ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) _ Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.

The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.

``I wasn't going to make a big deal about it,'' the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, ``but then he got sick.''

The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area.

The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers.

``We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake,'' Tei said.

The serving appeared to have been accidental, Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said. Mayorga said her son is now doing fine.

She said the company has been very apologetic and offered free meals, but she added, ``If they think I'm going back there, they're ridiculous.''

 

It's *hick* never too early *hick* to start... *hick*

 

The question I have is this: Did they premake the margaritas? Because the mix doesn't come with tequilla. So somebody's fibbin about something, or this reporter is a morman and doesn't know the difference.

 

This happened in NYC I think last year as well. Wasn't margarita, but it was a "mix-up" between the juice and the alcoholic bevvie.

 

...I've never been to an Applebees that kept anything stored out of its containers. Tequila is stored in a Tequila bottle, Triple Sec, etc.

I call bulls#!t.

 

i wouldnt mind...... and yeah something smells fishy.....

 

the kid probably sipped some margarita mix. No triple sec or tequila! Ive worked in restaurants for years and places normally do use speed pourer's for juice as well as mixers aka margarita mix. the different contents are normally only separated by some colored tape. so if the bartender was in a hurry, apple juice and margarita mix can look very similar in opaque speed pourer's. shes just trying to make a buck! like the dad who screwed with the cambells soup he fed to his kids then tried to sue the company.