Restaurant Serves Toddler Margarita In Sippy Cup

[Kadie]

Jun 15, 2007 10:44 am US/Pacific

Restaurant Serves Toddler Margarita In Sippy Cup

(AP) ANTIOCH A toddler who was served a margarita at a restaurant earlier this week is doing well, and investigators say the incident appears to have been an accident.

Police say 2-year-old Julian Mayorga ordered apple juice but instead received an alcoholic beverage in a covered, plastic sippy cup on Monday night at an Applebee's franchise in Antioch, between San Francisco and Sacramento.

The boy's mother, Kim Mayorga, said she noticed Julian making funny faces and pushing away his cup. She opened the lid and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec. The toddler 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 said Thursday, "but then he got sick."

Applebee's Vice President Randy Tei said the restaurant keeps apple juice and the premixed margarita concoction in identical-looking plastic bottles on ice behind the bar. A manager on duty mistakenly grabbed the margarita bottle instead of the apple juice jug, Tei said.

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[Bucky]

1. I am outraged!

What a horrible waste of tequila!
.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Was it a salt-rimmed sippy cup?

[Hippo_Tron]

3. Damnit, why doesn't Applebees ever accidentally serve me a Margarita when I order Apple Juice?

[proud patriot]

4. I'm glad the toddler is okay

they need to mark the bottles better

[MissB]

5. Dude. Time to start labeling containers.

[Bluebear]

6. Outrageous! The sippy cup wasn't even rimmed with salt!

I kid.

[northzax]

7. didn't this happen about a year ago as well?

maybe not applebees, but somewhere? rings a bell.

[Kadie]

8. Yes - Young Boy Served Alcohol At NY Applebee's

Jan 9, 2006 4:21 pm US/Pacific

Young Boy Served Alcohol At NY Diner
(CBS) NEW YORK An Applebee's restaurant in New York

http://cbs13.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_009192255.html

[Sequoia]

13. he couldn't stop laughing and started licking bread baskets

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. That's fucking hilarious.

:thumbsup:

[northzax]

18. glad to see they learned how to prevent it

and applied those standards nationally.

[Madspirit]

9. Aww...and HEEE

Poor baby...but this just cracked me up.

...and I agree with all the above posts.

Was the rim salted and why won't anyone ever accidentally serve me a Margarita? I'm not supposed to drink but hey...perfect excuse. "I thought it was juice in my sippy cup."
Lee

[Bluebear]

11. LOL!

"I thought it was juice in my sippy cup! Honest!!"

:toast:

[Madspirit]

15. Then there's...

Then there's me having to explain to my girlfriend why, at 53, I've started drinking out of a sippy cup again...<g>

Lee

[AngryAmish]

10. When I was his age I stole my Dad's shot of whisky

I was told I made a funny face and went to sleep for a long while.

[maxsolomon]

12. so the kid had a couple sips & pushed it away?

mom KNEW it was a couple SIPS of tequila yet "rushed" the kid to the hospital when he threw up?

this country... :eyes:

[Madspirit]

14. I Don't Understand Your Response

Why would she have rushed him to the hospital before he acted sick? Alcohol may not be good for people and particularly babies but it doesn't usually cause death with just two sips. She probably thought he was fine.

I know tons of people and it is much to my chagrin and dismay, who let their babies sip their beers.

I don't understand your response.
Lee

[maxsolomon]

20. she PANICKED & utilized emergency room services.

why would she have rushed him to the hospital period? as you said, tons of people let babies sip alcohol.

americans overreact & interpret everything as a threat because our puritan culture is based on fear & hatred of pleasure.

its not like the kid LIKED the tequila & drank it down.

[Marr]

17. I don't think you could do anything with a sippy cup that wouldn't make me laugh.

"Sippy cup". Haha.

[edbermac]

19. Party Time!

[piedmont]

21. "Toddler Margarita" now with extra protein! nt