Taste This: Mexican Style Shrimp Cocktail ($17 as of Oct. 4, 2025) at The 1 Food and Spirits, a restaurant located inside BLU-tique Akron, a hotel in downtown Akron.
Creator: Latrice Walters, executive chef and culinary lead.
Eye Test: This version of shrimp cocktail has a spirit of its own. Lively and sun-warmed; more Baja Beach Café than banquet table. It’s created with housemade tortilla chips dusted with salt, pepper, smoked paprika and Aleppo pepper, a Mexican spice…