It was March 21, the day after the deadline for submitting votes in the SMART awards, our way each year of honoring San Miguel’s favorite restaurants. It was time to tally up all of those votes. It’s always an ugly job. Best done without anything that needs...
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...
Most big cities have them. Some smaller towns, especially tourist towns, have them as well. When they work, they really work, making it almost impossible to get in the door unless you “know someone”. They are restaurants, a very specific kind of restaurants. I’m not...
Much to my dismay, chef Marcela Bolãno ran away from home last year, leaving her namesake San Miguel restaurant, lured to a new kitchen in Madrid. When she left, unfortunately, so did my sole source for pho in this town. I was heartbroken. Pho is almost a staple in my...
San Miguel now has some of the most elegant restaurants in the world, many of them converted from what were once 18th or 19th Century residences. The most magnificent one I have seen so far is where Don Day’s Wife and I dined last night. Every aspect of the interior...
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