Chilte – Phoenix, Arizona
“Me Vale Madre.” If you grew up speaking Spanish–or maybe just being around Spanish-speaking people–you probably know it’s a derrogatory term. Essentially, even though the phrase inludes the Spanish term “madre” which means “mother,” it’s telling someone you don’t give a fu…fudge. “Me Vale Madre” is Chilte’s mantra. It’s the restaurant staff basically saying “we don’t care that we don’t meet your conceptions of what Mexican food should be. We’re going to do it our way.” How can you not love that? I asked our server to explain to my Kim what that mantra means and he gave us a…
