Aired on The California Report Magazine on September 12, 2014.
This is the start of my new series, California Foodways. Come check us out at californiafoodways.com (just going live...); on Facebook, and on Twitter @cafoodways.
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201409121630/c
This is the start of my new series, California Foodways. Come check us out at californiafoodways.com (just going live...); on Facebook, and on Twitter @cafoodways.
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201409121630/c
The West Side of San Bernardino is one of those neighborhoods
where people still live in the houses their Mexican American great-grandparents
bought in the 1930s. Today, on the once-thriving commercial strip, there are
plenty of vacant lots and storefronts, but one business is still a magnet for
customers: the Mitla Cafe. It’s proof that sometimes a restaurant is more
than just a restaurant. Since the ‘30s,
the restaurant has born witness to and played a role in political change.
It also happens to be an unlikely inspiration for how mainstream America
sees – and eats -- Mexican food.
The
West Side of San Bernardino is one of those neighborhoods where people
still live in the houses their Mexican-American great-grandparents
bought in the 1930s. Today, on the once-thriving commercial strip, there
are plenty of vacant lots and storefronts, but one business is still a
magnet for customers: the Mitla Cafe.
It’s proof that sometimes a restaurant is more than just a restaurant. Since the ‘30s, the restaurant has born witness to and played a role in political change. It also happens to be an unlikely inspiration for how mainstream America sees – and eats -- Mexican food.
- See more at: http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201409121630/c#sthash.JH9yiV7z.dpuf
It’s proof that sometimes a restaurant is more than just a restaurant. Since the ‘30s, the restaurant has born witness to and played a role in political change. It also happens to be an unlikely inspiration for how mainstream America sees – and eats -- Mexican food.
- See more at: http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201409121630/c#sthash.JH9yiV7z.dpuf