A PLACE AT THE NAYARIT: HOW A MEXICAN RESTAURANT NOURISHED A COMMUNITY AMERICANA Sharfstein

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A PLACE AT THE NAYARIT: HOW A MEXICAN RESTAURANT NOURISHED A COMMUNITY AMERICANA SharfsteinIn a world that sought to reduce Mexican immigrants to invisible labor, the Nayarit was a place where people could become visible once again, where they could speak out, claim space, and belong. In 1951, Doa Natalia Barraza opened the Nayarit, a Mexican restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With A Place at the Nayarit, historian Natalia Molina traces the lifes work of her grandmother, remembered by all who knew her as Doa Nataliaa generous, reserved,