FYI... What is Cinco de Mayo?

[kwassa]

82. Cinco de Mayo is about Mexico.

and when I lived in Los Angeles ... which has the largest Salvadoran population in the US, I might point out, and many Salvadoran places.

and great Cuban restaurants, the best I've had, excellent Brazilian food, Jamaican restaurants, many, many Peruvian places..

I don't recall any Dominican or Puerto Rican, but there are none here in the DC area that I know about, either.

Los Angeles also has a better selection of Asian food by far, simply because of immigration patterns, which are a bit different on the two coasts. The first three suburbs east of downtown are dominated by newly-arrived Chinese, for instance. There is Koreatown, Little Tokyo, and the old Chinatown downtown is largely Vietnamese.

There are more African and Indian restaurants here in the DC area. Both cities have good Ethiopian restaurants. LA has very few Greek restaurants, though San Diego has a lot. LA has Armenian restaurants; I don't know any here.

It is simply different blend of immigrants that determines what is available.