Discovering Culture in Newport

As me and my classmates started our journey of discovering Newport we came across a Mexican restaurant, La mexicana, located on Monmouth Street about half a mile away from Newport on the Levee. On the same stretch of the road, you can find an antique gallery, costume gallery, and many other local and nationwide businesses. These businesses are what have “set the tone for the rest of the city,” said Newport Mayor Jerry Peluso. The History of Newport- The previous sin city   The city of Newport is located at the confluence of Ohio and Licking rivers and was established in 1795. Many years later, and especially during the prohibition period (1920-1933), Newport was becoming the “Las Vegas” of that time, known for gambling, crime, and corruption. Newport was commonly known for the illegal businesses of making and transporting alcoholic beverages (bootlegging), which was done by the mobs. After the Prohibition Period, the mobs were not interested in bootlegging anymo

Discovering La Mexicana Restaurant Observation: Lily Gamel      O n the lively Monmouth Street located in Newport Kentucky, there are people eating at tables outside restaurants and cars lined up on each side of the street. There is a sense of belonging as people sit outside people-watching and discussing their days in front of shops, businesses, and restaurants that line the streets one next to the other.  Among these welcoming buildings is La Mexicana which, you  guessed it, is a Mexican restaurant that provides delicious, authentic Mexican food.            La Mexicana stood out with a bright yellow sign hanging out into the sidewalk with the words "La Mexicana" written in red letters and a picture of Mexico. This picture of Mexico was made up different Mexican things such as a guitar, sombreros, cacti, avocados, etc. This draws in customers because it shows diversity in this city. Newport tends to celebrate culture in all ways including having delicious resta

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discovering La Mexicana Restaurante Cantina & Tienda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interview: Bailey Kemme ------------------------------------ It’s not often you can go to a restaurant with “foreign” food and find it not “Americanized”. Luckily, in Newport, Kentucky, some locally owned and original businesses in the heart of the city still have the passion for authenticity that some strive for when looking for a good restaurant. My classmates and I found a Mexican restaurant in Newport that is more of a “hole in the wall” kind of restaurant you only find occasionally, La Mexicana. While being a small Mexican diner, you can also find a small store in the back filled with authentic Mexican ingredients for making your own at home. We were only able to talk to the owner for a moment, and unfortunately, they had been going through Gener