In 1968, Louis and Carol Barbone had an idea - they would bring Mexican Food to the East Coast. They opened the first taco stand in New York City - Tico Taco. They envisioned their enterprise growing to a chain of taco stands throughout the New York City area. At that time there were only four Mexican restaurants in the entire city. The going was hard, but the Barbones persisted and gradually educ
ated consumers about a tasty variety of Mexican food. At that time people were unfamiliar with Mexican food and did not understand that not only was Mexican food delicious but also healthy. With the deregulation of the airlines, vacationers and business travelers alike discovered the delight of Mexican foods in the American west and southwest. On returning they shared their experiences with others. By 1972 there were six Mexican restaurants in New York City: Xchotil, Pancho Villa's, Zapatas, Fonda La Paloma, Braseros and El Parador. The Barbone's sold all of them tortillas. By then, Louis and Carol had transformed the old 7000 sq. foot building into the first major tortilla manufacturing plant in the northeast. They made tortillas daily and delivered them fresh and maintained one of the largest inventories of related food products on the East Coast. In 1985, they built an ultra-modern 20,000 square foot facility in Middletown, designed especially for tortilla production. In 1987, they added an additional 20,000 square feet. As a family owned business, Best Mexican Foods is dedicated to provide the "best Mexican food" products with prompt and direct service to a growing customer base in the northeast. Now 40 years later, Louis Jr and Daniel Barbone carry on the same tradition started by their parents. With a fleet of ten trucks, they service the northeast with the freshest corn and flour tortillas and a full line of Mexican grocery items. The Barbone family runs the oldest, and the largest Mexican food distributorship in the northeast. So remember, for the oldest, the most popular and the best - it's Best Mexican Foods.
