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Bisquets Obregón
Bisquets Obregón (alternatively known as Los Bisquets de Obregón and Los Bisquets Bisquets Obregón) is a Mexican fast casual restaurant, fast casual restaurant chain. It was opened in 1945 Avenida Álvaro Obregón, Colonia Roma, Mexico City. By the 1960s, the business expanded within Greater Mexico City. The chain model began in 1995 with the first franchise in Cancún. By 2023, the chain had grown to 120 restaurants across Mexico. It offers Mexican cuisine, Mexican food, along with coffee and bread options. History The restaurant brand began as a Chinese-style coffeehouse called La Perla de Oriente, located on Avenida Álvaro Obregón in Colonia Roma, Mexico City. The establishment was later acquired by Isidro, a baker, who invited his nephew, Miguel Ángel Mancera Segura (father of Miguel Ángel Mancera), to join him in the business. By 1960, new locations had opened in San Ángel, Plaza Inn and Ciudad Satélite, both in Greater Mexico City. In 1980, the name was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Álvaro Obregón
Avenida Álvaro Obregón is an avenue in the Roma district of Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ..., divided by a park median along which fountains are located with characters from Roman and Greek mythology. There was a well known street market of art and antiques along the median, but this was eliminated in 2012. The median continues to be the site of various cultural events, including exhibitions of art, organic and natural product fairs, etc. The avenue is a hotspot for a fast-changing scene of restaurants, such as La Docena, Cocina Conchita, Scimmia Legno Pizza, Mónica Patiño's Delirio, Bacoa, Pisto y Ahumados and bars such as Limantour, Félix and Departamento. Casa Lamm and the El Parián Commercial Passage are both located along the avenue. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Mexico City
Greater Mexico City is the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (). It encompasses Mexico City itself and 60 adjacent municipalities of Mexico, municipalities of the State of Mexico and Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo. Mexico City's metropolitan area is the economic, political, and cultural hub of Mexico. In recent years it has reduced its relative importance in domestic manufacturing, but has kept its dominant role in the country's economy thanks to an expansion of its tertiary activities. The area is also one of the powerhouse regions of Latin America, generating approximately $200 billion in GDP growth or 10 percent of the regional total. , 21,804,515 people lived in Greater Mexico City, making it the List of North American metropolitan areas by population, largest metropolitan area in North America. Covering an area of , it is surrounded by thin strips of highlands separating it from other adjacent metropolitan areas, togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Establishments In Mexico
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilango (magazine)
''Chilango'' is a monthly entertainment Mexican magazine launched in 2003 in Mexico City. History The magazine ''Chilango'' was launched by Mexican press group Grupo Expansión (then owner of magazines ''Expansión'' and ''Quien'') in November 2003 as a Mexican equivalent to '' Time Out''. In the early 21st century, Chilango became an accepted demonym for people from Mexico City. The self-acceptance of the term lead to the publication of the magazine as a way to subvert prejudices that people from the inner states of Mexico had about ''chilangos'', originally created and intended by them as an offensive name. In 2014, the businessman César Pérez Barnes bought Grupo Expánsion and ''Chilango'' from Time Inc. In 2017, Grupo Expánsion was sold again, to the advertising company Cinco M Dos owned by Édgar Farah, but the magazine ''Chilango'' had been sold separately to Gustavo Guzmán, also owner of the magazine ''Más por Más''. In 2023, the magazine launched its own radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantecadas De Astorga
Mantecadas are spongy pastries originating in Spain. Perhaps the best known mantecadas are from Northwestern Spain, being a traditional product of the city of Astorga, province of León, as well as the nearby Maragateria comarca. They taste very much like pound cake. Other Spanish regions also prepare mantecadas. There is a factory producing mantecadas in Sardón de Duero, Valladolid Province and another in Maliaño, Cantabria. The ''Casa Salinas'' bakery in Tudela, Navarre, reputed for its excellent mantecadas, closed down in January 2011. Mantecadas are baked in square or rectangular box-shaped paper ''"cajillas"'' instead of in the typical muffin round paper cups. The mantecada leaves a characteristic cross-shaped silhouette on the paper when it is removed. In the Alt Maestrat ''comarca'' the mantecada square paper cups are known as ''"caixetes"''. There is a type of cake known as mantecada in Colombia and Venezuela where the whole is cut into pieces after baking. Cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmalade
Marmalade (from the Portuguese ''marmelada'') is a fruit preserves, fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. The well-known version is made from bitter orange. It also has been made from lemons, lime (fruit), limes, grapefruits, mandarin orange, mandarins, orange (fruit), sweet oranges, bergamot orange, bergamots, Blood orange, blood oranges, Clementine, clementines, Kumquat, kumquats, or a combination. Citrus is the most typical choice of fruit for marmalade, though historically the term has often been used for non-citrus preserves. One popular citrus fruit used in marmalade production is the bitter orange, ''Bitter orange, Citrus aurantium'' var. ''aurantium'', prized for its high pectin content, which gives a thick consistency to the marmalade. The peel of the orange imparts a bitter taste. Fruits with low pectin have it added to make the marmalade a jelly. Unlike in fruit preserves#Jam, jam, a large quantity of water is add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biscuit (bread)
In the United States and parts of Canada, a biscuit is a variety of quick bread with a firm, dry exterior and a soft, crumbly interior. It is made with baking powder as a leavening agent rather than yeast, and at times is called a baking powder biscuit to differentiate it from other types. Biscuit are often served with butter or other condiments, flavored with other ingredients, or combined with other types of food to make sandwiches or other dishes. Biscuits developed from hardtack, which was first made from only flour and water, to which lard and then baking powder were added later. The long development over time and place explains why the word ''biscuit'' can, depending upon the context and the speaker's English dialect, refer to very different baked goods. History Early hard biscuits were a simple, storable version of bread. The word "biscuit" itself originates from the medieval Latin word ', meaning "twice-cooked". The modern Italian baked goods known as biscotti (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Con Leche
is a coffee beverage common throughout Spain and Latin America consisting of strong coffee (usually espresso) mixed with scalded milk in approximately equal amounts. The amount of milk can be higher in a ''café con leche en vaso'' or a ''café con leche de desayuno''. Cuban and Puerto Rican establishments often prepare the drink with sugar. Sugar or sweetener is added to taste. It is similar to the Italian '' caffè latte'' and the French ''café au lait''. Origin Café con leche came from Spain, but its exact origin is unclear. After becoming popular in Spain, this coffee beverage has spread to other Spanish-speaking countries and areas. Café con leche is very common in Spain and Latin America, as well as diasporic Latin American communities around the world. Cuban restaurants in South Florida often have a walk-up window (''ventanita'') that serve café con leche. Current use ''Café con leche'' is considered a breakfast drink in many countries that serve it. Because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and largest city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Other important population centers in Chiapas include Ocosingo, Tapachula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán, and Arriaga, Chiapas, Arriaga. Chiapas is the southernmost state in Mexico, and it borders the states of Oaxaca to the west, Veracruz to the northwest, and Tabasco to the north, and the Petén Department, Petén, Quiché Department, Quiché, Huehuetenango Department, Huehuetenango, and San Marcos Department, San Marcos departments of Guatemala to the east and southeast. Chiapas has a significant coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. In general, Chiapas has a humid, tropical climate. In the northern area bordering Tabasco, near Teapa Municipality, Teapa, rainfall can average more than pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 municipalities, of which 418 (almost three quarters) are governed by the system of (customs and traditions) with recognized local forms of self-governance. Its capital city is Oaxaca City, Oaxaca de Juárez. Oaxaca is in southern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Guerrero to the west, Puebla to the northwest, Veracruz to the north, and Chiapas to the east. To the south, Oaxaca has a significant coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The state is best known for #Indigenous peoples, its indigenous peoples and cultures. The most numerous and best known are the Zapotec peoples, Zapotecs and the Mixtecs, but 16 are officially recognized. These cultures have survived better than most others in Mexico due to the state's rugged and isolating terrain. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Financiero
(, "The Financial") is a Mexican national daily newspaper covering business and the financial markets. It is owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and has offices in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City. History began publication on October 15, 1981. It was founded by Rogelio Cárdenas Sarmiento, whose father, Rogelio Cárdenas Pérez Redondo, had also worked in the newspaper business for ''Últimas Noticias'' and '' Excélsior'', and originally had a staff of 35. It was the country's first daily financial newspaper. Considered one of just two truly independent dailies in Mexico City in the late 1980s and early 1990s (alongside '' La Jornada''), in the 1988 Mexican general election, it uncovered fraud in the general election and was subject to advertising boycotts by the administration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari; in addition to losing all its advertising from state-owned banks, the newspaper was barred for several years from having a reporter on the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
