Ignacio Anaya García

Ignacio Anaya García (August 15, 1895 – November 9, 1975) was a Mexican maître d'hotel who invented the popular Tex-Mex dish nachos at the Victory Club restaurant a couple miles from the border of Texas in Mexico in 1943.

Life and career Born in San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico, he worked at the Victory Club restaurant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, a restaurant close to the US border and popular with Americans from a nearby base during World War II. Anaya created nachos while working there one day in 1943

Anaya married Marie Antoinette Salinas, with whom he had 9 children.

Death and legacy Anaya died on November 9, 1975, To celebrate Anaya's invention, the city of Piedras Negras holds a three-day Nacho Fest every year around October 21, the International Day of the Nacho. Although the original nachos contained only three ingredients, nachos can now be found with a wide variety of toppings.

On August 15, 2019, Google honored Anaya with a Doodle celebrating what would have been his 124th birthday.