especially enjoyed the street-style corn and the creative cocktails. Will definitely be returning to try the rest of the menu!”
