National Nachos Day Tarihi

2019

Nachos are a home run

The Houston Astros add “Walkoff Nachos” to the menu at Minute Maid Park for the World Series against the Washington Nationals. The name is a tribute to second baseman Jose Altuve's “walk-off” home run that clinched the team’s American League pennant.

1978

Monday Night nachos

Famed sportscaster Howard Cosell, who found the word “nachos” amusing, turns an entire nation onto a new snack during a game between the then-Baltimore Colts and Dallas Cowboys.

1959

Nachos Go Coastal

An L.A. waitress named Carmen Rocha, who once prepared nachos in San Antonio, brings the dish to Southern California’s El Cholo restaurant.

1954

By the book

Anaya, who later worked at the Moderno in Piedras Negras, eventually opened his own restaurant, "Nacho's Restaurant, in the same city. The St. Anne's Cookbook published his original recipe.