No, I’m not going to tell you which restaurants they are. You’re going to tell me. For it’s time again for the SMART awards, the annual event where I ask Don Day in SMA subscribers to share with me their very best favorite restaurants. The SMARTs were one of the many casualties of Covid but, thank goodness, the restaurant business in SMA now appears to be healthy again so it’s time again to revive the awards and praise those who feed us better than any of the others.

SMART stands for San Miguel de Allende Readers Taste and, to vote, requires only a quick email. The only guidance I give is to not just consider the obvious reasons…the food, the service and the ambience…but also to think of value and how much pleasure you get for your pesos.

To vote is very simple. Just send an email to dondayinsma@yahoo.com with the word Smarts in the subject line and your top three choices in the body. Or, if you don’t have three that stand out, send me the names of two, or even just one. If you want to include a short comment, even better, because that will help me know what’s important to my readers and give me something I can possibly quote when I write about the winners.

About the only rule is one vote (for up to three restaurants) per email address and I need it by February 29. The winners will be announced at the SMARTs gala dinner to be held on March 13 and on the blog on the following day. And those who vote will receive an advance invitation to attend the dinner.

Please help me give recognition to San Miguel’s very best restaurants. Please vote for your choices right now.