Cheyenne’s Cheesiest Cinco De Mayo Display

The website Urban Dictionary defines Cinco De Mayo as "when a whole bunch of white college kids get together and have a kegger for reasons unbeknownst to them."

Nowhere is that characterization more accurate than here in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

With that in mind, we searched the Capital City high and low this week looking for the cheesiest display of Hispanic heritage and culture we could possibly find.

Low and behold, we discovered it at the  Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom on 1734 Meadowland Drive.

To celebrate General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, we ordered the Italian Nachos and a round of Coronas. The decor was fitting for a fiesta.

Inside the bar room, we noticed two transparent images of mariachi dancers had been placed over a mural of Wrigley Field.

As I gazed at the picture of the musicians and dancers, I couldn't help but remember the courage and sacrifice of those brave soldiers who defended their country so valiantly at the forts of Lareto and Guadalupe nearly 154 years ago.

Then, while carefully studying their sombreros, I recalled that cold October evening in 2003, when Steve Bartman reached into fair territory, interfering with a foul ball that surely would have been caught by Chicago outfielder Moises Alou, costing the Cubs a chance to play in the World Series.

Pancho Villa would have been proud this night. The Cubs beat the Pirates 7-2.