Mar 2

The Chinese/Mexican Restaurant: A New York Phenomenon

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Devon Brown (Tokyo-to, 2002-04) is a freelance writer with a focus on food.  You can read more of her writing at TravelingTastebuds.blogspot.com.

Have you ever walked into a Mexican restaurant only to find it staffed entirely by Chinese people? For those of you outside the New York area, I’m sure the answer is no. Last week I wrote a piece about this subject for bushwickbk.com and thought it might be interesting to share with a wider audience.

In 1991, motivated by the market saturation of Chinese restaurants, a Chinese immigrant named Mr. Zheng opened…

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