El Xoconoxtle. Precios muuuy economicos! And worth every peso.

El Xoconoxtle. Precios muuuy economicos! And worth every peso.

There has definitely been what one Mexican friend recently called a “whitening of San Miguel restaurants” in recent years but there is one that is steeped in Mexican history, one that is like walking into a museum, one that takes me back to Mexican food, circa 1975,...
Soltribe. Everyone should go once. Vegans should go once a week.

Soltribe. Everyone should go once. Vegans should go once a week.

I liked Peter Levitan’s idea to lunch at a vegan restaurant. I’m intrigued by vegan cuisine. I wanted to see how far it had come from those not so good old days of celery smoothies and soyburgers. I wanted to know if a vegan restaurant could possibly tantalize my...
Can fine cuisine be enjoyed in not so fine surroundings?

Can fine cuisine be enjoyed in not so fine surroundings?

Damn you covid! It was back in November. I’d discovered this new restaurant that looked right, that felt right, but it was indoors and we’d sworn we weren’t doing indoors until the numbers went down. Then, in January, the daily new case numbers in Mexico not only...
TGIF. Thank goodness it’s fish and chips.

TGIF. Thank goodness it’s fish and chips.

It had nothing at all to do with religion. It was just what everyone did on a Friday. And I loved every moment of it, fatty batter and all. On each and almost every Friday, I ate fish and chips. So imagine how I felt when I saw some almost-bring-me-to-tears news this...
A delicious dinner, down deep in the rabbit hole.

A delicious dinner, down deep in the rabbit hole.

We’d been there before. Back in April 2020. Then again in December 2020. And now we’d made the difficult decision once more. We were heading back into hibernation. Back down the rabbit hole. It was a little different this time. More contagious. But less dangerous. But...
Olé! Olé! Olé! It’s no bull that Toro Rojo is a bargain.

Olé! Olé! Olé! It’s no bull that Toro Rojo is a bargain.

You might have seen it on Salida a Celaya! Looking very slick. Looking very much like a chain. And the last thing I want to be linked to is a chain. But I was intrigued. Not as a foodie but as an entrepreneur. I may seldom eat at fast food chains but I have tremendous...