FREE Pint Glass on Cinco de Mayo
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128447)
Gainesville, Florida
May 5, 2026 5:29pm CST
My plans today were to get off early so I could grab a table at one of our favorite local Mexican restaurants to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I live in a university town where the students look for every excuse to go out and drink, including Mexican holidays. Well, no such luck getting in anywhere, even before 2:00pm all the places I passed by had lines of people out the door. Which really sucks, because I was looking forward to a margarita or two.
By sheer luck when scrolling through social media, I came across a post from one of our local craft breweries promoting their Cinco de Mayo night. If you spend $12 (each beer costs $6), you get a free limited edition pint glass to keep.
So away to the brewery I went, and texted all my peeps to meet me there after work. We all had the minimum two beers to get our free pint glasses, enjoyed each other's company for a few hours, and then everyone went their separate way. Surprisingly, most of them didn't want to keep their souvenir pint glass, so I ended up with a nice collection of glasses to take home. A big win for me!
I've been invited out to a local pub tonight for karaoke, so I may or may not be embarrassing myself later. Stay tuned.
Any of you celebrating Cinco de Mayo, or doing anything special?
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@Ineeddentures (31592)
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5 May
Any of you celebrating Cinco de Mayo, or doing anything special?
Oh Jeff
If I had known it was a special day I would have invited Yvonne's friend around for the evening
Bah humbug
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
Well, invent a fake holiday tomorrow, make it sound really interesting, and then invite over whoever you want to celebrate!
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
@Ineeddentures Yes, yes. Come up with a really good one. Something we can spread around the world as a legitimate new holiday!
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@Ineeddentures (31592)
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6 May
@moffittjc
I must give that a bit of thought Jeff.
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@RasmaSandra (97142)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 May
You sure got a treat. I do nothing on this day,
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 May
I wonder if people outside of Florida, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California even care about Cinco de Mayo?
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
@Juliaacv Haha, that's what I thought. Honestly, I think it's a bigger deal here where I live because I'm in a college town and the students look for any and every excuse to have a party and drink. Probably the Mexicans don't even celebrate this holiday.
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@snowy22315 (207453)
• United States
6 May
Yeah, miraculous what a little scrolling can do. Nice glasses. I've done karaoke. I think I would have to be pretty toasted to get up there and sing..probably wouldn't be a pretty or very musical sight. 
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
I know for a fact that I am horrible at karaoke, and I'd have to be pretty drunk to actually get up there and sing. I decided not to embarrass myself tonight, so I am home now after going out for some ice cream.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
I've got a collection of hundreds of pint glasses from bars, pubs and breweries, most of them I probably stole over the years, but a few I paid for! LOL
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
Nothing like celebrating Cinco de Mayo with some. Hi Ken noodle soup!
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May
@porwest I’ll remind you next year so you can celebrate.
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@porwest (112294)
• United States
6 May
@moffittjc I don't know that I've ever actually celebrated it. Not sure why. lol
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@GardenGerty (169017)
• United States
6 May
They look like nice sized glasses. Lucky you getting to keep a collection of them.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May
They’re pint glasses, what you typically find in bars and pubs. Good quality glasses too, they’re really thick glass.
@FourWalls (85909)
• United States
6 May
I ate at Chuy’s, that’s my celebration. Of course, I celebrated May the Fourth be with you there, too. 
Hope you had a great time and that no incriminating evidence exists. 
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May
@FourWalls Let me know what you find. I’m sure it will be a hoot!
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May
Thankfully, no incriminating evidence exists (that I know of). But you never know what will show up later on the internet.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
@rakski I am defin Not a good singer!
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
I decided to save the world from embarrassment and forego Karaoke tonight.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17600)
• Torrington, Connecticut
6 May
We celebrated by having Chipotle for lunch at work
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
I almost was gonna go to Taco Hell just so I could say I ate “Mexican” food! But we ended up checking out a new Korean BBQ place.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May
@BACONSTRIPSXXX The Korean place was not that good. Believe it or not, Taco Bell may have been a better option!
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17600)
• Torrington, Connecticut
6 May
@moffittjc that sounds like a better option for sure lol Taco bell is a good craving food but messes my stomach up
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@JESSY3236 (22091)
• United States
12 May
I gave the cats treats, but I didn't do anything special.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 May
Were they Mexican cat treats? LOL
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 May
@JESSY3236 Aww, shucks. I thought for sure you were going to tell me you celebrated Cinco de Gato! lol
@JESSY3236 (22091)
• United States
12 May
@moffittjc lol. no. They did have milk in them.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 May
I’m pretty sure Cinco de Mayo is an American thing. I have a co-worker who is Mexican and he says nobody in Mexico celebrates it. I think it’s just an excuse for people to drink!
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@JudyEv (379873)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 May
@moffittjc Our Irish son says no-one in Ireland says 'to be sure, to be sure' either. And I don't think they have corned beef and cabbage on St Pat's Day either.
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@LindaOHio (220851)
• United States
7 May
I actually forgot it was Cinco de Mayo. I'm glad it turned out well for you.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May
It’s seems to be a big holiday here in Florida. We don’t really have a large Mexican population, it’s more Cubans and Puerto Ricans, but everyone seems to love celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
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@LeaPea2417 (39986)
• Toccoa, Georgia
6 May
My husband drove past our local Mexican Restaurant on Cinco de Mayo and he said it was packed with people, more than he had ever seen. We stayed home.
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@moffittjc (128447)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May
Yeah, that was the same case for all the Mexican restaurants here as well.
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@Traceyjayne (10751)
• United Kingdom
6 May
We don’t have that celebration here …..
Pleased you enjoyed celebrating though and that you got your free glasses….that would have been something I would have wanted too.
What song do you sing for karaoke?
