Toddler Given Alcohol at Applebee's

(Antioch, California) The mother of a two-year-old, Kim Mayorga, is making a big deal out of the fact that a local Applebee's restaurant served alcohol to her child in his plastic sippy cup and he became sick.

She had ordered his favorite drink -- apple juice -- but he kept making funny faces and pushing away his plastic, lidded cup.

"Finally, I'm like, 'That's crazy. He loves apple juice,' " she said.

Concerned, Mayorga opened the lid and checked the juice. She was instantly hit by the reek of booze.

"When I called the waitress over, I couldn't believe what I was saying: 'You served my son alcohol.' "

Corporate representatives later told Mayorga that the mistaken beverage poured in her son's cup was their "top-shelf" margarita, complete with Triple Sec and high-quality tequila.

The restaurant keeps apple juice and the premade "top-shelf" liquor fusion in two identical-looking plastic bottles on ice behind the bar, [Applebee's Vice President] Tei said.

Markings on the bottles differentiate the two, but a manager who was working at the time mistakenly grabbed the margarita mixture instead of the apple juice jug.

Logically, the next person pulled over by the cops after getting hammered at Applebee's can say, "Honest, Offishur. All I had was apple juice."