You know how in Texas, there are many aisles of tortillas? You can find the tortillas in the bread section, in the fruit section, and in the Mexican food section. Or, if you are in the 'local' non-chain grocery store---there are usually tables in the front with tortillas.
Yea, so the first time I went to an Acme in Philadelphia. ... I nearly lost it. There were no tortillas to be found. They had "wraps" .... i asked a sales person, "Where are the tortillas." They directed me to the wraps. Finally, I found a tiny section of an obscure aisle with some "mexican like foods." Pace sauce, and pace taco packages. Not the good, local made brands.
Finally, 6 months after moving here....my husband, then boyfriend, took me to the "supremo" grocery in his neighborhood. An ENTIRE aisle of mexican + puerto rican + venezuelan foods. OKAY...not tex mex...but I breathed in that aisle and I felt at home.
Much of the Mexican food is more "southwestern" in variety. I found one place, called Adobe Cafe that sells "tex mex"....but it is of the quality of a place in Texas we would refer to as the "crappy mexican place."
Oh, How I Miss Tex Mex.
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