Casa Nostra. Keeps trying harder. Keeps getting better.

Casa Nostra. Keeps trying harder. Keeps getting better.

In each of the last few years, readers of this blog have voted for their favorite San Miguel de Allende restaurant. The overwhelming winner in all of the most recent years has been the very cherished Firenze. Sitting in second place but edging closer and closer in...
Heightening the pleasures of birria. On the roof of Hotel Amatte.

Heightening the pleasures of birria. On the roof of Hotel Amatte.

It’s a spectacular setting. With a view that’s quite different than most San Miguel rooftop restaurants. Plus it’s a less than ten minute taxi ride from prime Centro. Yet I’ve never once seen it busy. I think the prime reason is because the hotel just can’t seem to...
Sundown in San Miguel. And where I want to be.

Sundown in San Miguel. And where I want to be.

We order the Uber at 5:15. Have it drop us in front of Cafe de Santos on Correo. We head up Cuna de Allende, trying to keep our stride at the same beat of the mariachis. A left at the corner of Umaran and we’re there. It’s been an unknown to many San Miguelenses, even...
I have a new favorite wine shop.

I have a new favorite wine shop.

For almost ten years, they’d been, clearly, at the top of my list. The place where I bought more bottles than anywhere else in Mexico. My number one source for almost all of our everyday wines. I’m talking about the largest wine buyer in the world, the chain known as...