Food tourism is back, including Turibus‘ restaurant and cantina tours in Mérida this weekend. To give the program a push, they are starting with three consecutive dates — Nov. 11, 12, and 13 — and, later, they will continue every Saturday starting at Paseo 60. Depending on the tour, visitors stop at three restaurants or three cantinas….
The group, which is now known as Asociación de Cantineros, is already made up of over 120 members but is yet to elect its first president.
As Yucatán begins to lift more COVID-19 restrictions, life seems to slowly be returning to normal. This week saw the reopening of several of Mérida’s largest athletic centers, including the Estadio General Salvador Alvarado, the Centro Paralímpico and the Gimnasio Polifuncional. However, state authorities noted that people visiting these sports centers must wear facemasks at…
Unlike bars, which are all about alcohol, the quality of a Yucatecan cantina is measured by how generous they are with their botanas.
Before Merida cantinas became so hip, the future chef/owner of Ku’uk Restaurant whiled away many a teenage afternoon in the local dives. “When I was in high school in the 1980s, Cantina La Negrita was a place you went to deal with your assignments,” Pedro Evia told Saveur Magazine. “It was an old-man place, and…
Múusench’een dates from the middle-upper Preclassic period, or around 300 BC.
The Alliance of Bartenders of Yucatan have undertaken a new survival strategy to protect the city’s cantinas from fading away.
El Grillón had attracted patrons across from Parque Eulogio Rosado since 1912. Now, it’s selling Christmas items rather than serving beer and botanas.
For musician Emiliano Buenfil, it is important that the city’s cultural cantinas be regulated while continuing their role as an incubation platform for emerging artists.
The bohemian cantina La Negrita celebrates its centennial year after a transition from unremarkable watering hole to vibrant and lively gathering place.
Joaquin Lopez-Vargas has made his mark on El Pocito, a storied cantina that has been in his family since it was founded by his grandfather in 1921.
Another no-nonsense traditional corner cantina has closed while owners experiment with trendier concepts.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now