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Insects on the Menu: Will your customers take a chance with chapulines?
Mexican cuisine is a creative, ever-evolving culinary experience. Pre-Hispanic ingredients like corn, tomatoes and peppers have welcomed old-world produce like onions and garlic over the five centuries since European explorers first set foot in the W Read more
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2023 Mexican Multi-Unit Report: Focused on the Magic Number 100
The world of muti-unit Mexican restaurants can be viewed in three rough categories: The really big chains with several hundred or even thousands of locations (with Taco Bell and Chipotle at the top); a middle group with 100 or so locations; and many Read more
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Douglas Merriam
Betting on Burgers: Creative Latin touches transform an American comfort food classic
When the kitchen at The Skillet restaurant in Las Vegas, New Mexico, closes down for dinner at 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday nights, the business of selling food doesn’t stop. With karaoke going on until the wee hours of the morn- ing, customers need Read more
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2022 Independent Mexican Restaurant Report: Sales Recovering, Costs Soaring
First, the good news: 34 percent of respondents to the el Restaurante survey say that sales are better than before COVID and another 23 percent say they’re about the same as before COVID. Now the bad news: Every one of the Mexican restaurant owners w Read more
