Vancouver Daze, Volume 27: Yelp Tequila Sunrise Elite Event at The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina on Granville Street on July 26, 2011. Published in Vancouver Is Awesome.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6133/5983425253_b1745e9881_z.jpg)
It had been awhile since the last Yelp Elite event, not including the joint V.I.A. and Yelp Robin McMillan (left with me and director of marketing Crystal Hendrickson).
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6139/5983408767_399d6a0f94_z.jpg)
For her first outing, billed as a "Tequila Tasting Throw Down".
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6150/5983944464_314436542d_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/5983412487_d751ef5dc9_n.jpg)
She kept it small with a fiesta at The Mexican complete with sombreros (one of which I totally stole), a deceptively durable piñata, Mexican beer and food.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6029/5983416735_ceee33d953_z.jpg)
Birthday girl Gina Argentina started things off, but Colene really went to town on the piñata and it got dangerous. She narrowly missed rifling me square in the groin on a missed swing. True story.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5983979324_a09a55d6d9_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6025/5983389985_4d5dde8570_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6016/5983442633_17117eef28_n.jpg)
Eventually, we managed to break out the goodies inside for a Mexican-style celebration. As you can tell, I decided to pose for some increasingly unflattering photos with the most furled expression I've ever displayed.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6142/5983413133_905fab8628_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6011/5983373043_b10925b485_n.jpg)
It sure was a party with some salsa dancing. Some complained about the warm, cramped conditions, and being hard to live up to some of past, "classier" parties of late.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6007/5983972376_7d469e5536_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/5983976016_8991db3145_n.jpg)
However, I really dug it, precisely because it was different and fun! I think it reflected the new CM's fun breakneck attitude and breezy nature.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6132/5983981566_eb687889ef_z.jpg)
I expect things to only continue to build and excel from here.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/5983411819_0d6e9c3384_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6123/5983394795_9fb2035b12_n.jpg)
I had a blast even after the wildly different, more industry seafood and wine event I attended immediately beforehand in Yaletown. It was an big night.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6010/5983420345_bf33b8c448_z.jpg)
We had lots of fun in our silly hats posing and dancing to the band. The moustaches really added to the flare.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6017/5983393581_93db92f11c_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5983958014_fc73fbf2d6_n.jpg)
Clearly Dennis was not impressed with my humourless sombrero glare. I thought yet another furled expression was a good idea for some reason. I blame the sombrero.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6024/5983983674_3fa8bd1814_z.jpg)
Obviously I didn't look as good or sassy as Yelpers Linzi or Colene.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6139/5983422815_1c930d0afa_z.jpg)
The lovely and friendly Robin was sweltering in her poncho and got more casual as the night went on posing with Vincci.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6150/5983959418_c9527ab605_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6143/5983422347_12097e45c0_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6018/5983971714_7032139d55_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6133/5983409363_2e7c39d3cb_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6140/5983917274_8cc488ec57_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5983972944_7bb30872b8_n.jpg)
The snacks were excelsior too. I dig authentic Mexican food and heartened by more and more joints like La Taqueria, Salsa & Agave, and The Mexican.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6125/5983986034_395fcaa592_z.jpg)
The night ended with a rousing musical medley and various of us Yelpers pitching in, but Colene went to town on the bongos and shakers.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6016/5983403695_580f17459f_z.jpg)
It was a blast. Things got better toward the end of the night with a little thinning out of the crowd for easier mingling and less sweaty times.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6028/5983406681_6b3d450348_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6129/5983424731_0be9846162_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6122/5983423413_35c8b85196_z.jpg)
The Yelp community in Vancouver is strong and an interesting, eclectic, fun bunch.
![Mexican Fiesta 66](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sWh11K7np47fINJAgvNRMd8MMybZYWJNUyYDf02XACtNtw407hmJ7PPuZyCR4WLcFB-L4-BRvteaUpwE8W-CDzQGMOTfytWITwEwp65V6JMFX36tvjXrUQjlVAGNfOn70=s0-d)
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I look forward to more and the new direction Robin as CM will take our fair city's socially industrious community.
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![The Mexican on Urbanspoon](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vh0mmFNB03HcG2H_rzoSKNpreVSPIzFWN1hSOQehDLYXMZGQsVTDPVvJfH6bj-eZXJtftWSFViuP1-nLdphRX_HuhsHRxGjefHUHUtM7Fpx4HgV_wSnIgg=s0-d)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6133/5983425253_b1745e9881_z.jpg)
It had been awhile since the last Yelp Elite event, not including the joint V.I.A. and Yelp Robin McMillan (left with me and director of marketing Crystal Hendrickson).
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6139/5983408767_399d6a0f94_z.jpg)
For her first outing, billed as a "Tequila Tasting Throw Down".
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6150/5983944464_314436542d_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/5983412487_d751ef5dc9_n.jpg)
She kept it small with a fiesta at The Mexican complete with sombreros (one of which I totally stole), a deceptively durable piñata, Mexican beer and food.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6029/5983416735_ceee33d953_z.jpg)
Birthday girl Gina Argentina started things off, but Colene really went to town on the piñata and it got dangerous. She narrowly missed rifling me square in the groin on a missed swing. True story.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5983979324_a09a55d6d9_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6025/5983389985_4d5dde8570_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6016/5983442633_17117eef28_n.jpg)
Eventually, we managed to break out the goodies inside for a Mexican-style celebration. As you can tell, I decided to pose for some increasingly unflattering photos with the most furled expression I've ever displayed.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6142/5983413133_905fab8628_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6011/5983373043_b10925b485_n.jpg)
It sure was a party with some salsa dancing. Some complained about the warm, cramped conditions, and being hard to live up to some of past, "classier" parties of late.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6007/5983972376_7d469e5536_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/5983976016_8991db3145_n.jpg)
However, I really dug it, precisely because it was different and fun! I think it reflected the new CM's fun breakneck attitude and breezy nature.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6132/5983981566_eb687889ef_z.jpg)
I expect things to only continue to build and excel from here.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6146/5983411819_0d6e9c3384_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6123/5983394795_9fb2035b12_n.jpg)
I had a blast even after the wildly different, more industry seafood and wine event I attended immediately beforehand in Yaletown. It was an big night.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6010/5983420345_bf33b8c448_z.jpg)
We had lots of fun in our silly hats posing and dancing to the band. The moustaches really added to the flare.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6017/5983393581_93db92f11c_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5983958014_fc73fbf2d6_n.jpg)
Clearly Dennis was not impressed with my humourless sombrero glare. I thought yet another furled expression was a good idea for some reason. I blame the sombrero.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6024/5983983674_3fa8bd1814_z.jpg)
Obviously I didn't look as good or sassy as Yelpers Linzi or Colene.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6139/5983422815_1c930d0afa_z.jpg)
The lovely and friendly Robin was sweltering in her poncho and got more casual as the night went on posing with Vincci.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6150/5983959418_c9527ab605_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6143/5983422347_12097e45c0_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6018/5983971714_7032139d55_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6133/5983409363_2e7c39d3cb_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6140/5983917274_8cc488ec57_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6121/5983972944_7bb30872b8_n.jpg)
The snacks were excelsior too. I dig authentic Mexican food and heartened by more and more joints like La Taqueria, Salsa & Agave, and The Mexican.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6125/5983986034_395fcaa592_z.jpg)
The night ended with a rousing musical medley and various of us Yelpers pitching in, but Colene went to town on the bongos and shakers.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6016/5983403695_580f17459f_z.jpg)
It was a blast. Things got better toward the end of the night with a little thinning out of the crowd for easier mingling and less sweaty times.
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6028/5983406681_6b3d450348_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6129/5983424731_0be9846162_n.jpg)
![Yelp Vancouver Elite Party | The Mexican Antojitos y Cantina](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6122/5983423413_35c8b85196_z.jpg)
The Yelp community in Vancouver is strong and an interesting, eclectic, fun bunch.
I look forward to more and the new direction Robin as CM will take our fair city's socially industrious community.
More | YVArcade / Photo | Yelp
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