It was 2019 when an artsy logo lured me to the back of an art gallery on a San Miguel Street. The restaurant’s name was Chikatana. The owner’s name was Aleyshita. I liked the restaurant and its Asian influences. I liked the owner and her charming nuances. As good as...
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...
“How did we forget about this place for so many years? Why did we take so long to come back.” Those were the very last words I published about a San Miguel restaurant called Chamonix back on May 6, 2018. It had been eleven years between visits when I wrote it. It took...
I was humming a tune from an old Greek movie as I sauntered into Centro, changing the “but never” lyrics to the more apropos, “…but only on a Sunday, a Sunday, a Sunday…”. I was meeting up with my buddy Andy, my eat-just-about-anything buddy Andy. On separate...
It was the 10th SMART Awards Gala Dinner, the time when we honor and toast the San Miguel de Allende restaurants that subscribers to Don Day in SMA vote as their favorites. The routine is pretty much the same. The winner of the previous year’s top award welcomes...
We’re all creatures of habit in some ways and, when it comes to food, I’m probably guiltier than most. Take my almost weekly Chinese fix. Up until recently, I had been ordering my Chinese food from the same San Miguel source for over ten years. Now, agreed, there...
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