Seasonal & Holidays
15 Restaurants In Livermore To Take Mom On Mexican Mother's Day
Show Mom you care with delicious local Mexican food.
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LIVERMORE, CA — Mother’s Day is an important holiday in Mexico, but unlike in the United States, where the celebration consistently falls on the second Sunday in May, Mexican Mother’s Day, or “El Dia de la Madre,” always takes place on May 10. That’s on a Wednesday this year, and there are plenty of Mexican restaurants in Livermore to have lunch with Mom.
El Día de la Madre is a celebration first of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a powerful symbol of Mexican identity and faith, and second, a celebration of mothers and motherhood.
“Mexicans are very attached to family, not like in the United States, where they throw the kids out of the house at age 18,” radio host Maxine Woodside said in a 2012 interview with The Washington Post. “Here we see men in their 40s who still live with their mothers, and why not? Their moms still do their laundry.”
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Feasts featuring signature cuisine such as mole, pozole, enchiladas, sopes, quesadillas, beef barbacoa and other traditional recipes are a big part of Mexican Mother’s Day. Here are some places in Livermore to treat your mother:
- El Charro Mexican Food & Cantina, 186 Maple Street, 925-371-8297
- Casa Orozco, 325 S. L Street, 925-449-3045
- Tequila’s Taqueria, 160 S. Livermore Ave., 925-371-1191
- Los Caporales Taqueria, 2118 First St., 925-449-4454
- El Castillito Taqueria, 211 N. P St., 925-454-2734
- Posada, 988 Murrieta Blvd., 925-606-1004
- El Caminito, 1175 Catalina Dr., 925-583-5819
- Casa Mexico, 4076 East Ave., 925-371-0690
- El Cerrito Taqueria, 887 Airway Blvd., 925-373-6338
- Taqueria Consuelo, 229 S. Vasco Rd., 925-960-9045
- El Chaparrito Taqueria, 939 Larkspur Dr., 925-453-6080
- Taqueria 3 Taquitos, 1565 Olivina Ave., 925-455-5840
- Hidalgo’s Restaurant, 2124 Railroad Ave., 925-215-6527
- Tino’s Tacos & More, 1737 First St., 925-209-3399
- La Botica, 2086 First St., 925-215.7427
Giving Mom the short shrift on El Dia de la Madre is unheard of in Mexico, where lunches can easily last five hours, according to The Washington Post. Mothers in Mexico are traditionally the ones who do the cooking and other housework, and Mexican Mother’s Day is set aside to let others do the cooking for them.
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Even though Mother’s Day in Mexico has only been a holiday for a little more than a century, in pre-Columbian times Mexican society was built around powerful matriarchs, according to the travel website Pin and Travel.
Parade reported that, according to tradition, children in Mexico often gather outside the house on the morning of El Dia de la Madre to serenade Mom with traditional songs such as “Las Mañanitas,” whose lyrics translate to “Because today is your day, we’ve come to sing for you.” Sometimes, the song is accompanied by a full mariachi band.
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