Naming a Mexican Restaurant
Here are some of the Mexican Restaurants I have eaten at before:
The Palms, The Boy, The Ranch, The Dirt Road, The Terrace, The Colt, The Bullfighter, The Cockfight.
Those are their names, but in English. You might be more familiar with their original names in Spanish:
Las Palmas, El Chico, La Hacienda, El Camino Real, La Terraza, El Potro, El Torero, El Palenque.
Here are some other English translations of Mexican restaurants in town:
The Bull, The Mount, The Hill, The Aztec, The Kings, The Aztec King, The Bridge, The Spur, The Source, The Kids, The Crazy Chicken, The Onions, The Trowels.
I have wondered, if we were to go to Europe, would we find a bunch of American eateries named:
The Plate, The Freeway, The Patio, The Stove, The Spork, The Estate, etc... ?
Here is one other thing I have noticed about Mexican Restaurants: Let's pretend there was one named La Camarera Pobre. Most of these places have a sampler platter named after the Restaurant. Thus, if you ordered the La Camarera Pobre, you would get a taco, a burrito, an enchilada, a chalupa, a tamale, a chile relleno, rice and beans for $9.95.
P.S. For those of you that went to Lipscomb High School, El Chico has nothing to do with the math teacher.
The Palms, The Boy, The Ranch, The Dirt Road, The Terrace, The Colt, The Bullfighter, The Cockfight.
Those are their names, but in English. You might be more familiar with their original names in Spanish:
Las Palmas, El Chico, La Hacienda, El Camino Real, La Terraza, El Potro, El Torero, El Palenque.
Here are some other English translations of Mexican restaurants in town:
The Bull, The Mount, The Hill, The Aztec, The Kings, The Aztec King, The Bridge, The Spur, The Source, The Kids, The Crazy Chicken, The Onions, The Trowels.
I have wondered, if we were to go to Europe, would we find a bunch of American eateries named:
The Plate, The Freeway, The Patio, The Stove, The Spork, The Estate, etc... ?
Here is one other thing I have noticed about Mexican Restaurants: Let's pretend there was one named La Camarera Pobre. Most of these places have a sampler platter named after the Restaurant. Thus, if you ordered the La Camarera Pobre, you would get a taco, a burrito, an enchilada, a chalupa, a tamale, a chile relleno, rice and beans for $9.95.
P.S. For those of you that went to Lipscomb High School, El Chico has nothing to do with the math teacher.
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