The delicious true Story of an inventive chef and the serendipitous events that led to the creation of the world\'s Favorite snack--nachos Ignacio Anaya was born in Mexico in 1895, and like a lot of Ignacios, he was nicknamed Nacho.
Little did Nacho know that his name would one day be a household word around the globe.
Soon restaurants all over Mexico, the United States, and later the world, were serving nachos.
In that moment, Nacho\'s Special, the dish that later became known simply as nachos, was born Word of this delicious new Snack spread quickly.
Nacho rushed to the kitchen and improvised with what was on hand: corn tortillas, cheddar cheese, and jalape o peppers.
They wanted a snack--something new, something different.
One afternoon in 1940, during the Victory Club\'s quiet hours between lunch and dinner, Mamie Finan, a regular customer from the US, walked in with three friends.
Eventually he became head waiter at the Victory Club, a popular restaurant in Piedras Negras, Mexico, right across the Rio Grande river from Eagle Pass, Texas.
Young Nacho loved to eat and cook, and when he grew up, he found a job in a restaurant.
The delicious true Story of an inventive chef and the serendipitous events that led to the creation of the world\'s Favorite snack--nachos Ignacio Anaya was born in Mexico in 1895, and like a lot of Ignacios, he was nicknamed Nacho
