They're not married. They need something to eat. Tamales, hot chocolate. Viva Mexico has plenty of Anglo customers as well, but it's definitely not the sort of restaurant where waitresses serve frozen margaritas. It's the sort of place where a handwritten sign says Se Venden Tarjetas, meaning you can buy phone cards for calling relatives in Mexico.
Many dishes come with nopales, a kind of cactus.
Pioquinto is proud of his restaurant's mole rojo sauce, and his lamb barbecue consomme. Many who come through his doors first heard about Clearwater from friends and family who came themselves to work. Most are from the Mexican state of Hidalgo. Martinez, the baker, knows how that works. He planned to stay only a short time in the United States a decade ago, but when he started doing well, family members joined him.