There are more Mexican restaurants than Italian bistros,
Chinese kitchens, chicken rotisseries, or seafood shacks in the US. No less
than 38,000 Mexican restaurants are dispersed all across the American landscape
(as of 2011).
Mexican restaurants have become popular across the US and
it's not always related to the presence or absence of a significant Mexican
community. While less than two percent of the North Dakota population is any kind
of Hispanic, a full seven percent of North Dakota restaurants greet guests with
sombreros and maracas.
The states with the highest percentage of Mexican
restaurants include Texas, New Mexico, California, Colorado, and Oklahoma,
while New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont are among
those with the lowest percentage.
It may be a surprise that UNESCO added Mexican cuisine to
their lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Perhaps even more unexpected is
that the USA has added “Mexican” to its own list of “What can we eat tonight?”
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