Back in 97-98 when I first lived in New Orleans for a year it freaked me out at the lack of Mexican food. The tortillas in the grocery store were in the cold deli meat section, instead of an aisle end cap with hundreds of packs of tortillas like in Los Angeles.
Thankfully Katrina brought this huge influx of Latinos and now they have tortilla sections in Winn Dixie even.
the Tex-Mex thing just isn't for me, and that is what most people think of Mexican food down here. Now there are latino markets opening up too, I am hoping they put a nice one near our hood soon.
