it offends me when people say “Mexican restaurants”

Well where I live, they're called Mexican restaurants because we actually are all Mexican 🤷 it's like the majority here. I've never in my life heard of a "spanish restaurant" or even stuff like "puerto rican restaurant" or "dominican restaurant" 😅 I don't think they even exist here lol

its funny bc my Mexican friend told me just yesterday that ppl genuinely say that tacobell is their fave Mexican place lmaooo

Wait what no

If there is a Guatemalan restaurant don't call it Spanish or Mexican you call it Guatemalan.

We do have Spanish restaurants in, the US, which serve the cuisine of Spain, such as paella. I would never refer to any restaurant with Mexican or Latino cuisine as "Spanish." To me, that sounds like referring to an American restaurant as British. We are no longer colonies of European powers. (I would also never refer to a Spanish restaurant as Mexican.)

If I refer to a Mexican restaurant, I do specifically mean Mexican. I will refer to a Cuban restaurant as Cuban, a Nicaraguan restaurant as Nicaraguan, etc. Lumping them all together as "Latino restaurants" would be like lumping together Italian, French, and German restaurants as "European." I could do that, it but I don't see it being very helpful.

I went to a Peruvian restaurant I while back. Yes it is annoying. I would like to call an Italian restaurant a French one, what's the difference :P

I agree and they also assume that all Indians are dark skinned or if anyone is fair then he/she is not pure Indian!
So i wanna clear that there are variety of appearances of Indian people ,some look like Asians too!
Plus some people assume that India is poor country and there are not good houses or living style or development!
India is one of the fastest developing country and there are so many places where are hitech companies are investing and common people lives with very good lifestyle!

Where I live we have several Mexican restaurants, several El Salvadoran restaurants, and two Spanish restaurants.

South American restaurant and Spanish restaurant would be totally different than a Mexican restaurant.
How do you feel about taquerias when they sell cheeseburgers?
I guess all I'm really asking, only not in type but in my head, Who calls themselves a Mexican restaurant that is not one? Im just confused, not nearly as much of an ass as I sound.

Then you would hate Texas

Spanish and Mexican food are two completely different, independent things lol, the distinction is absolutely meaningful.

It's as if we unified French and Italian kitchens under the sign of "European restaurants", and then serve you pizza with soup and some weird smelly cheese of their there.. 🥴

Burger joint? Ever smoked one

So mf true

People do this with a lot of different ethnic foods… like some people around here will call anything Asian “Chinese food”

all the Mexican restaurants here are owned/operated by Mexicans/Mexican-Americans, and they call it Mexican food... 🤷‍♂️

I'm pretty sure calling Taco Bell a Mexican restaurant is more insulting to Mexicans than calling an actual Mexican restaurant a Mexican restaurant...🤔

Its a category....just like women clothing or kids clothing.... just a category

Maybe that's how the owners refer to their business

Because Spanish restaurants are not big in the USA and Mexican ones are.
It seems like you are just looking to be offended.
There are 3 Mexican restaurants in my area and no Spanish ones.

Maybe it’s because it’s a Mexican restaurant. Got something against Mexicans?

Ummm.. it's there on the sign outside the Latino eatery..

Maybe because it is on the front door?

I’m guilty

If it says Mexican Restaurant, it's a restaurant that sells Mexican food. Different countries do have different popular dishes, e.g., Puerto Rico has Mofongo and arroz con gandules. If you go to a Puerto Rican restaurant, you will find those dishes.

Spanish food would be food from Spain not Latin America.

Because when we go to Mexican restaurants we expect fajitas and enchilladas which are of Mexican origin and certainly not Spanish, plus you're not going to find paella at a Mexican restaurant. Not in Texas anyway. You're not likely to find fajitas at the El Salvatorian restaurant close by but at the Cuban place either.

Maybe you're the confused one. Nobody assumes all Asians are Chinese. Nobody i know anyway. Maybe you need more educated friends.

Because thats what there called