Why most Mexicans that open Restaurants in CA, open Mexican restaurants Not

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pavetGuy

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any other cuisine? Honestly i live in CA. We already have tons of Mexican restarurants and the mexicans keep opening new Mexican food joints. I'm tired of it, and i'm latino.

I wish people opened up Spanish food, Brazilian food, Salvadorean, Argentinian food.... whatever. But it's always mexican food.

And i mean, if they are good cooks, they can just learn how to make Different kind of food.. can't they? So why don't they do it. Even if it's out of a book, give us something different.
 
That trend is not unique to Mexicans. Just about every nationality seem to stay within their own comfort zone of dishes that is inherent in their native country. One of my favorite Italian restaurants has an Irish Chef that was trained at the Culinary Institute of America, but this is the exception, not the rule
 
Look in the kitchen of any restaurant in California - Vietnamese, Chinese, French, bistro, fusion - and I guarantee that 90% of the time, the cooks will be Mexican. Just today I was at a Chinese noodle restaurant, and while the servers spoke Mandarin as a first language, I happened to see a Mexican cook come out of the kitchen. I don't know why the best cooks are Mexican, but that is the trend.

Now, the reason you only see Mexican restaurants is because that is what is popular in your area. I used to live in a town that was roughly 50% Mexican/Latino and 50% white. There weren't many dining options besides Mexican, which appeals to both populations. There was a Thai restaurant, which was good but was usually only 1/4 full at best. It shut down, I though because it was just in a bad location, but when another Mexican restaurant opened there it was filled to capacity every night.

A lot of people are afraid to try new cuisines. Spanish and Salvadorean food are great, but if they don't have familiar nachos and burritos and tacos, most people won't want to try it. In areas with a large, diverse population, like the SF Bay Area or LA, there are enough adventurous eaters to support these niche restaurants. Same with less populated but more "foodie" areas like Davis and Napa/Sonoma. But in smaller communities (which there are a lot of in California!) the population cannot support more eclectic food choices.
 
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