Immigrants Heritage Pointless Prize
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@Boomer2U 213128 wrote:
Only if they migrated before the 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish – American War, after which they were deemed constitutional citizens. In 1917, their US citizenship became statutory under the Jones–Shafroth Act established statutory.
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Thank you, Boomer! I agree.
Consularrider, I will look forward to many of your “non-Puerto Rican” immigrant heritage submissions from New York. Can’t promise to organize a group ride there though.
1/11/2022
Riding around Madrid I found the tailor/seamstress shop my mom used to work. She told me the owner was from England who migrated to Spain because of the weather!
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We have a no of Salvadorans in the DC area which has resulted in a no of restaurants serving Mexican and Salvadorian food including Ericilia’s in Mt Pleasant. Not sure what are all the different dishes that El Salvador is famous for but one of them is pupusas!
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El Cuscatleco literally translates to “pertaining of El Salvador [emoji1094]”.Del Ray North has a huge Salvadorean population which stems back to migrations from the civil war era (remember Ollie North?) and then further fueled by economic collapse, gang violence and natural disasters (modern day “climate refugees”). Not surprisingly, their food followed, and this is one of their more popular spots in the hood. If you are looking for pupusas, tamales de elote, lengua guisada or desayuno cuscatleco, this is the place to go!
They also seem to be the target market for Sherman-Williams.Sent from Boomer_Cycles via my iPhone using Tapatalk
Guapo’s of Shirlington – Mexican [emoji1166] Heritage
Just about every neighborhood has a Mexican themed restaurant. Guapo’s is one of the originals in the DC area and has been around for 3 decades. Guapo’s has tasty, generously portioned servings and is popular for its staff gathering around your table to sing happy birthday (the Mexican version) with traditional percussion instruments that might include a kitchen pot or two.Guapo’s is owned by the Rincon family that arrived in Virginia in the late 1970’s. All four children graduated from Fairfax County schools and universities and continued to invest in their community. They believed that their businesses should provide opportunity and pride to demonstrate the dedication to their hometown and the metropolitan area. Now their children continue the same aspirations as their grandparents did when they arrived over 30 years ago.
Now that is a great story of immigrants’ contribution to their adopted country!Sent from Boomer_Cycles via my iPhone using Tapatalk
Every city also needs a Polish Deli! Most of the ones in the area are in the burbs but there is Stachowski’s in Georgetown. They don’t have many Polish things other than a pretty extensive selection of sausages but they have some gigantic sandwiches including a 4 meat grinder and a pastrami sandwich that can take 2 meals to finish.
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Moby Dick’s – probably for many of us our first introduction to Persian food. We also have a large Iranian population in DC (the 3rd largest in the US). Many of them came after the Iranian revolution including the founder of Moby Dick. It was originally a sandwich shop in Bethesda and then later changed to a Persian menu. It was named after a popular kabob joint near the American Embassy during the Shah’s time, because that owner liked the book. Now you can’t go anywhere in the DMV without running into a Moby Dick’s. Another success story!
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@bikedavid 213334 wrote:
Moby Dick’s – probably for many of us our first introduction to Persian food. We also have a large Iranian population in DC (the 3rd largest in the US). Many of them came after the Iranian revolution including the founder of Moby Dick. It was originally a sandwich shop in Bethesda and then later changed to a Persian menu. It was named after a popular kabob joint near the American Embassy during the Shah’s time, because that owner liked the book. Now you can’t go anywhere in the DMV without running into a Moby Dick’s. Another success story!
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Now, I know where the name comes from. Thank you, David!
@Boomer2U 213282 wrote:
Guapo’s of Shirlington – Mexican [emoji1166] Heritage
Just about every neighborhood has a Mexican themed restaurant. Guapo’s is one of the originals in the DC area and has been around for 3 decades. Guapo’s has tasty, generously portioned servings and is popular for its staff gathering around your table to sing happy birthday (the Mexican version) with traditional percussion instruments that might include a kitchen pot or two.Guapo’s is owned by the Rincon family that arrived in Virginia in the late 1970’s. All four children graduated from Fairfax County schools and universities and continued to invest in their community. They believed that their businesses should provide opportunity and pride to demonstrate the dedication to their hometown and the metropolitan area. Now their children continue the same aspirations as their grandparents did when they arrived over 30 years ago.
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Great story, indeed!
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