Rita’s

This cocktail and taco spot is anything but traditional. Perfectly located at the base of Teneriffe's London Woolstores on leafy Vernon Terrace, Rita's is recently under new ownership, but still the go-to cocktail bar for locals, and a weekend hot spot thanks to their bottomless brunches.

If you're here for a post-river walk marg, you can of course grab yourself a classic tequila-based sip (choose from eight flavours in fact) but their seasonal signatures cocktail list also features other spirits including Australian whiskeys and gins. Beyond cocktails, there's 30 to 40 skews of tequila and mezcal, a clutch of Australian wines, rotating beer taps and Tecate tins served with lime and a salted rim.

Now onto the food. Yes, there's corn chips and guac to snack on but the menu also features unorthodox takes on snacks such as oven baked jalapeño poppers, as well as a range of tacos with toppings like slow cooked lamb with green tomatillo salsa an pomegranate tabbouleh; battered fish with housemade tartare, fennel slaw and mushy peas; Egyptian falafel with fluffy, spiced ta'ameya, salsa verde and pickled onions.

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