FMBGN-Tequila & Taco Tuesday-Nervous Nellies

Sunshine, salt, and a plate full of decisions—that’s the sweet spot we find at Nervous Nellie’s on Fort Myers Beach. We pull up a chair on the bayside and chase two very different margaritas while lining up crispy shrimp and blackened mahi tacos to see what truly hits that Tuesday stride.

First, we break down the millionaire margarita, a masterclass in balance: fresh lime and lemon for clean acidity, agave for gentle sweetness, and a hint of orange liqueur to round the edges. The inverted tequila bottle isn’t just flair; it deepens the drink as you go, turning each sip into a new moment. Then we switch gears to the house infused margarita, where pineapple, strawberry, and orange soak for five days to build a soft, tropical profile. We talk about how to avoid cloying sweetness, why patience matters in infusion, and what home bartenders can borrow from this approach.

On the taco side, boom boom shrimp brings craveable crunch and creamy heat, brightened by pico and anchored by flour tortillas. We explore why texture contrast makes or breaks a fried seafood taco, and how beans and rice reset the palate between bites. The blackened mahi tacos deliver a different kind of satisfaction: spice-kissed fish with red cabbage snap and a smoky chipotle aioli that complements rather than covers. We get into the details—char versus dryness, cabbage for structure, and how acid ties coastal flavors together.

If you’re planning your next taco run on Fort Myers Beach, this tasting tour serves as a simple playbook: start bright with citrus, pair sauce with crunch, and let fresh toppings do honest work. Subscribe for more local food finds, share this with a taco‑loving friend, and drop your pick: millionaire margarita, infused fruit, shrimp crunch, or mahi spice?

Nervous Nellie's-Ft Myers Beach
1131 1st St, Fort Myers Beach, FL, United States, 33931
(239) 999-8077
nervousnelliesfmb@gmail.com
nervousnellies.net

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Transcript

Welcome To Tequila And Taco Tuesday

Intro/Close 0:00

Welcome to Tequila and Taco tuesday, where we tip the favor and celebrate the best tacos of the Fort Myers Beach has to offer. It's your guide to the hidden gems, local legends, and spicy spots serving the flavor with the last thought. Each week we'll bring you behind the bar into the kitchens of the beaches' best tacerias, cantinas and taco trucks. From smoky mezcal margaritas to crispy Baha fish tacos that is wrapped in a tortilla or pork in the chocolate. We're tasting it. Grab a live, grab the volume, and let's talk about it for tequila and taco Tuesday time. Here's your host Cabo Jim.

Setting The Scene At Nervous Nelly’s

"Cabo" Jim 0:29

Welcome to Tequila and Taco Tuesday. Today we're at Nervous Nellie's here on Fort Myers Beach on the Bay Side, and we've got Ruby and we've got a plethora of drinks and tacos today, right?

Millionaire Margarita Breakdown

Ruby 0:40

Yes, definitely. So what we have here are our couple of um our drinks, our margarita specials. We have our millionaire margarita. Okay, and this is made with fresh lime juice, fresh lemon juice, fresh agave, and then uh we do a little red gallery in here, so good orange cocoa. Yeah, and then we do our patrioton bell optum, and we uh invert that into it, as you can see here, with a little bit of salt and some fresh orange and lime. And so that's very tasty. Do you want to give it a try?

Speaker 3 1:19

It looks very present. That's good. I feel like I'm at Mexico. Yeah, great.

Ruby 1:28

And that's your full in when you want a little bit more tequila, you just pull up on it.

Speaker 3 1:35

I love it.

Ruby 1:35

I love it. Give it a little bit of presentation, it's beautiful.

Speaker 3 1:38

I know.

Ruby 1:39

We love this one and you call that the millionaire margarita.

Speaker 3 1:42

Millionaire. So you gotta come out and try that one for sure.

Ruby 1:46

You'll feel like a millionaire after that.

Speaker 3 1:47

Yeah, there you go.

Boom Boom Shrimp Tacos Taste Test

Ruby 1:49

Like first amount, right? Yes, exactly. And so um, we'll talk a little bit about some of our tacos here. So these are our um boom boom shrimp tacos. Okay, they're served on flour tortillas. Um, our shrimp are deep fried, and then they're tossed in our famous boom boom sauce. And then you're gonna have your um lettuce and sugar cheese and our fresh pico de gallo.

Speaker 2 2:13

Okay.

Ruby 2:14

Winner every time, and of course, all of our tacos come with our black beans and rice and our fresh pico de gallo. You want to give one a try?

"Cabo" Jim 2:21

I will give one a try.

Ruby 2:23

Sorry, new trying to try.

"Cabo" Jim 2:24

Scoot that over here, right?

Ruby 2:26

And then I'll tell you about these. Yeah.

"Cabo" Jim 2:38

That's good.

Ruby 2:39

Good, good.

"Cabo" Jim 2:40

I love it. So flavoring the mixture.

Infused Margarita Method

Ruby 2:43

Yeah, we love them here, and so and they fly off the shelves, and so especially on Tuesdays.

"Cabo" Jim 2:49

Right.

Ruby 2:49

Um, here we have our infused margarita, and so this is gonna be with some Crouson tequila. And what we do is we layer pineapple, strawberries, oranges, um, in our glass containers, and we pour in our little simple syrup and our porus, and we let it soak for five days and marinate, and just so it's just perfect, and then we mix up with a little bit of uh sour mix and some fresh fruit, strawberry sparch, and my salted brown there, and that's when you have your infused margarita. Want to give that a try?

Speaker 3 3:27

Of course, absolutely. I can just sit here all day.

Speaker 2 3:35

I'm thinking I'll be okay, right?

Ruby 3:37

You'll feel like an infused million dollars.

Blackened Mahi Tacos Spotlight

Speaker 2 3:39

I'm okay, yeah. I've got teal, I've got tacos, and now we have another plate of tacos, too, right?

Ruby 3:45

Yes, so these are uh mahi mahi tacos. Okay. I get these often. The mahi is one of my favorite fish. Um, so you have again the flour tortillas, the mahi is blackened, so with like we have a little bit of red cabbage on there, we have our fresh pico de gallo and our famous chipotle aioli sauce, and of course our rice and beans with our fresh pica de gallo.

Speaker 3 4:11

There we go. So that's a try here. Wow. All right. And you're good too.

Ruby 4:25

Yeah, thank you. And you can get just two, or you can get the three, but it's right. Why do you get two when you can get the I know, right?

"Cabo" Jim 4:34

It's like tequila.

Bay Views And Final Invite

Speaker 3 4:36

Right? Exactly. I love it. And you knew all this is right here.

Ruby 4:41

Right here, four by our feet, right on the back bay.

Speaker 3 4:45

Beautiful view. We're not outside today, look hold today, so we're not outside today. Yeah, just beautiful. I love it.

Ruby 4:51

Thank you. If you're around and about yeah, come on out to Nervous Nellies, come on now, grab some tacos, grab some margaritas.

Speaker 3 5:00

Margaritas.

Ruby 5:01

Margaritas aren't your thing. We have other beverages, but you can't go wrong with these.

Speaker 3 5:06

Absolutely. Well, thank you very much, Ruby. It's been a pleasure. Thank you so much. And enjoy taco and tequila too.

Ruby 5:12

Enjoy the rest of your tacos.

Speaker 3 5:14

I will thank you.

Intro/Close 5:15

That's a wrap on this week's tequila and taco Tuesday. Huge, thanks for tuning in and joining tequila and taco best. You love what you heard. Don't forget to subscribe, and tell your amigo. We'll be back to you with more flavor .