Not long after we arrived in NYC we came across a great little Mexican gift shop in the East village, La Sirena" - www.lasirenanyc.com- run by Dina , a Bella Pacific kinda gal , once a month she takes a walking tour of the Mexican part of Queens - take the 7 train to Jackson Heights - Queens side , and there under the railway lines just like Brighton and Flushing you'll find an area that caters to yet another NYC ethnic group.
We had a fun afternoon , not your usual tour, every one on the tour lived in NYC , most spoke Spanish and where customers of Dina's.
We started off with a great Mexican lunch in a local family run bakery and restaurant that specialised in cakes for all occasions , the food was as good as Mexican food can get, fresh tasty and cheap - we'll take you there when you come over - then strolled the streets looking at religious supply shops , food markets where you could buy all the varieties of chili available in Mexico, Oaxacan cheese, 6 different kinds of fresh tortilla, fresh cactus for eating it was almost as good as being in Mexico, we also browsed shops selling Mexican cowboy boots, shirts , hats, chaps and spurs.
Plus other shops selling traditional puffy fluffy gowns for Quincenera a Latin celebration when girls turn15- christenings and weddings, colourful yarn shops and finally hit a local bar to have a few cervecas.
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