re: How do all these Mexican restaurants survive?

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we have 2-3 messycan restaurants for every Cajun food joint.

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to be fair most of them are legit. La papa loca

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Has anyone ever finished their free allotment of salsa? Sometimes the bowl gets low and they just bring another.

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I have eaten my allotment. Now do you prefer your salsa warm or cold. The two main chain Mexican restaurants in Houma serve it two different ways. La Caretta serves it cold, while La Casa serves it Hot.

Houma does have few more ethically Mexican restaurants, but they are hit or miss especially with food inspections and some have truly authentic Mexican dishes.

Most of what people consider Mexican restaurants are really Tex-Mex restaurants.

After going to some of the more authentic Mexican restaurants in Houma, there is a difference. There is one place I have eaten that has a bone/blood soup with tail bones. Another place one time after I ate there was on a list of the most food inspection violations.

Beans.. Rice.. Don't cost much but sell for lunch and tastes pretty good

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Now do you prefer your salsa warm or cold.

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Hot chips cold salsa.

Have you ever had a taco, baw?

Fat little nurses.

Isn't that the truth! Ruston is seriously lacking in the restaurant category

In my area, i.e., known as the "Irish Ghetto," we have 12 Irish pubs within a half mile radius; and, on their menus, they all have Irish nachos, Irish tacos, Irish green chili stew, and Irish Margaritas.
There's a huge race of people in the region called, McSpics.

Rednecks and marketing. Rednecks love them some beans and rice.

Also just the overall marketing of Mexican food. They portray a Mexican restaurant as a mini fiesta.....fun for mom and dad and the whole family.

The Mexican guys I know however, don't go to most of those restaurants....most are for the gringos. They hit the ones in the Mexican and C.American neighborhoods that don't serve what we Gringos consider "Mexican" food.