SECRET MENU FLAVORS
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Tropic Thunder + strawberry + mango FUZZY LEPRECHAUN Bellini + Tropic Thunder + Kryptonite TIGER’S BLOOD Pina colada + watermelon + cherry QUEEN’S FULL HOUSE Long Island tea + Tropic Thunder + bellini + Hypnotic
Matthew Jones opened the business in June 2019.
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The business has its own original avors, such as Kryptonite and Hypnotic, along with secret menu avor combinations.
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World Famous Daiquiris & Margaritas To Go Clear Lake business serves refreshing alcoholic drinks O n a hot summer day in Clear Lake, visitors of World Famous Daiquiris & Margaritas To Go will nd the business packed with BY SIERRA ROZEN
long as they left as soon as they got their items. According to Jones, this meant it stayed incred- ibly busy at a time when most restaurants had to shut down. “It was good timing. I think we kept a lot of people sane during COVID,” Jones said. The shop o ers multiple avors of daiquiris, including pina colada, strawberry, white Russian and bellini. Jones also comes up with di erent signature avors—such as Kryptonite and Hyp- notic—that are exclusive to the store. Every month there is a di erent signature avor; for the upcoming summer months, Jones plans on keeping the signature avor as frozen lemonade. Other o erings include margaritas, Long Island tea, hurricanes and jello shots, all made with a specialty liquor to comply with the beer and wine license the store has. Jones is always looking for a potential third location, but for now, he said he is focused on the summer—his busy season. “We’re trying to bring the world to our custom- ers,” Jones said.
people looking for frozen alcoholic beverages. The store opened almost exactly three years ago in June 2019. Owner Matthew Jones said he had always wanted to open his own business but never felt like the timing was right. When he discovered the concept of daiquiri to-go stores, he knew he had found his opportunity. “The next step is to nd a place, and so I looked all over Houston. I didn’t at the time live in the area, but I had lived here three or four di erent times, so it was a very familiar area,” Jones said. Last year in April, Jones also partnered with Miyosha and Jacie Weston to open a second loca- tion in the Webster area that features a drive-thru in an e ort to attract more customers. Jones said during the start of the pandemic, the business did not have to close as it is able to operate as an “on- and o -premise” business, meaning customers could still come in and buy drinks as
A second World Famous Daiquiris & Margaritas To Go opened in Webster in 2021.
World Famous Daiquiris & Margaritas To Go 1235 Clear Lake City Blvd., Ste. A, Houston 281-954-6404 www.goworldfamous.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1-10 p.m., Sat. noon-10 p.m., Sun. noon-9 p.m.
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