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Mention "The Rio" to anyone in Fort Collins and you'll get a grin of recognition. The Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant's simple mix of cheerful ambiance, Tex-Mex cuisine and killer margaritas is infectious. Especially the margaritas.
"We constantly get asked about what's in them," said Henry Mouton, who was first in the kitchen and then a bartender for the Rio, when it was just starting out as a hole-in-the-wall in 1986. He is now the chief operating officer of a chain that will open its seven restaurant in Austin, Texas, in March.
"We have a lot of fun with the mystery," Mouton said. "People in Fort Collins are convinced we have apple juice in them because a lot of the people who work for us drink apple juice and since it spoils easy, we were keeping it in the fridge...