What Do New Yorkers Actually Know About Cinco de Mayo?

Many of us celebrate Cinco de Mayo by eating, drinking or doing something vaguely Mexican in nature, but do New Yorkers know what the holiday is really about?

In this funny video from Amanda Steen for the Staten Island Advance, so how badly we New Yorkers fail at saying anything accurate about Cinco de Mayo.

We ventured out to several bars in Staten Island on Cinco de Mayo to test celebrators knowledge of the Mexican holiday.

Matt Coneybeare

Matt Coneybeare

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Matt enjoys exploring the City's with his partner and son. He is an avid marathon runner, and spends most of his time eating, running, and working on cool stuff.

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