Cinco de Mayo Options in Northfield

A lot of folks are prepared for a long weekend of eating carne asada tacos, drinking ice-cold Modelo beers, and listening to the beautiful sounds of music from Vicente Fernandez and Jose Alfredo Jimenez at their local Cinco de Mayo event.

Yet most of those people have no clue what it is they are celebrating on the fifth of May, and no it’s not Mexican Independence Day, which is Sept. 16.

Although it has the same ring as the Fourth of July, Cinco de Mayo was not the day the citizens of Mexico declared war against the Spanish colonial government in 1810.

The fifth of May is the celebration of El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (The Day of the Battle of Puebla) in 1862 where a small group of two thousand peasants under the command of General Ignacio Zaragoza held their ground against the powerful and at the time the all mighty French army commanded by Marshal Lorencz.

You can read more about Cinco de Mayo at our sister site, .

But if you're in Northfield and looking for a place to find some Mexican fare, you've got choices. From authentic to fast-food options, there are numerous places you could visit today, including:

If you're feeling a little more adventurous, look up your own recipes on the Internet and make your own food with ingredients from , , Corner Mart or El Triunfo.

also hosts its International Festival at 2 p.m. at the Bald Spot (to be changed to the Sayles-Hill Great Space in case of rain), and it is free and open to the public. The gathering will have food, workshops and events from around the world.

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