Food is deeply ingrained in cultural identity, and is one way to learn about a community’s heritage, familial customs and values. In the U.S., Mexican food is one of the most popular cuisines, with 1 in 10 restaurants serving Mexican, according to recent findings from the Pew Research Center. This trend reflects an expanding Mexican American population, with 37.2 million people or 11.2% of the U.S. population tracing their ancestry back to Mexico.
This town has about 60,000 people. 100,000 in the metro area. I just counted. There are 16 Mexican restaurants. Some of them are within brief walking distance of each other. And no, I’m not counting Taco Bell.
Unfortunately for me, I’m not a big fan of Mexican food.
obligatory “oh, you just haven’t been to the right place yet; i know a great spot!”
I have a very good answer for them- I don’t really like peppers or beans. I also don’t really like the way Mexican meat is seasoned and I don’t really like any of the Mexican cheese I’ve had. None of it is a dealbreaker if other people want to go to Mexican food, but it would be far from my first choice.
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I’ll eat anything but Mexican food is top tier gobbler fodder
People are allowed to not enjoy the things you enjoy. I don’t like bananas either.
Just checked my town. 20k people. 30 Mexican restaurants, not counting food trucks and fast food. Complete insanity.
That’s insane! Are you at least relatively near the border? I’m in Indiana.
Central Oregon, nowhere near any borders lol
I just don’t get it.
Also, I wish it was Indian restaurants that ended up being everywhere. Oh well.