“We’re now making many different cakes. There’s the Basque and the chocolate cheesecake, the Tallegio (an Italian cheese), the pistachio, the vanilla bean, the coffee and the Oreo”, Jorgé continued. “If you want to be sure we’ll have the exact one you want, you can order ahead. The cakes are also available in single-serving circular minis.”

The 2026 favorite new restaurant finished on the next rung of this year’s ladder, in ninth place. There was quite a lot of competition for the new award this year with five different new restaurants all receiving a considerable number of votes. Kokumi, Romeros, Munay and Local didn’t quite make it. The favorite new restaurant for this year and in ninth place overall was a restaurant that voter Margaret Bowman said is located in a “charming countryside setting”. In ninth place was Trino.

Now I’m a foodie and I take pride in my knowledge of Mexican cuisine but I’m not sure that Rick Bayliss would even be able to tell me what everything is on Trino’s menu. Both of us were pretty well stumped by the last five items on the board. But Ruben to the rescue. He gave us a good run-through, including a little history and geography lesson about some of the dishes.

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, April 1. The start time is 6:30 pm. The address is Recreo #13. The price per person is $900 plus beverages and gratuity. Please...