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New York’s Northern Mexican Flour Tortillas, Explained

Where to get fresh flour tortillas in New York.

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Alexa Calderón
Oct 26, 2026
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Choriqueso taco from Border town. Alexa Caldéron.

Being from the border of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas, some of my fondest memories involve flour tortillas. I’d get dropped off at my grandma’s house in Juárez, where errands inevitably included a stop at Burritos Crisostomo. At home, my mom would make my siblings and me a simple dessert: …

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