Posted on 06/15/2007 2:41:59 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ANTIOCH – Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.
The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.
“I wasn't going to make a big deal about it,” the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, “but then he got sick.”
The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers.
“We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake,” Tei said.
Applebee's International Inc. spokeswoman Laura Tigges would not discuss the incident Friday when The Associated Press called her for comment. The Overland Park, Kan.-based company is the world's largest casual dining restaurant concept, with more than 1,900 restaurants.
The serving appeared to have been accidental, Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said. Mayorga said her son is now doing fine.
She said the company has been very apologetic and offered free meals, but she added, “If they think I'm going back there, they're ridiculous.”
Somebody at that restaurant is so fired.
The manager. lol
I didn’t know that margarita mix comes with tequila and triple sec in it.
Hey Norm!
Yeah! Whoever heard of an apple margarita- the kid should have been served tequila in strawberry juice or limeade!
Howdy!
I gave up tequila years ago... not much of a sunrise fan.
We’re sweating down here,, 3rd day into the 90s
Salting the rim would be hard too.
How do you accidentally make a Margarita in a sippy cup?
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Gimme a minute, I’m workin’ on it. lol
96 here yesterday, but low 70s today. Perfect.
The marine layer. whew. We get relief tonight and this weekend down here. I hope.
Well, we’re heading up to Tulloch for a week.....it’s in the hundreds there. But at least not too humid.
Fortunately the little cabins at the lake have AC.
Sounds like a good set-up. Don’t forget mosquito spray.
They serve Margaritas in sippy cups? I don’t get it.
The lady is silly for NOT goign back for free meals..she’d get the BEST service and food..
The lady is silly for NOT goign back for free meals..she’d get the BEST service and food..
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I hear ya,, until the kid is old enough to drink, at least.
At Applebees? LOL. She'd get glad handed alright. But in the end she'd get the same crud.
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