Yelpers Mingle Over Margaritas

What a fun night! Thank you Ryan C. for organizing a great event. The food was tasty and plentiful. The margaritas were really good, and only 1 was enough! I enjoyed the venue and took some time to explore the restaurant and the docks as I’m the product of a waitress and a sailor! Ah… just like my chilhood, LOL!

Another great event put together!
Free delicious tacos, taquitos, and shrimp ceviche? Nomnomnoms! You got your choice of beef or chicken. I got beef every time I went up to get some and I went up a couple of times. No shame whatsoever. Their salsa sauce and guac were
too!
Cheap, huge ass margaritas? WIN! If you wanted to, you could pay a little more and get the more fancy/​flavorful ones, but I stuck with the simple margaritas. I’m not much of a tequila girl, but I was still happy with my drink.
Delightful company? Just the cherry on top of a wonderful night. It was awesome catching up with Michael P., Marty, Andrea, and Erin. Got to meet new folks as well, such as Sam, who joined us at our table, and the birthday girl, Harmony.
I had a lovely time winding down a work night in the middle of the week, with some drinks, good food, and best of all awesome company. Thank you so much, Ryan, for throwing another cool event. And thanks to Tequila Jack’s for hosting! I’m definitely going to have to come out there again to try out their happy hour menu.

My very first CMYE food/​drink event! Finally an event close to my office in LB! Great complimentary food and great HH drink prices. This part of LB near the water is great.
Food Tried:
Chicken/​Beef tacos — both were good.
Shrimp ceviche — fresh shrimp. loved it
Taquitos — average
Guacamole — good stuff. great with everything
Drinks:
Margarita — 3.95, tasty and great size.
Service:
Great, friendly, attentive
Parking: Large lot; Validation from Tequila Jack’s

I RSVP’d last minute and was able to get in. Thanks Ryan C.
This was my third Unilocal event! Tequila Jack’s had some great chicken and beef tacos, guacamole, and magaritas! Yum! Oh and the shrimp ceviche was fresh and full of shrimps and avacados! My favorites! The staff was friendly and attentive!
I’m looking forward to other Unilocal events in the future!

This was my 2^nd Unilocal event and very different than the massive party I went to for my first event. This was simply good times with good food! Sometimes simple is better.
Long Beach is not close for me but I made the trek over here with my guest and arrived around 7:30. The event ended at 8 so I wasn’t sure what to expect when we got there. To my pleasant surprise there was plenty of free food left and lots Unilocalers still mingling. Everyone was very nice and it was great to meet fellow Unilocal peeps in real life.
The atmosphere was really great! Not sure if I would’ve ever tried Tequila Jack’s if it weren’t for this event, so I’m glad I did. It’s a very lively yet cozy restaurant with an amazing view of the water. Very nice! The staff there was also very attentive. There was a nice table set up like a buffet line and they kept plenty of food available up until the end of the event.
The house margaritas were yummy and they didn’t skimp on the tequila. I was most impressed by the shrimp cocktail and chips and guacamole. Soo yum! I could’ve made a meal just off of those… and I practically did :) The tacos and taquitos were a little dry, but I can’t complain. I would definitely come back here again for a taco tuesday if I’m in the area.
Each event I go to is making me love Unilocal even more! Hats off to Ryan C. For putting together all of these fun events.

This was such an awesome Unilocal event to mingle and meet new peeps and sample Tequila Jack’s finest cuts of their Happy Hour menu! Props to Ryan C for hosting another fantastic event. I loved that this event was smaller and more personable. No waiting in lines and fighting crowds here. I was able to hang out with new friends Sara C, Frank Z and Jason A, drink giant margaritas the size of my head (YESSSS) and just enjoy the night in a venue that wasn’t too noisy or overcrowded, and upscalish to boot!
There so many giveaways and raffle prizes. Most importantly, everyone was so super cool from the community managers to the Unilocalers. I really felt proud to be part of the Unilocal community and hang out with these wonderful people. And now I’m really excited to attend my next Unilocal event now that I have some friends to look forward to seeing. If you’ve never thought about attending a Unilocal event, I encourage you to do. Not only are the parties always fun, but the people are so friendly and so worth meeting. Thanks Ryan!

Ryan, great job!
I really enjoyed this small, intimate event made possible by an amazing community manager!
The spread was fantastic. Good job Tequila Jacks! There was carne asada or chicken tacos, taquitos, large shrimp cocktails and chips with guacamole. The staff came around several times and kept refilling our chips as well. Everyone who worked there was super friendly and accommodating.
I had an amazing $ 3.95 margarita that was HUGE and I definitely had to use both hands. Their house margaritas on the rocks are fantastic. Then I got really wild and had a strawberry margarita with sugar around the rim.
I made some new friends and really had a great time. I also got an extra raffle ticket when I checked in at Tequila Jacks. And because of that raffle ticket, I won an I heart Unilocal shirt. I feel very official and ready to rock the red at the next Unilocal event.
And the best part that tied up the evening? The beautiful sunset right outside. I am definitely coming back to Tequila Jacks.

I feel so much better now… such a feeling of relief… the pent up pressure has been released… due to Ryan C’s personal effort… I am no longer a virgin! OH… wait… you thought I meant… HAHAHAHA! **blushing** No, no, no… let me rephrase that… Ryan C popped my cherry Wednesday night. OH CRAP, that doesn’t sound right either! **REALLY blushing now** What I REALLY mean to say is… I am no longer a CMYE virgin as I have NOW been to my FIRST CMYE! PHEW! That is MUCH better!
Ryan C has been aggressively planning and hosting a large number of events to make up for the few months prior to his taking over as the OC Community Manager. This CMYE was a nice calm event at Tequila Jacks. A nice size group of Unilocalers, decent noise level and a place for everyone to sit!
For nibbles Tequila Jacks provided chips & salsa, chicken and carne asada tacos,
made to order shrimp cocktail, yummy taquitos and some awesome fresh made guacamole!
Everything was fresh & tasty!
For beverages I believe they were giving us the «happy hour» prices on margaritas and more, but I didn’t partake. Harmonie T was celebrating her B-​day with us and everyone sang «Happy Birthday» to her… more or less on key… LOL
But the best part was being able to sit and talk with friends and meet new friends.
Overall it was a very nice local event! Thanks you Tequila Jack’s and Ryan C!

this was my first event with Ryan and guess what? Ryan’s definitely dope in my book :) the event was at a nice place and location. although I have never been to Tequila Jack’s, i thought the experience here was amazing. yes, i’m sure because they knew they were catering to a bunch of Unilocalers, they probably went out of their way to perform their best, but it’s enough for me to want to return.
this was a smaller and intimate affair, which is ALWAYS good to have once in awhile so you’re not just another face in a big crowd of Unilocalers. i met some really wonderful Unilocalers, whom i’ve never even met or friended throughout the 5 – 6 years I’ve been a Unilocaler. And these new Unilocal friends were truly amazing because even though my BF and I experienced a little set-​back with our transportation at the end of the night, our new Unilocal friends were so generous to make sure we got home safe and sound. much love to them! (Emily Y., Maria S. & Jason A.)
anyways, on a lighter note, the manager of Tequila Jack was super nice and came to our table numerous times to make sure we were OK. the food was delicious, i had just a little of everything (even though it was clearly stated that it was a buffet and they never ran out of food), no one «pigged out» like it was their last meal, which is always nice. i never really liked having to fight the crowd just to get a little taste of something. both the asada and chicken tacos were delicious (surprisingly not dry at all), the tiny taquitos and the shrimp cocktail were tasty as well. we had to pay for drinks but it wasn’t totally reasonable, $ 3.95 for schooners of whatever you wanted (beer, ritas & well drinks). naturally, for a mexican restaurant, we went with the margaritas. i am absolutely a die-​hard chips and salsa fan and the refills never stopped (even when we didnt ask for it). so i commend the wonderful staff for their hard work.
there were raffle prizes (no one at our table won anything), lots of friendly faces, good food and drinks. this was definitely one of my favorite events. thanks again to Ryan and his crew for putting this together.

Tequila Jack’s has a really great Happy Hour that I enjoy, so I was pleased to hear we Unilocalers were going to be able to enjoy HH drink specials for the entirety of the evening along with not only free tacos, but free shrimp cocktails, free taquitos, free guac and all the fixins! We got a nice sampling of everything and had no complaints on the food. Everything tasted fresh, meat was cooked nicely, and it’s important to note that the guac was outta sight. Everything was set out buffet style and lasted all night long… the manager even left the food out past the designated event hours for people to munch on as they hung out a little later.
Servers were quick to bring out our drinks and really made the event run smoothly. As for the 3.95 House Margaritas… pretty legit! They were sweet, salty, limey, and stiff. Two schooners full of margarita had me feeling festive! Everyone was feeling merry and bright; the mingling last night was off the charts, which was the point of the event, so, in my opinion, a complete success for Ryan C. There were lots of happy, smiling Unilocalers out for this one and the evening was just lovely.
Super intimate, simple, fab event. Thanks, Mr. C. & Tequila Jacks :]

My drink of choice these days has been the margarita. Smooth, salty and delicious. It’s especially welcomed on a Wednesday to get me through the rest of the week. And thanks to the new OC CM, Ryan C., he whipped up yet another fabulous event where I can enjoy a good drink with Unilocalers on the cheap.
The event went off just like Ryan planned it– $ 3.95 happy hour well drinks, free grub (chips & salsa, and a buffet of guacamole, tacos and good sized shrimp cocktails), happy chatty Unilocalers in attendance and a raffle near the end with Unilocal schwag and movie and concert tickets, too. I didn’t win anything, but that’s O.K. I was asked to assist with the raffle, (Ryan’s words were, «Will you be my Vanna?» HAHA) which I did happily. We even sang happy birthday to Harmonie T. Oh, and how can I forget — easy parking for $ 1. Woah. In Long Beach at Shoreline Village? Yep.
Tequila Jacks was a great choice for a happy hour event. It wasn’t too busy and the service was good. The well margarita I had was served in a medium size goblet which was a happy surprise because it was larger than I expected.
I was glad to see Michael P. out and about after hip replacement surgery and to finally meet his squeeze Marty. I chatted up Erin and Andrea V., Tommy S. AKA Uncle Tommy and Kevin B.
All in all, it was a swell event.

Ryan C. is effing legit!
First of all, nothing gets past him. I think he has spies working for him. Second, if he has knowledge of something, he’s gonna run with it. So when I arrived at the check-​in table and saw this:
…I was like «How did he know!?! :ahem Andrea!: ;D
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Shoreline Village so I was excited to check out Tequila Jack’s. It was a laid back evening for our group of less than 50 Unilocalers. This smaller-​sized event made it easy for frequent trips to the taco bar. Never underestimate the deliciousness of a guacamole taco!
And never underestimate the size of the House Margarita. It is HUGE!!! And after I had a nice buzz going, Ryan led the whole group to sing «Happy Birthday» to me which was super super sweet :)
It was practically a no brainer decision to attend this event for my birthday. I mean, I didn’t have to plan anything, there was free tacos, the GIANT margarita was less than $ 4, lots of Unilocal swag and I was surrounded by good friends. Not too mention, I won tickets to a Switchfoot concert! That’s right, Ryan raffles off concert tickets! I said he was effing legit, didn’t I?
Thanks Ryan for letting me crash your Unilocal event with my birthday ;D

Ryan is seriously spoiling us with all these events and giveaways! Cheap margaritas and free tacos? Sounds good to me!
Mingling over margaritas was fun and a nice Unilocaly way to celebrate Harmonie’s birthday! While we couldn’t quite enjoy the free tacos with varying meats, we did get to enjoy some tortillas and chips with salsa and guacamole. Guacamole really is the best part anyway, isn’t it?
Tequila Jack’s has a pretty cool happy hour menu, especially considering their location in Shoreline Village. I ordered a couple of veggie tacos from the happy hour menu ($ 1 each on Tuesdays, $ 3.95 last night). And $ 3.95 is a good price for their huge house margaritas (although ours ended up being about twice the price due to miscommunication with the server).
Ryan filled the tables with Unilocal goodies and E.T. figurines so everyone had goodies to take home on top of all the food. At the end of the evening, he led the group into a Happy Birthday song for Harmonie and did a raffle for some awesome prizes and concert tickets. I was the first winner (yay) and I won a Unilocal watch. I passed the torch (watch) onto Michael P.‘s fiancé, Marty M. so that he will always know when it is «time to Unilocal».
Thanks to Ryan and the very friendly staff at Tequila Jacks! It was a fun night. (Shout out to my one percenters…)

Many of my Unilocal Friends’ know MP has been out of commission from my total hip replacement for a long time and, not only was I missing ALL of you terribly but, I was wanting to get well to meet our new CM of the OC, LB and the coolest [ MY Beach, My Wave ] Cities Ryan C!
The work that goes into negotiating, planning, networking and ALL of the effort needed to make an event happen and, make Yeplers happy is a major undertaking and needs to ALWAYS be recognized.
This act is one of true commitment and dedication.
However, when you are the CM of an area (a new CM at that) and you Unilocal the ground running like Ryan C has done, hosted so many in a short period of time, I stand and applaud and truly admire your prowess Ryan, I truly do!
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Ryan, I have read reviews about your amazingly orchestrated events, Elite, CMYES, Mini-​In-​Betweeners and the like; I kept saying, «MP, hang in there, you got wait listed once because it was not time to be out and about on your new Pirate Leg!»
This CMYE, was an intimate, relaxed setting for just what the event title stated « Unilocalers Mingle Over Margaritas.»
The libations of delicious HUGE margaritas for $ 3.95, the scrumptious, soft tacos of chicken & carne asada, the mini fried rolled tacos, the shrimp Mexico style cocktails and last but not least that guacamole,(HOLY-MOLE) were a perfect addition to this venue.
The raffle prizes were a nice touch as was the check in bonus for another ticket.
Also, giving the ever beautiful Harmonie a birthday song shout was very sweet and, Harmonie won a raffle prize too-​COOL!
I was very happy to have finally met my Signal Hill neighbor Kevin, see John F again and of course see Rain, Mikee, Harmonie, Judi and, meet some new Unilocalers too.
Lastly, our table was a Hot Topic place to hang as Elise, Erin, Andrea, Sam, Me & Marty chatted the night away making it look like a mix of The View and Chelsea Lately!
Unilocal Shwag is always a plus and those bags are nice to keep things going green.
So Ryan, kudos to you sir as I never shut up the whole time going home talking about how lucky I am to have attended this event, as a segway in getting me back into the Unilocal event groove.
A pleasure meeting you Ryan.
Marty and I had a great time enjoying this event like the:

MP is back!!!
Reason enough to celebrate with this CMYE! Drunk reviews ftw lol
Writing this while at the bus stop waiting a ride. So glad we didn’t drive here! As much as I love driving my car, when alcohol is cheap and deceptively masked at $ 3.95 and you have fellow Unilocalers ordering you extra drinks, then yes, not having a car is a great idea!
Omygosh Ryan C., you’re awesome! A+ for not having a crowded event. So used to being at events where you can only have one round of food and/​or drinks. Not here. Tequila Jack was so generous, they were refilling the guacomole 15 mins before the event is over.
Happy birthday Harmonie T. :D