The Hudson
Valley geared up for a big Cinco de Mayo celebration Thursday.
Restaurants
across the region, including La Casa Bronxville, hoped for big
crowds for the first celebration since the pandemic has subsided.
Bar owners
say Cinco de Mayo generates beer and liquor sales on par with the Super Bowl.
Cinco de
Mayo, Spanish for "Fifth of May,” commemorates the anniversary of Mexico's
victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is
sometimes confused with Mexico's Independence Day, which is on Sept. 16.