By PATRICK ALCATRAZ
Editor-In-Chief
BROWNSVILLE, TX. - Inside the claptrap eatery, Monica Molina played with her enchiladas, sliding her fork from the clump of salad on the right side of the large plate to the left, where she poked at a small mound of Guacamole before lifting some of it to her mouth. She was enjoying her dinner, a rare solo outing thanks to her husband working late, she said.
At a table nearby, an older couple yapped away while munching on nachos that seemed steeped in cheese. The small mountain of jagged delicacies looked more like a land mine than a meal. "I don't want to trade in my van," the man kept telling the woman, and she would shake her head ahead of her reply. In the mix, a chunky waitress with a strong sense of service bopped about the dining area with a pitcher of iced tea and one of hot coffee. Her eyes scanned the dining room, feet ready to move.
She waved-in a young woman who made her way to a table along the rear wall, her face the picture of recent break-up. "Coffee, hon?" the waitress asked in a motherly voice. The woman nodded and then played with her silverware, placing the table napkin in the middle, the knife to its left and the fork to its right, a smaller salad fork to the right of that. It was a nice touch, I thought. This woman knew her table settings.
They say people here are eating too much these days. A study by a national outfit says every Brownsville resident puts away an estimated 325 tacos a year, with strips of fajitas leading the fare at somewhere between 1,500 and 3,000 offerings per adult. So, what's going on? "Bad economy," said Braulio Fanques, the cafe's owner. "People who suffer the problems of the day always get hungrier. That's what we have in town - a community of angst-disabled residents." And beyond that?
"Relationships here are always a freakin' nightmare," added the waitress, whose name was Angela, a refugee of a toxic movida herself. "They come here to cry after their dude leaves them, always in the front seat of the vehicle, which perhaps is telling. That one over there has been here many times. She'll ask for the chuleta plate, eat it like some starving lioness, then go home and cry herself to sleep."
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18 comments:
that many fajits? man, i'm way behind.
There are some taco stands, that sell lonches, if you know what that is that sell 200 between 7:00 and 10:00 am, at $2.00 thats not including the papas con huevo, choriso and egg, bean and egg, and all the othere delecasies.
Instead of going home and crying herself to sleep, she should be going to health spa.
Me to, I am way behind the curb.
Aside from the Tex-Mex eating habits, that Music really gets the heart going, good choice.
Yes, we think the numbers are low. But we also hear the RGV gyms are packed with women most weeknights. (2.) You say you're behind the "curb," but you mean curve. The curb is that rise in the concrete between the street and the sidewalk, although that may be exactly what you wish to say. (3.) We like the music, yes. It is the perfect soundtrack around here... - Editor
WEll, just look at the landscape and look at all the hefty looking women, and that will tell you how the taco stands survive.
We hear that, as in Los Angeles, Taco Trucks will soon roll down city streets - doing their deal like the ice cream vendors. That would be cool, no?... - Editor
Excuse me........Duh... for missing using a word. Feel better mr. editor.............
What you want fatter people??? My God just look around, don't tell me you are one of those guys that like hefty women????
Plus sizes can be sexy, but only if it's not to extremes. A well-hipped woman of, say, 160 lbs. can be attractive. Now, a 220 pounder would be one to many Quarterpounders for us... - Editor
(don't tell me you are one of those guys that like hefty women????)
Don't tell me you are not? You'll need to stay away from the taco stands then. For your life's sake.
el ringo
RINGO:...No, we like petite Hispanic women with nice sexy smiles and some sense of professional accomplishment. The dumb, chubby ones we funnel to our Blog Alliance colleague Dr. G.F. McHale-Scully who tells us he can spend long hours studying the rolling folds of Big Body chicks... - Editor
Okay, come on you guys, lets don't be to hard on all the flab-bulous women, hey they need some company to, not from me ofcourse.
Give them a break.
Nothing wrong with a taco or two, but a full plate before going to bed, is like asking for a heart attack, not to mention if they poped some beer, mix drinks, and added a little wine.
Any coincedence that a song called la coloreteada is posted on your blog, while an article appears about late night foods habits, just wondering.
ANON:...No, nothing altogether bad about a full-bodied woman. They, too, need love. (2.) The song "La Coloreteada" was requested by one of our readers. We've had it on here several times... - Editor
Hey, don't let one of those heavy set women get a hold of you, because you won't escape the hold.
I must add, they will buy you anything just so that they can flaunt a guy around, like a pair of boots, or a new hat, (Well thats what I hear from friends,) drive you around, even pay for breakfast. (EVen you stick around until the morning.)
Capt.Kidd, never mind about the women, you sound like you are a gigalo. How else would you know so much about overweight women.
Is that how you got your boots and hat?? What did you think, we can't smell a rat.
None of this I hear, you re the culprit, you are just trying to hide your ways.
Oh well, fajitas al carbon, with well done flour tortillas and pico de gallo, I am getting hungry. See Yaa, as they say in Colorado.
Orale vatos, I love mucho Gorda and dark - brown chicana women. They have such low - steem and always looking for love in the wrong places. well, i am going to meet some right now at the Taco Bell $5.00 all you - can 0 eat- tacos Buffet, ahua y arriba la
!!! Raza prieta !!!
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