MINOOKA — Mother’s Day is an important holiday in Mexico, but unlike in the United States, where the celebration consistently falls on the second Sunday in May, Mexican Mother’s Day, or “El Dia de la Madre,” always takes place on May 10. That’s on a Wednesday this year, and there are plenty of Mexican restaurants in Channahon and Minooka to have lunch with Mom.
El Día de la Madre is a celebration first of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a powerful symbol of Mexican identity and faith, and second, a celebration of mothers and motherhood.
“Mexicans are very attached to family, not like in the United States, where they throw the kids out of the house at age 18,” radio host Maxine Woodside said in a 2012 interview with The Washington Post. “Here we see men in their 40s who still live with their mothers, and why not? Their moms still do their laundry.”
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Feasts featuring signature cuisine such as mole, pozole, enchiladas, sopes, quesadillas, beef barbacoa and other traditional recipes are a big part of Mexican Mother’s Day. Here are some places in Channahon-Minooka to treat your mother:
Lallos Bar & Grill, in Channahon
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25220 West Reed Street
Phone is 815-467-9803.
Lallos Bar & Grill is open: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. From 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Los Campesinos Mexican Grill, in Minooka
104 Ridge Road, restaurant phone is 815-255-2588.
Los Campesinos is open seven a days a week, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
El Burrito Loco, in Channahon
27025 West Eames Street (Route 6)
Restaurant phone is 815-828-5395.
The El Burrito Loco in Channahon is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Taco Burrito King, in Channahon
23836 West Eames St., it’s near the Interstate 55 exit for Route 6 in Channahon.
Restaurant is open seven days a week, Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Taco Burrito King’s restaurant phone is 815-467-4300.
Giving Mom the short shrift on El Dia de la Madre is unheard of in Mexico, where lunches can easily last five hours, according to The Washington Post. Mothers in Mexico are traditionally the ones who do the cooking and other housework, and Mexican Mother’s Day is set aside to let others do the cooking for them.
Even though Mother’s Day in Mexico has only been a holiday for a little more than a century, in pre-Columbian times Mexican society was built around powerful matriarchs, according to the travel website Pin and Travel.
Parade reported that, according to tradition, children in Mexico often gather outside the house on the morning of El Dia de la Madre to serenade Mom with traditional songs such as “Las Mañanitas,” whose lyrics translate to “Because today is your day, we’ve come to sing for you.” Sometimes, the song is accompanied by a full mariachi band.
Another traditional song is “Las Mañanitas” or “The Dawn,” which is also Mexico’s birthday song, whose lyrics include:
“Awaken, my dear, awaken
and see that the day has dawned
now the little birds are singing
and the moon has set.”
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