Coachuila Restaurant: dreams and flavors from Mexico

Material Information

Title:
Coachuila Restaurant: dreams and flavors from Mexico
Series Title:
Immigrant Voices: New to Middlesex County
Creator:
Sumano, Lisbeth
Hernandez-Sumano, Elizabeth
Espinoza-Wulach, Cristóbal ( advisor )
Place of Publication:
Edison, NJ
Publisher:
Middlesex College
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2022
Language:
English
Physical Description:
Transcript and Images (JPEG)

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Mexican-Americans -- New Jersey -- Middlesex County
Immigrants -- United States ( lcsh )
Middlesex County (N.J.) -- history
Genre:
oral histories ( lcsh )
Temporal Coverage:
spring 2022 ( 2021 - 2022 )
Spatial Coverage:
New Jersey -- Middlesex County

Notes

Summary:
Coachuila was the gateway to living The American Dream, a Restaurant that was established in the year 1988, when the eldest of a crowded family living in the small towns in Mexico took the first steps into American soil to work long hours in screeching heat to make enough money to build a Restaurant that would act as a “Home” here in America for his family to live the dream they believed was just a fantasy. “Coachuila'' was the new chapter in their lives, it initially is what brought the family closer. Coachuila was a restaurant in Perth Amboy, New Jersey; the community was built with immigrants with similar background stories, opening up restaurants from their culture and seeking the American dream. This gave my family the comfort of having a community to build a sense of family they used to have back in their homelands. This restaurant allowed my family to live a better life. Their fantasies back home in Mexico, their dream allowed them to build a community in this new country. “Coachuila” is the start of the American dream. ( , )
Scope and Content:
This is a transcript [and/or recording] of an oral history interview that took place as part of the class projects for Middlesex College's History 221H class in the Spring of 2022.
Biographical:
(Biographical) Biographical Information about the Interviewee
Venue:
(Venue) Recorded on [Date] at [Location] (optional)

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Source Institution:
Middlesex College
Holding Location:
Middlesex College
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