Sesame Street - Mexican restaurant

[@michaelwindsor6536]

the little town in the California desert I grew up in was fortunate to have many GOOD homestyle Mexican restaurants. I haven't seen this clip since I was probably 5 or 6 years old, and it brings back a flood of memories...how I used to watch this clip and it would remind me of all the awesome food I was fortunate enough to be introduced to at such a young age.

[@boat6float]

I am so greatful that I am from, and grew up in New Mexico. We had great places like this all over.

[@heidij2839]

Oh man, thank you for posting this. I hadn't seen this one probably since the 80s. It always made me hungry!!

[@briansky10]

Oh yes I agree. I always get hungry for enchiladas and tacos from watching this. Thanks for posting.

[@harrystoller4147]

I prefer a burrito.

[@williamandrews1084]

I’ve always loved Mexican restaurants!! Their food is delicious!!

[@hamsterama]

This is such a great clip, I remember I loved it so much when I was a kid! It's great that the children featured were shown at a young age how to run a business.

[@candlelight482]

Whenever i feel the need to go back to my childhood, for awhile i always watch this clip & others as it was 1 of my favs when i was a kid

[@Nurse_Hana_]

These kids were shredding cheese, washing pots, taking orders, serving platters etc. and then ended the video with "it's a lot of hard work running a restaurant but it's worth it, especially when they give us a lunch break" 😂🤣 Kids these days wouldn't survive a day

[@9386AliG]

My family in Mexico should know, they have their own stores that would require some on my cousins to help out.

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

Lots of kids who have families who are in the hospitality industry don't even know how lucky they have it? But also in some cultures the hospitality business is truly a family affair. With parents, aunts and uncles, siblings and cousins all working together to make it profitable.

[@darkprose]

Shut up.

[@samanthadan]

There’s a Mexican restaurant in the town where we live. That has been run by a wonderful Mexican family. A brother, and sister team. Since 1990. We’re proud to know the owners. The brother is a very down-to-earth, humble guy. The kind of guy you’d want to have as a friend. He knows both of us by name.

[@zombiejlt1]

Before I went to school I used to "work" with my Tata doing waste management with him. When the car didn't work we would hop on his bike and go around the city. I was about 3-4 years old at the time and these were all day assignments. We would stop for lunch breaks too. I learned the value of hard work from him. Nowadays you couldn't even get a kid that young or older to do work like that without technology or complaints lol. That's why I try to teach my son the same way I was raised.

[@whatchalookinat4573]

Sweet memories...

[@ktmh68]

@waddleduckie1 the restaurant was in LA, not NYC. I don't know if it is still there or not. My brother-in-law and his mom are the customers, and one of the little boys is his younger brother. He also did the voice over for the little boy who's family owned the restaurant because he could not speak clearly enough to be understood. He was very young.

[@PeachWookiee]

Is it still there? I couldn’t narrow things down enough online…

[@frankpatraziebe5515]

That's cool!

[@sommerssmith]

I love mexician food. Even though I'm not hispanic, my favorite are enchiladas where we mix it with chicken, cheese, and green chiles. We top it with spicy chili sauce and cheese and call it "Red Devil Enchiladas" simply from my days of high school football and the parties we threw.

[@sweetlife031]

You don't have to be Mexican to enjoy Mexican food 😊

[@patrickmichaellangan576]

sweetlife031 a song about pasta (also from Sesame Street) said the same thing, only it said “you don’t have to be Italian to enjoy pasta.”

[@thejoshsings9280]

@@patrickmichaellangan576 And you don’t have to be chinese to enjoy chinese food

[@kittygaillot2286]

If I’m by myself eating tacos, enchiladas, etc., I always watch this video.

[@ladiiblue2u634]

This is one of my faves

[@Bubbliscious13]

I remember watching this when I was little, and feeling very hungry afterwards. Thanks for downloading.

[@thegreatteletubbiesfantheg1900]

All This Talking About Mexican Food Like Tacos, Nachos and Tortillas Has Making Me Hungry!😋🍲🍔🍕🍗🍖

[@haylibooth71]

Ahhh the memories of 70's sesame street:)It was way cooler back then:)

[@danb1259]

Actually, the earliest known appearance of this clip on Sesame Street was in 1984.

[@jwavada]

My stomach was growling just looking at those tacos.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Don't eat them they'll give you gas.ill take 10

[@EnlightnMe48]

😂 same. Wishing I was there now.

[@harrystoller4147]

If only I could find this Mexican restaurant.

[@kobraf150]

We've got a lot of little authentic Mexican places like this in Detroit as there is a Mexicantown there on the southwest side. Great food!

[@melrose53]

My Sister and I love this one...We used to just sit and drool over this one when we were younger... I want some Taco's NOW!

[@califgirl101]

Ah, how I remember this classic short so well! :)

[@hectorlujan9062]

Wonder if this restaurant still exists, and wonder where it was filmed

[@EnlightnMe48]

Same

[@Gshock714]

Guadalajara restaurant in Los Angeles 1987 my uncle and aunt used to eat there a lot,they told me when I was young the food was great especially the enchiladas that the owner prepared during filming

[@penquin323]

@@Gshock714 Damn wish my Dad was here to tell him that He was the Chef at that Restaurant

[@georgepahno3111]

What is the address and location (on Google Maps) of that restaurant?

[@EnlightnMe48]

​@@penquin323that's your dad in the clip?

[@cne08]

I'm glad I just ate. This clip is making me hungry. I want to see the clip where the boy talks about his dad who makes chinese noodles.

[@penquin323]

Well that Kid in the Red Sweater is my Brother!! His 36 NOW! It was my Dad's Restaurant

[@harrystoller4147]

penquin323 how’d you know? Is it true?

[@penquin323]

@@harrystoller4147 really u dont think I know my brother and my own dad

[@BadWebDiver]

Did you narrate?

[@harrystoller4147]

@@penquin323 ever since I was kid, I’ve never heard it was *your* family’s Mexican restaurant.

[@penquin323]

​@harrystoller4147 back in the day yes! It was by Figueroa n 70 something Street

[@maraskywalkeriii]

I Loooove YOutube! I was trying to remember a sequence about cooking Mexican food from my childhood. My memory felt very PBS-ish, so I looked up reading rainbow with enchilada, then sesame street with enchilada and Boom! I found it! I love this sequence. It always made me wanna eat mexican food too. Rice and beans, the rich enchiladas. Soooo tasty!

[@ktmh68]

@Marbles471 The customers ordering are my brother-in-law and his mom. One of the little boys is his younger brother.

[@harrystoller4147]

ktmh68 Are you sure it’s all true? And which little boy is your brother-in-law’s brother?

[@cassandramalfoy]

Aw, how cute. I love mexican food and this is making me craving some right now lol.

[@Landaux]

Taco Bell is imitation, this is the REAL DEAL! :-)

[@inspectah_gadget_]

This always makes me hungry!

[@mikekelley2877]

This is one of many sketches I enjoyed watching when I was a kid; given how old looking the footage is, I'm guessing this was late 70's or early 80's....

[@kittygaillot2286]

I’m hoping to try my hand and making chicken enchiladas later this week…… Only I don’t use a deep fryer. In the first place, I can’t eat deep fried foods. In the second place, I’m always afraid of getting splattered by the hot oil. I do have an air fryer though, and I love it.

[@ChrisC11291980]

You know, I find old films and cartoons from Sesame Street all the time that I remember here on KZbin. This took me a while to realize it but I remember this too. love Mexican food.

[@ThomasHenderson]

I remember watching this clip as a child! I always found it interesting watching clips like this and the one about how a crayon is made. Brings back a lot of fond memories. Now I'm hungry for some tacos :)

[@ClassixSuperRetroPlayhouse]

what kind of wood is being put in the tacos to keep them closed while frying?

[@jjstraka1982]

To this day, after visiting dozens of Mexican restaurants, I've never found one that lives up to this ideal in my head from a time when I'd never even eaten a taco.

[@stevekov6740]

Those tacos look chewy with just the right amount of crunch so they don't shatter when you bite into the shell. Just the way I like 'em.

[@frankpatraziebe5515]

o REAL tacos that are crunchy and chewy at the same time

[@tubricant]

This clip ALWAYS made me hungry, even if I'd just eaten.

[@ktmh68]

I don't remember seeing this when I was a kid, I think I was too old for SS when it was made. I do however recognize 2 of the boys. I would have known it was them, even if I hadn't been told ahead of time. They look the same(only older now). one is 30something, the other is 40. But they still both have the same smiles as when they were kids. Oh for those who don't know, it was in LA, not NYC.

[@mikekelley2877]

Although I wouldn't really eat anything at this restaurant (I'm a very picky eater), the food really does look delicious

[@EnlightnMe48]

*eyeballs kid putting grated cheese in his mouth*Back in those days I guess germs behaved differently in restaurant kitchens 😂

[@irinayaroshevsky2446]

I like Mexican food

[@Crichtonator1982]

when you're in the restaurant business, you have to prepare before the restaurant opens whether it's Mexican, Italian, Fish and Chips or whatever.

[@heysally13]

And?

[@Crichtonator1982]

@@heysally13 my point is you have to be prepared before opening a restaurant this way you can get it out right away.

[@heysally13]

@@Crichtonator1982 As adults, we know this. Who do you think the intended audience for this video is? Or does it simply bother you that it features a Mexican family??

[@Crichtonator1982]

No it doesn't bother me, I'm just stating facts.

[@lisad1213]

I always get hungry for Mexican food watching this segment!! The music sounds a lot like the music in Napoleon Dynomite

[@maggiesanford8324]

I wonder if this restaurant still exists?

[@Mobee211]

I used to watch this and always wish my dad owned a mexican restaurant. I used to play "mexican restaurant" in the tub by pretending the facecloths were tacos and the shampoo was the filler then I'd drop them in the water (the burning hot oil - never occured to me that I would be scalded since I was sitting in the "oil").

[@EnlightnMe48]

So you're a little crispier? 😊

[@darleneyerena4552]

My Favorite at Mexican Restaurant on Special Lunch Menu is Beef Taco, Cheese Quesadilla and a side of Mexican Orange Rice, My favorite Beverage on menu is Lemonade for Special Lunch and comes with appetizers: tortilla chips

[@CatalinaSafari73]

The name of the restraunt is Guadalajara Restaurant. I know there is one a mexican restaurant by the same name in Westchester. It would be nice to think this family buisness has survived after all these years,and not torn down or bought out by McDonalds or Taco Bell

[@EnlightnMe48]

I grew up in northeast Pennsylvania and I'm still wondering about the same thing all these years later.

[@saugagirl83]

I'd forgotten all about this clip! It used to make me want Mexican food everytime it came on!

[@juncho1977]

0:19 That is why your dad takes you to the market sometimes...and your friend Noel too.

[@orchadetrm]

Never noticed the actual narrator is the boy ordering at 0:54

[@EnlightnMe48]

The voices sound similar. He was the voice over for the little boy I bet

[@AsianAgentScully]

Thank goodness some one else noticed that. Not so much the kids preping the food, but the fact that one shoved a fist full of cheese in his mouth as it was being grated to serve to other people. I would have smacked him upside the head if I caught him doing that.

[@bigboy-tk8vq]

I haven't seen this one in a long time since i was a kid

[@katrinavaldez3961]

"enchilada y tacos!"

[@harrystoller4147]

“Okay, enchiladas and tacos coming up!”

[@spibjsaist6123]

I love Mexican food yum yum

[@dmianinsane2332]

that shit is not really mexican food

[@ThirdOfJune4444]

I love vintage Sesame Street. It brings back fond memories! Thank you for posting this. Just out of personal curiosity, does anyone know what that gray mush is at 2:02?

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

Beans, boss.

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

I wonder if the little boy in this clip took over his family's business?

[@Gshock714]

Sadly they closed a couple yrs later this was Guadalajara restaurant in Los Angeles California on Figueroa this was filmed in 1987

[@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue]

@@Gshock714 Thanks!

[@georgepahno3111]

This clip first aired in episode 1890, on February 3, 1984, so this footage was likely filmed in 1982 or 1983. On what date was this footage filmed?

[@EnlightnMe48]

​@@georgepahno3111good point

[@sugarbeatkid]

im half spanish and I love mexican food

[@jamesb8305]

Ah.... the days before people were obsessed with gloves, health codes, and child labor laws. And when we got food poisoning, we drank some pepto-bismol and went on with our day.

[@Crichtonator1982]

🇲🇽Who wants Mexican food ? 😋 The tacos 🌮look so delicious!😋

[@DanaAbel30]

The term "Tex-Mex" actually originated from San Antonio, b/c it was the original capital of TX, before Austin, & it was the 1st U.S. city to have a Chicano mayor.

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Wait... they _deep fry_ the tacos!? Mind blown. 🤯

[@stevekov6740]

Yeah to give them that crunchy & chewy texture that doesn't break apart the shell when you bite into it.

[@BenJabituya]

Yum-Yum!

[@DanaAbel30]

Not just a Mexican restaurant, but ANY kind of restaurant. It also shows what kind of expenses you have to pay when you own such a business -- rent, overhead, taxes, insurance, bookkeeping, & hydro, & in order to make it a legitimate business, you need to get a license beforehand.

[@BuddyBoy600]

Father: Okay, Enchaladas and Tacos, coming up.

[@wart76]

"many of our customers come verrry stoned...on marijuana from the same mexican market where dad buys peppers!"imagine dad smokin a doob in the back ground while the kids are on lunch break,lol

[@edwincancelii2917]

My favorite is the taco.

[@sommerssmith]

Pretty mild to medium. Green chiles aren't as spicy as jalepnos, but the cheese and chicken melt in your mouth.

[@danaabel1049]

Matthew Smith Not in your hand

[@afriendofbean]

That chinese noodles skit is posted on KZbin if you want to see it.

[@DakariKingMykan]

@DanaAbel30 Yeah... I knew that... Owning great things do come with their prices

[@angelahartman7677]

OH MAN I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD

[@MrMaxey777]

I Love Mexican Food!

[@Marbles471]

@ktmh68 If you're right, I wouldn't be surprised. This doesn't feel like New York. No reason I can put into words, but it feels different from much of the rest of Sesame Street, which has always been heavily NYC-based.

[@Amar7605]

The scale at the produce market has a State of California sticker on it.

[@EnlightnMe48]

Anybody else buy taco bell to pretend it's the same quality as the delicious Mexican food on the video?

[@penquin323]

Thats My Family Restaurant!!

[@harrystoller4147]

penquin323 Really?

[@penquin323]

@@harrystoller4147 Yes that is my Dad and my Lil Brother the Mexican 1

[@chickenalaking1319]

@@penquin323the other kid isn't Mexican?

[@afriendofbean]

Either that or, maybe the good luck is for good health which is why the olives are in the food.

[@DanaAbel30]

For me, ALL OF THE ABOVE!!! And I'm not leaving out the salsa & guacamole.

[@DanaAbel30]

But you oughta try the "Prairie Fire Bean Dip" they make in "Don Pablo's". It's just too AWESOME!!!!!

[@afriendofbean]

I wonder too. However, I guess it's the same thing when making pizza that the sauce is the secret sauce not knowing what's in the sauce when making pizza.

[@eskimospy77]

Three cheers for Mexican food!(except re-fried beans)

[@jtroll0724]

I remember this one as a kid.

[@DanaAbel30]

So do I, both times. I don't love Mexican food, I CRAVE it.

[@Marbles471]

@cesariojpn I know, but keep in mind that Muppet Wikia only goes by what can be absolutely confirmed. I've seen quite a few "EKA" dates that are very obviously not the actual first appearances of the clip in question, and the Wikia people surely know it too, but they have to go with it because its actual first appearance isn't known.

[@DanaAbel30]

You mean the "placenta". Yeah, I love the stuff.

[@DanaAbel30]

I can totally relate. I'm a Mexican food-aholic.

[@hsuehhs1]

@penquin323 Is it still in Business? Where is located which State and town?

[@Perich29]

we got lots of mexican restaurant in Arizona.

[@madamewoselle]

Oh yeaah! I remember this!

[@wart76]

i think i'd like to see the outtakes from this clip....dad burning his hand in the fryer,the kids dropping the food, Noelle getting bitched at at the market for breaking the scale,etc.

[@Marbles471]

@ktmh68 I'll be damned. =) What year is this? Approximately, anyway. It looks to me like the late '70s or early '80s.

[@eee-eee-clap-clap2367]

What's the title of the music they used? It sounds like a KPM/APM track. A British company playing Bossa Nova for a Mexican Restaurant on an American show...we're going global on this!

[@Frodisboy]

Wow, Penquin! Is this place open still? I want to go now.

[@hsuehhs1]

@penquin323 It still still opened or is closed down?

[@Emmjaye4life]

@quirpco thats right...because you've never done questionable things in the kitchen and your perfect

[@DakariKingMykan]

@penquin323 It must be awesome for your family to OWN and run a Restaurant.

[@jamesb8305]

DakariKingMykan it used to be. Too much competition from chains nowadays.

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Buenos burritos

[@jamiepeavler7061]

I like some Mexican food.

[@katiecranston8004]

Me too and I miss going to taco bell

[@katiecranston8004]

Yes

[@gummi67]

@penquin323, so what's the name of the restaurant and what's going on with it now?

[@DanaAbel30]

That's probably just the way the family prepares their food.

[@afriendofbean]

He should be. I guess he either forgot or the kitchen gloves ripped and he had to use his bare hands until he could order a new pair. (I'm sure he washed his hands very well before cooking the food).