You’re invited to the 2025 SMART Awards gala dinner.

You’re invited to the 2025 SMART Awards gala dinner.

The dinner is being held at Firenze, in honor of them receiving the most votes in the previous year’s competition. The date is Wednesday, March 26.The start time is 6:30 pm. The address is Recreo #13. The price is $900 plus beverages and gratuity. Please note that...
San Miguel’s Very Best Favorite Restaurants.

San Miguel’s Very Best Favorite Restaurants.

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 readers to share with me their very best favorite restaurants. SMART stands for San Miguel de...
“…and San Miguel’s favorite restaurant is…”

“…and San Miguel’s favorite restaurant is…”

With thanks to Cynthia Blanton, Marshall Postnikoff, Dian Boadway and Lou Campese for their photos. It had been three very long years since we’d gathered for the dinner, cancelled mostly by that nasty Covid (please tell me it’s almost gone) but there we were back at...
The very best restaurants in San Miguel de Allende.

The very best restaurants in San Miguel de Allende.

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...
Feels like home again. At Firenze.

Feels like home again. At Firenze.

I had no one to blame but myself. Oh sure, I could blame that mean and nasty Covid. But Covid hadn’t really been that nasty to me for over a year. I guess it was what’s been plaguing mankind since creation. That wanting to taste the latest instead of sticking to the...