La Reina Markets

La Reina Markets is a family owned and operated business that provides the local community with authentic Mexican and South American groceries, prepared foods and baked goods. We invite you to visit our markets and see for yourself the great variety of great products that fill out shelves:Whether for everyday shopping or for a special occasion, you can find it La Reina Markets The Rubalcaba FamilyThanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, and has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. Thanksgiving was historically a religious observation to give thanks to God. It is thought that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony survive their first brutal winter in New England. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The feast consisted of fowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash. William Bradford's note that, "besides waterfowl, there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many, " probably gave rise to the American tradition of eating turkey at Thanksgiving.