NINA'S GREAT BURRITO BAR

Growing up in a small town in Guerrero wasn't easy. Nina, the second oldest of 7, began working at ten years old to help her family make ends meet. While her childhood wasn't ideal, some of her fondest memories evoke: watching her abuelo make fresh cheese that they would later sell at the market, and the deliciousness of those cheese samples; sometimes her only meal that day. On the rare occasions that her mother could afford to make her famous mole sauce from scratch, she would watch attentively and steal little bits of chocolate when her mom wasn't looking. This laborious and complex sauce, native to her home state, would become the famous Nina's Mole many fortunate New Yorkers would get to savor... At 15, she moved to Mexico City, in pursuit of more work opportunities, a common theme in her life. She would meet her husband and together start their first "Huaracheria" shop, a specialty street food, with great success. With the arrival of their third child and an economic downturn,..

Primary location: New York United States