Huaraches are similar to sopes and tlacoyos but differ in shape. The Tarahumara wear thin-soled sandals known as huaraches. This meat is also a common ingredient in gringas, alambres, huaraches, tortas,and pizza. Zapata and two others are seen to wear "huaraches" (sandals), while the others go barefoot. The laces for huaraches are either synthetic, hemp or leather. More recently, commercial manufactureres have created pre-cut rubber soles for the construction of huaraches. "Huaraches" are usually topped with rib, chicken, or beefsteak meat. Huaraches are also often paired with fried cactus leaves, or Nopales. Doc Sportello, the detective from Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice", wears a pair of huaraches. They also wear leather huaraches and a hat decorated with ribbons. The store was the first location to offer "huaraches" to the Houstonians. Huaraches were originally made from leather, and later from the tread of used automobile tires. Huaraches originated in Mexico City in about the early 1930s.