[VIDEO] This Lower East Side Restaurant Elevates Mexican Dishes With Insects

Black Ant is an East Village Mexican food restaurant that stands out amongst all other Mexican food restaurants in the area for one big reason: insects. In this video from Thrillist, watch as head chef Mario Hernandez explains why there is nothing to be afraid of when it comes to ants, grasshoppers, and other insects in your meal.

Located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Chef Mario Hernandez of The Black Ant is seasoning his guacamole with black ants and coating his shrimp with grasshopper flour for tacos. Chef Hernandez grew up tasting these flavors as a child in Mexico after his grandmother introduced him to grasshopper tacos at a young age and is now sharing an elevated version of the food he fell in love with as a child.

Check Out These Vintage Film Featuring New York City Street Interviews on Fashion in 1930

This interesting vintage film from March, 1930 features an "inquiring cameraman from the Newsreel Theater" asks New Yorkers on the street whether they prefer short or long skirts on women. It was restored and uploaded by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones.

"Long skirts or short skirts?" Asking the important questions to strangers in New York City, March 1930. This is taken with the early Movietone sound cameras. Worked on footage and sound a bit. How unusual to see man-on-the-street interviews from this long ago!