San Miguel de Allende’s very best favorite restaurants.

San Miguel de Allende’s very best favorite restaurants.

Tonight was supposed to be the night of the 2020 Smart Awards dinner, the night when, for the last six years, we have applauded and cheered and raised our glasses high in praise of San Miguel’s very best restaurants. This year, for obvious reasons, the dinner was...
Seven of San Miguel’s best dishes are right at your fingertips.

Seven of San Miguel’s best dishes are right at your fingertips.

I was very surprised when I went to visit Uber Eats this week. They have grown like crazy. And they’ve added some of the very best dishes from some of San Miguel’s very best chefs. With an emphasis more on lunch than dinner, and a focus on affordability, here are...
Nine places in San Miguel with tasty takeout.

Nine places in San Miguel with tasty takeout.

When fellow foodie “Pirate John” Burger suggested the timing was very right for a blog post on restaurants with good takeout dishes, I obviously agreed. When Pirate John volunteered to also write the post, even better. Here are his nine hearty recommendations:  ...
Flàmmeküeche has arrived in San Miguel.

Flàmmeküeche has arrived in San Miguel.

OK, let me first admit that I had to look up the word, too. Maybe a lighter especially designed for doobies? No. But there is some fire involved. Translated roughly from the German, flàmmeküeche means flame pastry. And there are at least five different spellings (and...
Trazo 1810. Making seafood a lot tastier.

Trazo 1810. Making seafood a lot tastier.

I love eating fish. And at my age, I will probably enjoy eating fish for the rest of my life. But will my children or my grandchildren have that same pleasure? Most of the world’s waters are now either being fished to their limit or overfished. With the world’s...