A Mexican restaurant called Maggie Rita’s in Houston came under fire when its co-owner Santiago Moreno said “our clients are old Taco Bell clients who grew up with Taco Bell as Mexican food,” with “palates [that] don’t appreciate what we grew up with as Mexican food.”
The other co-owner is Carlos Mencia, so it’s easy to have no love for this place.
But let’s be honest, if you’re a Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston, you’re probably not going to have the most authentic Mexican cuisine.
Moreno continued by saying that:
[w]e’ve found out consumer decisions are made by women. When we track what makes a woman decide where to eat Mexican food, it has to do with margaritas. It has nothing to do with food.
That makes a lot of sense. Every time I’ve gone out to Mexican restaurants with girls it’s had a lot to do with the margaritas. I’ve never had a girl get super excited over a Mexican restaurant because of their killer mole.
The Houston Press, however, categorizes a recent Facebook incident as:
Seemingly looking to get in a parting shot…anywhere…at anyone…Maggie Rita’s lashed out at a Houston woman this week on Facebook.
Amanda Newman wrote on their Facebook page:
Happy to see your location on Shepherd closed! Insulting Houston before we tried your food was kinda “dee-de-deee” of you! We hope they all close soon.
Maggie Rita’s responded:
I thought fat people were suppose to be jolly!
Imagine if this happened in real life, and Amanda Newman and her fifth chin (if you’re going to flap it out there in your profile pic like a whale out of water, you get what you deserve) ran in front of Maggie Rita’s with a megaphone and started insulting them.
Newman responded:
I read that that and thought, ‘Screw Maggie Rita’s, and their attitude towards women,'” Newman said when reached my phone yesterday afternoon. ‘We’re never going there.’ She admits that she was glad, too, when she heard the chain was pulling up its stakes. And while Newman’s own comment on Maggie Rita’s Facebook page was harsh, she says she was surprised by the vindictiveness of the restaurant’s response.
“It’d be one thing if it were from an ex-boyfriend,” Newman chuckled. “But it’s from a business. I must have hurt their feelings.”
She’s mad because Maggie Rita’s said women choose margaritas over food when picking Mexican restaurants.
Essentially, she confirms the insult. It looks like she hasn’t missed out on too many quesadillas.
The Houston Press fans the flames:
Check out Newman’s response to Maggie Rita’s fat-shaming on the next page.
How about Newman’s disability-shaming, using the phrase “dee-de-deee”? How about how she insulted the mentally-challenged?
Anything-shaming usually means the insult was warranted.
