Fonda - Pozole

This is a child on a ride in a FONDA..type of restaurant.

Zihua has many "fondas" which are a kind of casual, street side restaurant. I suppose it's the Mexican version of fast food; minus the fast part. They are usually downtown, cheap, street level and serve simple Mexican food such as POZOLE:

Pozole (from Spanish pozole, from Nahuatl potzolli; variant spellings: posole, pozolé, pozolli) is a traditional pre-Columbian ( check that!!! PRE- COLUMBIAN!!) soup or stew from Mexico. It is made from hominy with pork (or other meat), chile, garbanzo beans and other seasonings and garnish, such as cabbage, lettuce, oregano, radish, cilantro, avocado, lime juice, etc. There are a number of variations on pozole, including blanco (white or clear), verde (green), rojo (red), de frijol (with beans), and elopozole (sweet corn, squash, and meat).

I (Thea) prefer the verde and would love to try the elopozole. Randy prefers none. He has a quesadilla or a tamale.... with rice and cheese on the side.

A bowl of Pezole costs less than $3.00 US.