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How Do All The Taquerias And Mom And Pop Mexican Restaurants Survive in Houston

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  1. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    In inner city Houston in Hispanic neighborhoods its like every third building on the main drag is one.
     
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    The most expensive part of Mexican food is labor cost and rent.

    In both cases those are less when it is a family business in a place with cheap rent.
     
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    Churros
     
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    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    They get good traffic though. There are 2.6 million Hispanics in Houston (just looked it up). Lot more than I thought
     
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    Yes they do and very few people dislike Mexican food
     
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    Uh..... tacos.
     
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    I didn't know about taquerias till I was about 24. I didn't like Mexican food till then. All I liked were fajitas.

    Blows my mind when I see Hispanics eating Taco Bell
     
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    and cheese
     
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    And avocados.
     
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    ...do you really want to know how the sausage is made?
     
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    Margin-wise, queso and guacamole are the 2 biggest money makers in a typical texmex joint.
     
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