Plaza de las Culturas

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The Nachos has their origin in the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in the year 1943 in the Victoria Club. History tells that a day several spouses from some American military arrived after the restaurant was closed, then Ignacio Anaya, ingeniously prepared a snack with the little he had available: tortillas and cheese. The tortillas cut them in triangle form and it put them to fry adding Wisconsin yellow cheese.

This dish was very pleasing for the ladies, so they asked the name for this snack, to which Anaya responded quickly: Nachos Special; then Anaya soon added them to its menu calling them Nachos Special. The name of Nacho comes from the nickname of its creator Ignacio, from Acuña, Coahuila. In 1995 Piedras Negras was officially declared the cradle of the Nacho. Since then every October the International Nacho Festival is celebrated in this city, known also as the Nacho Fest.