BOURDAIN's stunning love letter to Mexico and Mexicans

[The_Commonist]

9. There are many, many nice little restaurants in my part of Brooklyn.

And I have made an observation. Certainly, it's a generalization, but it seems to hold up as being consistent:

If a kitchen and delivery staff is made up of Mexicans (and to be fair, many of those "Mexicans" around here are from Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and elsewhere "south of the border&quot , everything is cooked and delivered (if that's what we've decided to do on a particular evening) quickly, efficiently, deliciously and with a smile. They get big tips and they know it.

If the kitchen and delivery staff is non-Mexicans (like the local Indian or Chinese places), things will be pretty average.

If the kitchen and delivery staff is made up of hipsters, everything will be a total mess. Ironically, one of the best places taste-wise in the 'hood is Mexican food, owned and made by hipsters, organic ingredients, and similar to Chipotle. They're usually out of at least one favorite ingredient, they usually get the order wrong, and it has taken them an hour and a half to deliver 2 burritos 2 blocks. Hipster delivery people always seem to drop something, are in a huff, or try to give you the wrong order. I suppose that's what happens when you have to deliver burritos to pay for those student loans for that M.A. in Pre-Columbian Art.

People around here would starve without the Mexicans!