Restaurants

A lot of people suggest Susanna’s Restaurant as a special place to go for a great dinner, especially when you want to impress friends or family who are visiting from the States, or for a special occasion like an anniversary, birthday or Valentine’s Day.  But, we like to go when we just want an especially well-prepared dinner and a great …

I suggested to my wife that we should explore the various small Mexican cafes that dot Benito Juarez Boulevard.  Our first stop was La Cocina de la Abuela or Grandma’s Kitchen.  It is across the street and to the south from Cristalina, where we get our purified water, and across from Pemex, the one with the car wash or aqua …

The location of this fab restaurant is a bit hard to spot if you aren’t looking for it.  It’s upstairs on the northeast end of the Mazatlan plaza in Rosarito.  It is so worth the effort though. We always go after church with a few friends and get the family style meals.  Last Sunday we just said “We have 400 …

Sunday Sunday.  Almost the Mommas and Poppas, my generation’s tune.  For those that remember, I sang it this Sunday, quietly to myself (fortunately for the other diners) while dining at the Las Olas Grande Sunday buffet.  They hold it in their spectacular ocean front restaurant with the waves crashing on the rocks, fifteen feet high, splashing over the rail of …

It is magical how Tijuana keeps re-inventing itself.  I would sooner run to Tijuana for a special occasion meal than any place else.  Only recently, while having tea and a pastry with a Mexican girlfriend at Cafe de la Flor on Avenida Sonora in Tijuana, I became familiar with the phrase La Recta.  La Recta, or the direct one, is …

Situated in a newly developed section of Ensenada’s Macroplaza del Mar, just across from the Cinépolis Theater, Santo Mitote offers the welcome addition of a bistro style bar and eatery to help augment your dining options at this already popular shopping and entertainment complex. This stylish establishment also features a pleasant open air patio and dining area upstairs, which overlooks …

Sitting quietly on a side street is a very clean, bright, unassuming restaurant in Puerto Nuevo with pleasant, ordinary furniture, like a cafe anywhere, that belies the terrific experience I found there. My friend who suggested we go there with, “I really like this place.  The food is clean,” told me you can have whatever you want, just ask.  “Breakfast …

Those who have lived in the southwest U.S. for any period of time and loved the huge carne asada burritos and chimichangas served at local drive-thru taco shops and Mexican food restaurants are often disappointed in the burritos that they encounter when they visit Baja Norte.  Not because of their lack of flavor or quality, but because of their comparatively …