Pedro Pascal: "No Good Mexican Food in NYC"??
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Are you sure about that? Respectfully, here's 5 spots we think are worth a try, and maybe come to the defense of the many Mexicans and Mexican-owned establishments that call NYC home. You can get tacos, chalupas, micheladas, and more, and we think they give Los Angeles a run for its money. Have you hit these places? Drop us a line in the comments.
Ollin
339 E 108th St, New York, NY 10029
Corona Plaza
40-04 National St, Queens, NY 11368
NEWYORKTITLAN
1525 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Tacos El Bronco
850 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Evelia's Tamales
(when on the street)
On Junction Blvd at P4XJ+P94, Queens, NY 11368
(brick&mortar)
96-09 Northern Blvd, Queens, NY 11368
Michelada House
88-19 Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY 11372
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Pedro grew up in TX and Cali and has lived in NYC for over 20 years, so imma give him this one.
The only place in texas with good Mexican food is on the border😂
@@ehh4499 As a Tejano I can honestly say you are butt hurt wrong.
I can agree .. new York only best pizza in us and Chinese food and Puerto Rican Foods .. let's say in Buffalo, Got best chicken wings
I'm no. 100th in likes. I believe him too. Though I wouldn't mind checking these places out if still exist.
@@khaledgee what makes you say that Buffalo has the best wings?? What, did they originate there or something?
New Yorkers literally cant handle the idea that something better exists outside of their boroughs.
Has nothing to do with better he said there's "NO good Mexican food" he's just showing that there is
Which is crazy because that place turned into a shithole!
I doubt they have zero good Mexican food, but it's not gonna be like l.a., where you can find good Mexican on every street.
I did notice that the Korean BBQ in NYC was absolutely garbage compared to l.a. though
Lmao how did I know the “Middle America” crowd would come in here crying 😂
@Los150 how is this him "crying"? This seems more of a projection than anything lmao
Texas, Arizona and California will always have more authentic Mexican food than New York
There’s many authentic Mexican restaurants here. There’s probably more authentic restaurants in west coast but there’s definitely here. Going to Times Square and getting tacos ain’t it. You have to go to queens and Brooklyn
@@edbrown4800yea unless you’ve had Mexican food down here made by a lady from Mexico, New York is 100% not as authentic
@@PacMan_2100 Ive been to the west coast and the Mexican restaurants were ok. I guess I say ok because people would hype me up saying that the Mexican food is amazing there and authentic. It taste as authentic as the ones I’ve eaten here in nyc. Food trucks might be better but restaurant wise, no difference in authenticity
@@edbrown4800well I’m in El Paso, the restaurants here are ran by Mexican women who I don’t think are legally here
Yup. There's a taco place here in Phoenix that from the outside looks like a chain. Walk in and you see literally 2 abuelas hand making corn and flour tortillas to order. Incredibly legit
My dad from NY when he comes to visit here in Cali all he eats is Mexican food he says there’s no real Mexican food on the entire east coast.
Facts
That's a lie I live in winston salem NC and we 1000% have great Mexican food!
The real mexican cuisine is in México 😅
You can't replace real food
Serving authentic Mexican food in front of Chipotle is wild! 😂
Right In the opps face 😂😂
💯 such a boss move 😂😂
She's been there since the pandemic. 😂 How I know? Bc I'm a local from Queens lol
That's the best of the 5 for posting up across from the opps
Legendary behavior. We have no choice but to stan.
You know he’s right about Mexican food in New York when they have to choose specific dishes Instead of restaurants 😂
Just gonna ignore that they namedrop restaurants, okay.
He literally says specific foods from specific restaurants can you not hear? You got that selective hearing
@@raymondchen6720 they kind of have a point. When you have to recommend a specific dish from a restaurant as opposed to the restaurant itself.
Hella!
Hit up El patron in Corona queens
Nene’s taqueria in brooklyn or Taqueria Ramirez in brooklyn 💪🏽
All 3 have a solid menu🇲🇽🗽
In Cali, you don’t have to search for the best Mexican food. It exists everywhere.
It's almost like California was historically part of Mexico and is still neighbors to Mexico...
if you don't shut yo "fries in my burrito" ass the fuck up. That's not mexican, it's cali-mex. Texas is the only state with real mexican food. but we also got good Tex-mex. and it doesn't require french fries.
Not just Cali, the West in general. Any taco stand is gonna be great food. Find it on every corner
Who ever reads the above comment it's true California has awesome Mexican food 😋
@@CplSpider your taco full of French fries isn't good Mexican food. It's shitty Cali-mex
Using Ocasio as an authenticator for mexican food is ridiculous 😂
On top of that, She's not even Mexican, she's a Puerto Rican who was born in the Bronx.
@@FOAB-Carlos True Puerto Ricans claim no association with that idiot.
As a Mexican American who grew up in Cali and has been living in NYC for 10+ years, Pedro is right
Is he still right though? And are you still in NYC
@@youtubeMyspaceGoogleYourYahoo yeah I am still in nyc and he is still right.
Bro really called a taco al pastor a bronco
@@ProfessionalGasLighting Thats literally the name of the place
Californians are the only ones who will willingly move coasts and complain
The problem with Mexican food in NYC is that 90% of it is actually Puerto Rican food trying to be Mexican food.
As a Puerto Rican, this is true
Being from CT, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are cousins out there lmao I don't understand why but Latinos cultures stick together. In my opinion Mexico is huge so the variance in regional cooking styles which translates back to the states and the different styles.
@@VargasFamTravels you're right, there's definitely different cooking styles of Mexican food in both Mexico and the U.S. but regionally I feel like NYC is more aligned with Puerto Rican food than it is Mexican food. There ARE legit Mexican spots out there, but they're rare and usually hidden away for the locals only.
Lmao wtf are y’all even saying ya either don’t live in New York, or ya just going to a Dominican restaurant saying it’s Mexican food (I would say Puerto Rican but there’s barely any Puerto Rican restaurants)
@blackjustice1373 there are barely any Puerto Rican restaurants? You don't know what the fuck you are talking about.
The best Mexican food in nyc is a Mexican friend’s house. Their mom be out doing everyone in the city.
Soy villanueva de nuevo León my grandmother was born in Mexico but her older brothers were all born in Spain so was her mother.😊
Yea who the fuck puts seeds on mole the chubby “Mexican” looks like he listens to or thinks he’s bad bunny 😂😂😂😂
What kinda fkn disrespectful comment is this?!
@@sparkle11231 me sparkle bitch he looks like a chubby bad bunny from the dollar tree
That was very disrespectful.
The Asian guy schooling us on Mexican food???? Wtf lol
My respects for that lady selling authentic Mexican food infront of a Chipotle 😂😂😂
it isn’t authentic if she’s American as well as her ingredients.
@@eial7411bro it’s as authentic as it gets when she only has that excuse of not making it Original due to the ingredients being from here. So stop hating you know damn well you can’t cook Mexican food.
@eial7411 Boy what?
and most likely has better flavors and portion sizes for the same price or less
@@eial7411 Not the ignorant
As a Texan…I would never visit NYC to eat Mexican food or BBQ.
Where do you think the NY city BBQ places went and learned to BBQ? lol
They train in Texas and then move to other states to open restaurants.
@@Michael-du2fv
It’s not the same when they take it to other states. The environment of where the food is developed makes a difference. For example, the water they use in Philly to make the bread for their cheesesteaks…is why it’s extremely difficult the duplicate that taste anywhere else.
Texas Mexican food is terrible.. its white
You meant Tex/Mex food? Burritos?
@@Michael-du2fvDoesn’t matter we have better cows in Texas.
This video proves Pedro’s point tbh
Lol exactly! Looks like the worse Mexican food you can get on the west coast. They don’t hold a candle to the west coast.
Why
Init
After seeing the food I was thinking the same 😂
@@andreseraso2737Tex-Mex that’s why
this is the most racially ambiguous man I’ve literally ever seen
He's an Amerimutt, born in a cursed petri dish in satans vile laboratory.
Kinda reminds me of "Emilio Koyama" from Breaking Bad lol
El Chino, the Asian Mexican food critic who sounds like he can’t decide if he wants to sound Black New York or White New York with his word choices
Bobby Lee?
Yup. Real hard Gringo accent.
I’m Mexican (from Mexico City), lived in NYC for 10 years (Brooklyn and Queens) and Pedro is speaking the facts. The closest I’d recommend if I felt home sick was the “No 1 Taqueria”. In any case, what sucks the most is paying a fortune for a sad looking and tasting taco. Rather wait, go home or to any state in Mex.. (no offense but respectfully no Texas, no Cali ) and literally go to town! 😌😏 … one more comment.. can we please establish that TexMex is never RealMex. Gracias 😉🇲🇽 Disagree? Lay out the facts in Spanish and we may lend an ear TacoBell kids.
Texas used to be a part of Mexico friend, respectfully, I think the Mexicans here know how to make Mexican food.
Tex Mex is under the Mexican Umbrella of food. Right there beside CaliMex. Also, Mexico is so big that what is Mexican food in Chihuahua is different than Mexican food in Oaxaca. I would never say all American food is the same.
I disagree. I always laugh inside when i hear people argue about this or that not being real Mexican. Having grown up in Sonora and Chihuahua with a big family in Jalisco I know how different food can be from place to place. Saying that only tacos from Mexico city are real Mexican food discounts most actual Mexican food from your list.
@@MartinME3 well said.
Anyone who thinks texmex is real mexican food is delusional and never had real mexican food then. Texmex is an embarrassment to have a “mex” in there. California mexican food is way better than the trash in texas and even that is nowhere near as good as real mexican food.
"They've been holding it down since 07" Better be 1907 to have any credit in NYC. 😂
oh yea and how old is your business? bums love to talk
@@jhonconpan574stfu that’s just how it is here.
@@jhonconpan574I think he’s just commenting on the longer length of time businesses have been operating in NYC
If this Ray’s Original wasn’t constructed in 1679 when the settlers arrived I’M NOT FUCKING EATING THERE!!! I LOVE NEW YORK CITY RAHHHHHHHH
@@jhonconpan574what kinda comment is this?
i lived in ny, i’m mexican, and pedro IS 100% accurate in his assessment. next!
None of these dishes he showed are true Mexican plates. Come to Texas and have some real Mexican food
@@TenTabs 😂😂😂😂
why tell people you lie on YT. more people from Tlaxcala live in queens than in mexico. if you think those people cant serve up rEaL dishes youre just dumb.
@@TenTabs obvious lies are obvious
@@Cardboardbocs wey I eat more Mexican food then you, come to San Antonio Texas. If you brought the food in this video here they laugh at you and call you YT
AOC is not a flex
It is... Somewhat...
@@adamdaniel8909 if you're an immigrant
@@PatriotKM can you elaborate how is that even relevant...?
If you can and say "nah too lazy" or "your dumb to understand" it means you don't have any explanation...
Or if you do then please tell me...
@@PatriotKMyou hate immigrants so much, you’re using that word as a weapon on a video about authentic food that are made by them. Top tier clownery 😂
@@adamdaniel8909i think he’s referring to the immigrants crayoc was “shedding tears” for beyond the fence
Westcoasters immediately thought of 100 places that look better than those 5 places.
I mean those places look awesome it's just that even mid size west coast and southwest towns have at least 5 places like that themselves out here.
All of them FOOD TRUCKS.
The west coast likely sucks too. 🤣🤣🤣
@@milo_andrs Have you not been? Like 40% of Mexico is on the west coast 100% of the time. LMAO! Seriously though, the food is far more varied and consistent to regions both in and around Mexico. Then we have the beloved step child Tex-Mex.
@@SmootholdGuy the west coast was mexico in the 1800s, however that's not the point though. If the ingredients suck, you will never he able to replicate the dish properly regardless of how accurate is prepared. In the end is the flavor that counts.
I’m sorry, but another vote for Pedro. Have you been to any Mexican spot in California. They blow us away. It’s because of the proximity to Mexico, as well is the absolute freshness of the ingredients. We just don’t have that here.
Agreed. California always has the best supply of fresh Mexicans.
Considering the fact cities like LA, Santa Ana, San Diego have the high Mexican pop and its close to the Mexican border. The food is straight from the source and being California. They also have the fresh produce
I mean really who you going to believe? Hispanic who grew up in Texas and California or an Asian in New York😂
@@LeatherSoup-c5j fresh Mexicans?😂😂
@@Bearedd Nobody likes the taste of stale Mexicans.
I’m Asian and I’m not gonna trust an Asian telling me about top 5 Mexican dish lol
He represent aoc was the worst😂
I'll listen to any ethnic group telling me about any cuisine, even if it's not their own.
Except midwesterners.
@@glossfilms4846 No
@chriszekableyat9886 yes.
@@glossfilms4846absolutely not! 😂
The moment I saw lemon going on that first taco instead of lime I knew they can’t compete lol
Lmfao....😂 that got me!!!! Lololz
Oh god I didn’t even catch that, awful😭
FYI, most Mexicans (not Mexican americans) that I know use them both pretty interchangeably. Like one is preferred for whatever but you use what you got. Ppl misunderstand that the heart of Mexican cooking is making the most of what you have, not limes and chiles
@@DoubleLogDno, lemon prevails; lime is used for just a few recipes, mostly from southeast cuisine.
@@DoubleLogD As a Mexican (not a Mexican American, I've lived my whole life in Mexico, still do) I can say with full confidence that you just pulled that out of your ass. Nobody in Mexico uses those yellow lemons in any kind of Mexican food.
I'm from Arizona on the border and I lived in New York for a while. Pedro is right. It's barren when it comes to Mexican food.
Haureache azteca in passive new Jersey
Only poor Mexican eats Mexican food, and there's no poor Mexican living in New York. 😂
yea named 5 places in the largest city in the us
You haven’t search long enough then
Arizona is Mexico 🤫🤫🤫
Credibility goes out the window when you bring AOC into the conversation 😂
"Tacos al Pastor" *Shows tacos with lettuce and cucumber* lmao
Yeah that sh*t was a straight violation
Pedro was right
I'm mexican and those tacos actually look pretty legit. Where I'm from, cucumber is a common sight along radish in traditional taquerias.
@@diego91090Where are you from? Literally I've NEVER seen tacos al pastor in Mexico served with slices of cucumbers and oranges. Even if the people making those tacos are mexican they have adaptted them to the gringo's taste.
@@luisservin7935 I'm from cuernavaca. Every taqueria here has sliced cucumber, radish, salt and salsas on the tables. And as far as I can tell that's not orange, that's yellow lime or lemon. Not the standard but also very common in Mexico.
RUclips: An Asian lecturing a Hispanic on what good Mexican food is.
🤣 they go to Taco Bell and they think they are eating in MEXICO
Facts
Pedro Pascal is not Mexican, Latin American culture is not monolithic. Just because he speaks Spanish doesn’t make him an expert in Mexican food
@@RaphaelDuranwdym ? He’s a castizo he’s mixed with European and indigenous Indians of the South America. How is he not a Mexican dawg ? You sound literally crazy rn bro you fr ?
AOC on the video is what killed it for me. And remember it’s not Hispanic or Latino, is LatinX 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
NYC They don’t even stack up against a taco truck outside a construction job site 😂
Yeah he's coming out with Top 5. I could just drive down the street in Dallas and find one of the best place on Earth haha
You haven't had tamales until you've had em out the back of a pickup truck outside a Lowes or Home Depot.
@@megsmileyface6202I ended up getting a tamale guys number so it wouldnt look like a drug deal outside Walmart
@@LunaTech3D_ They don't taste the same without the added adrenaline
New Yorkers be like "we will literally compete with the former colony of mexico on who has the best mexican food"
AOC is Puerto Rican not Mexican.
Yea Puerto Rican he should have brought a Mexican celebrity
So she can't enjoy Mexican food because she's from PR???? Racist much
@LEOMESHI Yes, bu why mention her then?
And the worse congressman ever.
Well she used to be a bartender so they were probably trying to see if she wanted to work at one of the restaurants
Nah, Pedro Pascal is based for saying the truth.
I love Pedro Pascal but you can always find good ass Mexican food anywhere
This is the way
@@wavves9095 but you got to find the spots and honestly this dude didn't name any of the 3
@@wavves9095 bro thinks Taco Bell is mexican
@@wavves9095not in England you can't,
I've tried many places there since its where I'm from and I've had my my wife who is mexican open my eyes because I have tried authentic from her and the sourse,
And England is as far from mexican food as we are from the moon,
I tried a restaurant in London that had a lot of mexican workers but it was run by British and it wasn't even close to mexican food
When you got an Asian guy telling you about the “best Mexican food” in New York
Thats xenofobia bro, WTF?
I'm Asian and this dude is giving off a weird vibe
@@kwanman5146and that accent 🫣
@@js686 get yo soft ass out of here
BUT you Trust Pedro who is NOT Mexican??? Does BEING Asian MEAN you DONT know WHAT good FOOD taste LIKE???
One thing I’ve noticed is Texas & New York are the only states where they get so offended finding out another place is better than them at something
#FAX
Starting the list off with tacos el bronco immediately proves Pedro’s point 😂 that was the first spot i tried when i moved from cali to nyc and it was just not good lmao
There’s literally an al pastor spot on every sidewalk in la.
So move df back then 🙄
@@kikirikikikkiOh lawd twerkeisha people can’t dislike a restaurant without you getting offended? So skrong ✊🏿
@@WakandaleezaRazz lol. He triggered my gentrification trauma with that one. 😂
@@kikirikikikki gentrification trauma? You guys moved in and turned it into a shit hole and then acted pissed when the white people who built that city came back. Pathetic, what's your cash app so I can send you money for a ticket to Liberia.
AOC is Puerto Rican so why bring her up. 🤦🏾
Yeah F Dat B
Because she's awful. It's rage bait
She travels a lot and had enough money to eat anywhere but she chooses there. She's also from NYC so chill
And Pablo Pascal is Chilean... so what was your point again?
Because we’re all the same to them 🥴
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent, which makes her just about as Mexican as I am.
Any credibility you had was lost when you put AOC on the screen.
Literally every single small neighborhood in all of California has at least one FIRE Mexican spot
CA Mexican food is its own flaire….Especially SoCal.
And it's usually open 24 hrs 😂
In so cal maybe. But in san Francisco nah. Yall be wrapping your burritos in foil. Gtfo
Cali is basically Mexico. LA has the largest mexican population outside of Mexico City. You cant say the two states that literally border mexico and are the easiest pit stops for mexicans wouldnt have good food.
Just moved out of Southern California and I do miss the Mexican food. I swear every block there were multiple restaurants it was great.
I've lived in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. I've also lived in Los Angeles most of my life. Pedro spitting facts. The good mexican food is so far and few in between in NY, that's the problem. It's so hard to find and so few of them, it's not even accessible for the most part. In LA, good mexican food is in every city, every block for the most part.
It's better there cause the ingredients are local. No jalapeno from NY tastes as good as a jalapeno from Mexico or Arizona
Climate too plays a big factor.
@@rockyracoon3233
Yeah, California weather is unbeatable.
Every street corner in west
Exactly so few and far between! La definitely has an infinite amount of taco / Mexican food throughout the greater LA area
Me from NY who lives in the west coast now.
Yeah those 5 places can be found in any barrio here in the coast. Mexican food still reigns supreme in the west coast. Pedro has spoken no lies.
Facts, if you're ever in Stanislaus County, California, check out El Rosal, my favorite Mexican food of all time, everything on their menu is bomb
Born in NYC, living on the west coast. Even here in Oregon the Mexican food is better than in NYC. There’s places like he listed all over the coast. And in LA, Mexican food is divine.
I'm from NY and moved outside of LA in 2020. Mexican food here is better than back home the same way that pizza back home is better than pizza out here.
Here in SoCal, great Mexican food is found on EVERY street corner. In NY, you have to spend an entire day hunting down the exact spots that serve authentic tacos.
Truth. People in New Yawk forget that Cali was once actually part of Mexico and in many parts, still sort of is. Even the fake mexi food is better (i.e. the fish taco joint i forget)
Dude thinks bringing AOC there is a flex 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 right!
i’m mexican and by just looking what you showed….. my vote is for Pedro.
First one looks dope. Rest look tasty but nothing like Cali or Texas
So am I and I ain't impressed.
😂exactly
@@snoopyalien24to be fair sometimes they have to alter the recipe just so it's more appetizing for those not Mexican which sucks cause if its authentic it's way better but like you said Texas and Cali are better cause they can serve it the way its supposed to be cause it's heavily populated with Mexicans and they will let you know that's not authentic so it's got to be on point 👌
You being Mexican has no bearing lol. I’m Mexican and as western as anyone. Very few are authentic even those in my family fresh over border
Pedro is from SAN ANTONIO. He def wasn’t talking about west coast Mexican food.
Then moved to OC so he definitely knows west coast Mexican food
@@csosevand he likes dancing
He lived in California too so he knows good Mexican food, Texas def doesn’t have good authentic Mexican food, they have that Tex Mex garbage. Idk why they tried to put their own spin on it.
He moved to California as a child. So, I’m sure he also knows Californian Mexican food.
He grew up in California man, he mentions it in the interview. Mexican food here is fire, especially in Los Angeles, Santa Ana and San Diego 👌
Any random taco truck in Boyle Heights will destroy these places.
Fuck Leva Heights.
Soooo true!
Fuck Boyle Heights
Boyle heights hasn’t been Boyle heights since the 90’s 😢
@@darkdeception999check out the texano on 4th and Soto near Smart and Finals. Best tacos and burritos on the block 🔥
Aoc a joke man how dare you disrespect NY like that
Problem in NYC is you have to go across 4 Burroughs. In CA you just go across the street.
In CA you have to dodge needles and tents just to reach the other side of the street.
And in New York you have to dodge the rats and all the trash.
@@takedown6470 is that before or after you get mugged?
@@TheMiamirep Maybe in Miami you do
@@julienvalley28 for the most part it ain’t that bad. Low-scale
New Yorkers have better pizza, but to claim they have better Mexican food than California or Texas is insanity.
That’s not what was being argued! The claim from Pedro was that there is “no good Mexican food in New York.”
No sane person would claim that the best Mexican food can be found in NYC. But it’s just as much of a bullshit statement to say that good Mexican food simply cannot be found in NYC.
NY pizza is overated as fuck
@@nerdbot37Pedro is right
I visited family in New York and they insisted I try "the best tacos in NYC" this is like 10 years ago I don't remember the name of the place but they were stacking up tons of awards and media coverage as the best Mexican food in NYC. It was maybe half as good as the average Mexican food restaurant here in San Antonio.
@@raphael9540 you idiot Tex Mex and Mexican food are different and Texas is great in both.
I’m from Texas. I’ve been in New York I agree. New Yorkers have a confusion on what’s a Mexican dish and what is a Puerto Rican dish.
No we dont. We know pasteles from tamales
That and most other things. The BBQ game is awful and can find a pretty decent steak but it will cost you $75. I like the pride they have for their city but it’s entirely overdone and unearned.
and people from texas confuse tex-mec with authentic Mexican food
@@jasonc1448We don’t. You outsiders do 😂
I grew up in NYC and up to 1999, there was no Mexican go-to restaurant.
The City has cuisine from the entire world, so they all seem normal and generic to us.
Other States and Cities have one dominant cuisine, and not much more , and that is ok.
I lived in San Antonio for 10 years and loved the Texas-Mex food, BBQ, and Authentic Mexican food from the mom-pops shops.
That culture was mostly absent, and that was perfectly fine.
Mexicans started moving in at larger numbers in 2000, and brought the food.
This is all new.
Californians and Texans can agree on one thing: there's no good Mexican food in NY
Selling in front of a Chipotle is a baller ass move. respect.
Hell Yeah!!
Straight UP 😂
The fuckin balls that takes
They're probably cheaper and taste better
@@TheSonicsean Nobody walking into that Chipolte to work gives a shit lol. Heck they prob like it since they don't have to make food for the people eating out there and they take up parking spots.
Imagine walking past authentic Mexican food to walk into a chipotle
90 percent of NYC Mex food is either Chipotle or Taco Bell.
@@user-or6yn8pm3clol . What are you talking about . Ever hear of tbis place called queens . The most diverse place on the planet . There is plenty of mexican food there. Mexican taco carts out outnumber taco bells 20 to 1. Pedro pascal doesnt hang out in corona and jackson heights. Is it as good as wesr coast tacos ? Dont know but saying there is no good mexican food in nyc is ignorant he needs to leave Manhattan. Also tacos birrialandia done.
@@user-or6yn8pm3cJust say you have never been here. This is seriously one of the dumbest comments I've ever seen on RUclips.
I actually love chipotle
@@robertomaldonado7397 Cool story
Bro sounds like every bodega guy who you’re not sure if they work there, or they’re family with the owners. 💀
Ngl the guy selling tacos out of his van at my local punk show in LA beats every attempt I’ve come across outside of cali. Nothing quite like it.
Sure it’s decent, he’s probably just been super spoiled by California Mexican food. Which is on a whole other level and cannot be replicated anywhere else. Kind of like New York with their Pizza.
everyone’s tastes are different, we’re just trying to put people on to spots they might’ve not known about ✌🏼
Chicago Mexican food better
@@allahbless2278 Chicago 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Personally, Texas Mexican food hits different
@@JohnT_ its a close 2nd
People are misinterpreting Pedro here. I think what he really means is: The Mexican food in New York may be good food, it's just not "good Mexican Food". It's some kind of variation of Mexican Food, however well-made it is.
It's more a question of authenticity rather than a critique on good/bad cooking.
No, Pascal meant what he meant. This dude in the vid just showed what he thought was “good” lol
My abuelita used to cook chalupas and chilaquiles... for their dogs. There is in my family this story about someone from Tlaxcala come over to stay with our family for the holidays, as he was in the kitchen he glimpses the chilaquiles and servers himself only to be scolded by my abuelita. This hijo de la chingada is eating the food for Diputado and Senador, her dogs, she said.
this is just matter of opinion
I 💯 agree with you but i think they just made this to advertise these stores and im loving it, need to try em all out
Asian guy talking about authentic Mexican food 😂
Using AOC is just hilariously naive. She's not even Mexican
Not only is she not Mexican, she's also a political idiot who has no right to be in Congress, let alone to even vote. Dumb socialist loon.
Yeah, wtf was up with that? As if she is an expert.
Thats what I'm thinking!
Shes Puerto Rican by decent and she wasnt even born there.
She's less Mexican than I am and I'm as white and American as they come😅
@@Dante1920 who cares
Who is AOC?
As a Southern border native, and 15yr NYC resident, I can confirm that Pedro is 100% right.
Lived in SoCal for 5 years. I'm a NYC native. Still trying to find a good Mexican spot in the East Coast.
nope
NO you CAN'T!!!
Los Tacos No. 1 is really good, not sure if that’s a NYC original spot but there are a few locations
15 years and you havent left manhattan??
Mexican here (born and living) those aren't chalupas... They look more like "sopes" and drowning in salsa so im questioning their quality.
As a Poblano I can say those are chalupas poblanas!
@@jaycastrosound2234 probes my point if we start talking about mexican food then we have to talk about the differences between states! Enorme país de diversidad cultural el que tenemos.
New Yorkers can't comprehend that their city is mid. Also the AOC show off isn't a good thing
AOC is based. Cope right winger
Texas man here. Pedro wasn't wrong
Texas doesn't even have the best Mexican food.
Next.
You sure do know TexMex. But that’s not the same as Mexican food. And have you even had Mexican food in NYC before?
@@___chief866well then besides Mexico who does have the best Mexican food then? Texas has full on cities that are 90% Mexican
@@jamessmith6123California and it isn’t even close…
@@CyrussNP i have and it's mid
1 single street taco vendor from San Diego or LA puts all of them to shame
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Mexican restaurants are better than street vendors who use intestines of the animal as cheap meat. I avoid Mexican street vendors and you should to.
As if these immigrants moving to New York are any less Mexican or capable of making tacos. Harder to find than LA, yes of course because of the border distances, but still present in both states.
Facts San Diego got the best tacos aside from Tijuana who is #1 in the west coast but of course
A Mexican: There’s no good Mexican food in NY.
An Asian: Ok so this is where I took an American whose parents are from Puerto Rico.
He’s Chilean
@@wertyda1the dude talking not Pedro. Stop being slow.
@@mauriciovidrio9885 what?
@@wertyda1 exactly you're slow asf. Read the top comment again, use your head and try to understand.
@@mauriciovidrio9885 No you idiot, the Asian is the one talking.
bro just casually flexed chilling with AOC 😭
Seeing AOC judging Mexican food didn't help your case
She’s an American latina with South American heritage. Grew up in an upper class family. Very qualified to judge Mexican food. 😂
@@troll707and her damily is puerto rican so shes even less qualified🤦🏽♂️
Anothe[R] f[R]ightened [R]acist. Is there anything these t[R]aito[R]s are not afraid of? Smart women, check, smart teenage girls, check, LGBT check, ...
@@troll707she Puerto Rican tho… real Mexican and Mexican Americans are agreeing, these ain’t shit 😂
@@troll707thats like saying somebody from Turkey is qualified to judge French cuisine bc they're Turkish 😂
Asian dude telling people where the best Mexican spots are and using AOC to help sell it. Nice game plan 😂
She’s not even Mexican or Mexicans descent. And she’s crazy: never ever eating there lol
Thats why you know its a fraud
with a forced getto voice. pathetic
AOC is Puerto Rican why is she in this as a what? lol I hope it’s not cause y’all just picking random Latin ppl like as if it all means the same??
@@Adolfoache If you’re unwilling to eat where crazy people eat, you have nowhere to eat.
And please drop the politics once in a while. Some things like food and sports, should bring people together regardless of party affiliation.
I disagreed with GW Bush, but he was a runner and I’m a runner, so I understood him on that level.
That don’t even look like really mean food. Pedro grew up in San Antonio as a kid. I think he would know.
It’s not texmex, it’s Mexican and looks quite accurate. I grew up in Mexico so I would know
You sound brain dead
@@PhilandSofiahe grew up in cali too. Which has the best mexican food outside of mexico city.
@@Mogadypopz the concept “best” is debatable with price, freshness and original sazón as factors
@@Desolate1133 youve never been to mexico or proper calimex. Keep coping.
AOC? You just lost all of your credit.
An Asian guy from New York talking how good New York Mexican food is?
😂😂😂 bruh!! 😂😂
Pascal and AOC ain't mexican neither
You forgot to add ".....and he talks like a Jay Z"
That’s the beauty of New York, doesn’t matter what race you are you can appreciate food from any culture
@@PhillipJCoulsonlmao yeah right. The blue hair New Yorkers (of which there are many) will bash you for cultural appropriation so fast your head will spin. That shit doesn’t pass in progressive cities like NY. Maybe on the island or upstate lol. AOC will be the first to say it too.
Looks good but the homie on the corner in LA wins
AOC is not even mexican😂 she’s Puerto Rican from New York.
A "NewYoriCan"
No one said she was
@@Sporkonafork1 he’s implying it by saying that’s why they took her there. But her liking that did doesn’t make it good Mexican food. That’s what I’m saying. That’s like saying I make wonderful Canadian food ask Arnold Schwarzenegger.. it makes no sense
None of this people are they just want attention
@@Sporkonafork1put a shirt on bro you’re weird
Asian guy promoting Mexican food 😋 🤣
In front of Chipotle is a different level of disrespect 😂
Every New Yorker will say they can get pizza from almost anywhere in NY better than the best pizza on the West coast. This is where the West coast rightfully fights back and says the same about Mexican food.
And we can say the same about puerto rican food. I dare you to find good mofongo in la
yet oddly enough NY has every major pizza chain that they deem not good enough in comparison in abundance in NY...they must be getting a lot of business to stay open hmmmmmmm
@@VMan29397Mexican food > Puerto Rican food. Any day. Any time. It’s just a fact.
@@Gregor_Von_DOOM yeah, a lot of tourists, a lot of people just looking for a quick cheap bite without going out of the way (if you're not living close to a pizza spot), and mad ppl with munchies. Doesn't stop our NYC pizza from being elite.
Same way you don't go to the Midwest for seafood, but you do go for steaks!
SoCal, AZ, TX: "That's cute"
bro fr
Hey, don’t be skimping out on the Mexican food scene here in Vegas. I’m saying this as a born and raised Mexican who’s been eating tacos de carne asada since before I learned to read or write.
@Absalonian I live in Vegas. The food is definitely better than any East Coast Mexican food lol
😂😂😂
Texas? Texmex ain’t it.
Did I just see cucumbers on top of tacos? Pedro was right
Actually in Mexico City when you go to a street taco stand they have red radish & cucumbers next to the salsas.
cucumbers with vinegar and salt are staple in Mexican households. My grandma fed me them all the time
@@ASRH10yeah but you eat the cucumbers on the side homie😅
🎶White people taco night!🎶
😂😂
@@ASRH10I’ve been to Mexico City, not once have they have it on the tacos. In the side for sure, but tell have radishes on it, but on tacos???? Nah
You’re smoked out if you think aoc gives a Mexican joint the stamp of authenticity 😂
I'm Mexican and wherever there are Mexicans you're going to find bomb-ass Mexican food. NY has a ton of Mexicans, of course they will have good food.
Thank you-common sense comment
you must live on the east coast bc the west coast mexicans dont have this much sense apparently
This.
It was a lot harder in the 80s and 90s, where shit like Cilantro or fresh serranos and jalepenos were impossible to find, and even white and red onions could be a challenge soimetimes, but they're commonly available even in the dakotas now.
I live in So Cal and it is still impossible for me to ever find Epazote though. So there's plenty of southern mexican dishes that I can't get here.
The spices is what makes the food ...higher chance to find those near Mexico
@@themisteroMijo, NY might have Mexican food but nobody is trying to drop $15 or $25 dollars for 3 tacos and a sunkist soda. You can get way better delicious mexican food for cheaper on the west coast
Ain’t no way a dude with this accent gon tell me what good Mexican food is 😂😭🤣 west coast counterparts???? Bro never been to San Antonio or any part of Texas for that matter 😭😭
As a Mexican, I did eat at tacos El bronco when I was visiting Brooklyn. That place is legit ngl
And Texas Mexican food is ass low key majority of it is Tex mex.
Cali is the best Mexican food hands down, I lived in Texas for a decade.
I lived in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso. El Paso had it the closest.
But Los Angeles man nothing comes quite close to it.
Say it louder for the people in the back. Houston had alright mexican food but socal and even places in the bay hands down fire mexican @@TKO-1503
San Antonio is tex-mex garbage
@@TKO-1503California is ‘good’ if you like Baja California, or Sonora food, or Californianos food. Texas is ‘good’ you like Northern Eastern Mexico, Tejano food (from South Texas, now local throughout the state) or NeoMexicano food (Big Bend north to Colorado & into New Mexico) Your comment is ridiculous and not based off of any scientific fact, but your own biases. Central Mexican food is more common in California, but that’s slightly changing in Texas. Historically Central Mexico has been incredibly oppressive to North Eastern Mexico, which is why the Republic of the Rio Grande originally broke away from Mexico in a brief alliance with The Republic of Texas in the mid-1800s. And why citizens of North Eastern Mexico continue to flee for America, rather than flee to go to Central Mexico.
Buy a book, or go to the library, it’s free.
The fact that only 5 spots are mentioned and all of them look “just fine” says it all.
Decent with cameras and it’s probably not cheap! I think Pedro was correct but thanks for some suggestions.
The problem is the total lack of reasonable Mexican food along the rest of the East coast.
that's all of them🤣
That mole definitely didn’t have the right amount of chile I don’t care if it has chocolate it’s not supposed to taste like chocolate but add sweetness it’s not supposed to take over the entire dish
They all look pretty damn good. Though this is coming from a person who is cottage cheese white.
"Please, bro. The Mexican food in NY is just as good. Just trust me bro. It was cooked by a guy from NJ whose friend's grandma was from Mexico and we put it on a fancy plate. Please just say it's good bro."
Exactly how I felt watching this.
Look Pedro is right. Been to NYC a handful of times and can attest that it’s nothing compared to what we have on the West Coast!
Ditto, I've lived on both sides. ❤
and the west is nothing compared to the dirty south
Idk man, I reckon Taco Bell has some top notch Mexican food, Although it’s not native to NY.
5 places in NY vs. all the different places in Cali where there's a spot on every corner. I think when he said there is no good Mexican food in NY, statistically, he's correct.
Absolutely. Anyone who has traveled from east and west knows the east coast lacks. It doesn’t mean we don’t support our local businesses. It simply means that overall Mexican food on the west is significantly better
Being literally right next to the most important farms in the world helps.
I live in CenCal and can obtain the freshest butter in less than 20 minutes.
Opening in front of Chipotle is wild. She wants all the smoke.
I STAND WITH PEDRO as someone who grew up in San Antonio and frequented the border towns and currently have lived in NYC for 4 years lol. Also I miss breakfast tacos so much.
Bro I hear you 😭 I’m from San Antonio and I’ve lived in LA for a little while and they don’t do it like we do it.
Nothing like TEX-MEX huh? I live in San Antonio. Really can't eat Mexican food anywhere else, it's always a disappointment. 😂
I’ll throw down on some bean and cheesers for the count down city homies who aren’t here!
It's true. I'm from SA and just make it myself. Every "Mexican" restaurant in the West is just slop.
Breakfast tacos is Texas thing and breakfast burrito is a cali thing and I’m for both man ❤
Sorry....but Pedro is right! 💯 went to NY and couldn't find any good Mexican Food the whole time i was there 😭
From a Pedro to another Pedro. I got to stand with Pedro.
AOC isn't a Mexican dish, she's a Puerto Rican dish.
Everyone knows bro lol
*LOST ALL RESPECT WHEN HE REFERENCED AOC*
@@strongestnattyever-videos2247CRY ME A FUCKING RIVER 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I wouldn’t trust aoc to get an order of water on the rocks correct.
She's no dish either. She's trash. 🤣
He's right! I'm from Los Angeles living in New York and I agree with him.
I live in LA originally from NYC and feel this way about Caribbean food out here.
I been to the east coast and hell nah no good mexican food anywhere
@@jebiusenvy definitely!
@@eduardoandrade8298 exactly!
Its all about the atmospheric condition here we have in the Southwest that make the difference!
“We have great Mexican food…aka our Peurto Rican Congress women”
California got the best street tacos
yussss except La Ciudád 😁
The best taco trucks are in the central valley.
Saying there’s Mexican restaurants in NYC that can hold their own against West Coast counterparts is like saying that some of the best New York pizza comes from LA.
An Asian man telling a Mexican man about Mexican food 🤔
Pedro is from Chile, why are there so many idiots in this comment section
Pedro Pascal is Chilean not mexican.
@@theprotagonist1311the cringey weirdo in the vid is Asian not Hispanic.
Yea you don’t have to be a Mexican to know about Mexican culture. There are people that base their entire lives around a certain culture and know it better than most natives. Sorry but ignorant comment.
@@MajinLordVegetalol yeah ok Bruh
Sorry if it’s not run by a family struggling to understand me when I order in English than I don’t want it. Lol. And all the new immigrants from mexico go to CA or TX.
It could be because Puebla has different cuisine than the rest of Mexico. 90% of Mexicans in NYC are from Puebla.
I’m Mexican and tried some tacos during a trip to New York and I was very disappointed. But having watched this short, I will definitely try some of these places to see if they are truly good. I did try some other Latin food that was delicious, but not Mexican.
Hope you enjoy!
Try tacos numero 1
@@righteouseats trust no asian to try mexican foood. That's like me telling you where to get good pho from.😂😂
@@angelsolis7340 I'm Mexican and the food he showed is literally the same that I eat in Mexico in street food here in Puebla
As a Mexican who went to visit NYC, i got to try Tacos El Bronco while i was up there and I'll tell you, they're legit
Ngl as a west coast Mexican….. that didn’t convince me😂 the mole looked weird 😂
Yea fr that mole did not help his point 💀
The Al Pastor too, color is off
it looks a bit runny but there are a lot of types of mole, so I would discard it just by that
So obviously you've never been to NY but you're judging because of your phone screen.....what a waste of space
@@sodiepop46Yes. But mole poblano is darker.
Bro, I can’t with the mixed New York accent with Spanish words mixed in😂