Celebrate National Margarita Day With Stampede 66's Liquid Nitrogen Margarita

The Modern Star Canyon Margarita at Stampede 66 is flash-frozen at your table with liquid nitrogen for a drink and a show.

By Susie Oszustowicz

February 22, 2018

This cocktail is a drink and a show. courtesy Stampede 66

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Quintessential Dallas things: margaritas, Stephan Pyles and making things a little "extra."

Put them together and get you the Modern Star Canyon Margarita at Stampede 66. Stephan Pyles' legendary Star Canyon restaurant served a version of this margarita (tequila, orange liqueur, prickly pear puree, sweet and sour), but its reinvention at his Uptown Dallas concept needed a slight upgrade.

Enter: liquid nitrogen. The Texas-heavy restaurant was one of the first to adopt the liquid nitrogen trend for this table-side cocktail. The liquid is flash-frozen, giving you a drink and a show.

Modern Star Canyon Margarita ($18): Hornitos Silver, Patrón Citronge, prickly pear puree, sweet and sour, topped with lime foam and candied jalapeños

Stampede 66, 1717 McKinney Ave. (Uptown)

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