July 24, 2014 – National Tequila Day – National Drive-Thru Day #NationalTequilaDay #NationalDrive-ThruDay

The Las Brisas cocktail at Urban Taco, just $3 on National Tequila Day. (Photo: Urban Taco)

NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY
Are you ready for July 24, 2014?  It is the annual celebration of National Tequila Day.

• Tequila is a distilled beverage which is made from the blue agave plant.
• Made primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, 40 miles Northwest of Guadalajara and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the western Mexican state of Jalisco.
• More than 300 million blue agave plants are harvested in that surrounding region each year.
• Agave tequila grows differently depending on the region.
• Blue Agave – grown in the highlands region – larger in size and sweeter in aroma and taste.
• Agave – grown in the lowland region – have more herbaceous fragrance and flavor.
• Mexican law states that tequila can be produced only in the state of Jaliscoand limited regions in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit andTamaulipas.
• Mexico is granted international right to the word “tequila”.
• Bulk amounts can be shipped to be bottled in the United States.
• Tequila is normally made at 38-40 % alcohol content but can be produced between 31-55 % alcohol content.
• Don Cenobio Sauza, founder of Sauza Tequila and Municipal President of the Village of Tequila from 1884-1885, was the first to export tequila to the United States.
• The Consejo Regulador del Tequila (Tequila Regulatory Council) in 2008, reported 901 registered brands of tequila from 128 different producers.

CHEERS!  HAPPY NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY!
NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator and the origin of National Tequila Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

Drive-Thru Sign

NATIONAL DRIVE-THRU DAY
National Drive-Thru Day is celebrated annually on July 24.
Did you know there are more than 211,000 fast food restaurants in the United States?
The drive-thru format was pioneered in the United States in the 1930′s.
Hamburgers sold for just 18 cents at some of the first drive-thru restaurants.
Today it is not just restaurants that have drive-thru’s,  there are banks, pharmacy’s, liquor stores, post offices, coffee shops, dry cleaners and even wedding chapels.
Enjoy National Drive-Thru Day in all the drive-thru’s that you utilize!
NATIONAL DRIVE-THRU DAY HISTORY
America’s first drive-thru burger chain, Jack in the Box, created National Drive-Thru Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, to celebrate America’s love of convenience by vehicle.