Selection
Momocho: 22 tequilas (Gran Patrón Platinum is $32 a pour), 6 flavors
Lopez: 23 tequilas (Gran Patrón Platinum, $29 for a margarita or $150 for a pitcher), 10 flavors
Winner: Lopez
Lopez: 23 tequilas (Gran Patrón Platinum, $29 for a margarita or $150 for a pitcher), 10 flavors
Winner: Lopez
Presentation
Momocho: Tall, skinny glasses encourage tasteful sipping and fit the big-city/secret-haunt theme (mood lighting, religious icons on the walls, bartenders in skinny jeans).
Lopez: Short, stocky tumbler-style glasses call out for an accompanying pitcher — right in line with the festive, family atmosphere (close seating, bright colors, loud chatter).
Winner: Momocho
Lopez: Short, stocky tumbler-style glasses call out for an accompanying pitcher — right in line with the festive, family atmosphere (close seating, bright colors, loud chatter).
Winner: Momocho
Standout
Momocho: Good things come in threes; give us a guac sampler ($16) and a margarita sampler ($14) and send us home happy.
Lopez: The golden margarita is all you need. Strong and flavorful, it fits the vibrant Lopez mood.
Winner: Momocho
Lopez: The golden margarita is all you need. Strong and flavorful, it fits the vibrant Lopez mood.
Winner: Momocho
Our Pick
Momocho: The Cadillac margarita (price of tequila plus $2) with Don Julio Reposado. It had the most authentically limey-but-light, sweet-but-sour taste.
Lopez: The flavored flight, at $9 for four margarita samples, is the best deal in town: four 2-ounce pours in a multicolored profusion of liquid and sugar rims. Just try not to get tipsy.
Winner: Lopez
Lopez: The flavored flight, at $9 for four margarita samples, is the best deal in town: four 2-ounce pours in a multicolored profusion of liquid and sugar rims. Just try not to get tipsy.
Winner: Lopez
Price
Momocho: The “traditional” with Cuervo Gold is $6.50. A pitcher is $26.
Lopez: A “traditional,” glass-size, is $5.95; the golden is $7.15. Pitchers are $31.75 and $37.75, respectively.
Winner: Momocho
Lopez: A “traditional,” glass-size, is $5.95; the golden is $7.15. Pitchers are $31.75 and $37.75, respectively.
Winner: Momocho
Edge
Momocho: At press time, the spring/summer lineup had yet to reappear (we hear the cucumber margarita is divine); also, the menu helpfully describes the flavor notes of each tequila.
Lopez: Half-off margarita nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays; plus, Lopez offers Cabo Wabo (for the spring breaker in all of us) and Cazadores, a version we fell in love with at a tequila bar in Columbus.
Winner: Lopez
Lopez: Half-off margarita nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays; plus, Lopez offers Cabo Wabo (for the spring breaker in all of us) and Cazadores, a version we fell in love with at a tequila bar in Columbus.
Winner: Lopez
