Kentucky Club: The Last Legend Standing

Bartender Teodoro Morales mixes the Kentucky Club’s famous margarita. The bar in Ciudad Juárez claims to be the birthplace of that cocktail. Photo by Christian Torres Chávez/Puente News Collaborative

In a city shaped by shifting tides, the Kentucky Club has survived it all — from Prohibition to pandemics — by holding fast to its famous margarita and its status as a cross-border sanctuary.

Editor’s note: This story was co-published by KTEP News with Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener, and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border.

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