Oral history interview with Betty Reyes

Betty Reyes, co-owner of restaurant El Tamarindo, spoke about the demographics of restaurant patrons, the evolution of the menu, source of food for restaurant, where and how often advertise, how neighborhood has changed since restaurant opened, why like working in restaurant, and why does not like working in restaurant. She identified the Salvadoran dishes on the menu, noted much of the menu is Mexican food at this location, and listed the ingredients of the horchata, her mother's recipe from El Salvador. Reyes also spoke about her children, the food she cooks at home for her family, food from other cultures she eats, restaurants she eats at when she goes out to eat, the Salvadoran American cultural organization, her husband's involvement in a soccer fundraiser for children in El Salvador, her sister's restaurant in Wheaton, Maryland, and visiting El Salvador. She also explained why she moved to Washington, DC. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static, and background noise. Interviewee's voice is intelligible for the most part.