Determined to venture beyond our comfort zone, we headed north to explore the culinary landscape outside Centro. Our journey led us to two hidden gems serving authentic Asian cuisine. Tama Shokudo Nestled a few blocks from El Parque de la Alemán sits a charming house adorned with Japanese lamps and striking kanji signs. This intimate…
Spanglish Mid brings the flavors of Puerto Rican food to the capital of Yucatán. Guaranteed easy on the palette.
We continue to add new restaurants to our Food on 47 Guide, and judging from all the construction we see, we’ll be updating this list again soon.
Just days before the Calle 47 Gastronomic Corridor’s inauguration, Oliva has opened a new pizzeria within view of the restaurant that started it all. Pizzeria Oliva‘s wide facade faces Calle 54 with huge windows that reveal, from the street, a pristine creamy-white dining room and bar. The look is clean and pared down compared with…
Despite the chaos, a handful of new restaurants have already opened on Calle 47 in hopes of getting a jump start on the competition.
On the highway that connects Mérida and Progreso, in the Súper Aki Xcanatún parking lot, another US-based fast food chain is under construction. Joining the long-entrenched McDonald’s and Burger King is America’s second-leading burger franchise, Wendy’s. It’s at least the second attempt by Wendy’s to enter the area. More than a decade ago, a Wendy’s…
The Calle 47 Gastronomic Corridor, linking the Remate with Parque La Plancha, is way overdue. A mid-August completion date was blown, and after 11 months of construction equipment kicking up dust, some restaurant sales are down by a reported 70%. The Gastronomic Corridor involved creating a pedestrian mall meant to be more inviting to visitors….
After completing her culinary studies in Tuxtla Gutierez, Chef Sánchez worked and traveled far afield within México, slowly making a stellar reputation for herself.
Anyone like me, whose idea of an Italian restaurant was formed in the tri-state area of New York-New Jersey-Connecticut, will feel at home at La Sicilia in Mérida. And anyone might also be a little thrown to see the absence of Italian-Americans on staff. You’ll be welcomed by a nice family from Oaxaca — by way…
After being practically abandoned for over a decade, Progreso’s famous Casa del Pastel has now become the port city’s newest restaurant. The three-story art deco casona — dubbed the Wedding Cake House — has been a landmark in Progreso since it was built in the 1940s. The grand old house gets its name from the fact that…
Ultimately, a prime four-block stretch of Calle 47 will be a welcoming “foodie corridor” or “restaurant row,” highlighting some of Mérida’s finest restaurants and lodging. But today, Calle 47 is a series of trenches and rock piles, and the people who live, work and try to do business there are frustrated. Endless clouds of dust…
“You need to be creative and resilient to have a business of your own,” says Olga, who owns Restaurante Amaro. Míriam, the owner of Manjar Blanco, laughs and shakes her head. “You bet, and I learned all about that at a young age.”
Micaela Mar y Leña owes its name to a fascinating, but obscure, woman whose story was nearly lost
Oaxaca is known to foodies for its unique flavors, great street food, and mole. A flight of moles instead of beer is not unusual. Sandunga Cocina Tradicional Oaxaqueña has been bringing Oaxaca’s techniques and flavors to Mérida’s Centro for about a year. However, between COVID and the road construction on Calle 47, one might not…
A stone’s throw away from the future La Plancha park to the north is Luciérnagas y Cosmonautas, a small restaurant created by Abril Batún and Natalia Sánchez.
Few people know that from Wednesday to Sunday, from 6 to 10.30 pm, Nanishe takes over the kitchen at firm favorite Maíz Canela y Cilantro, loved by locals and expats alike for their homemade Mexican food. These two projects met and the owners became friends through eating at each other’s restaurant. “We admire them and…
Mérida’s Christmas Day dining options are limited, but there’s no need to starve. Here are 11 staff picks for you to explore.
A defunct café has been put out of its misery and replaced with a place that better deserves such a prominent spot: El Remate de Montejo. Better yet, the roof — which hasn’t been open to the public in decades — is one of the most exciting new places in Mérida to be revealed this year….
A little restaurant in Itzimná may not have yet caught your eye, but it caught mine. It is tucked away in a little plaza by the school on Calle 19. A delightful young married couple owns Xanath Restaurante y Cafeteria. Itzel Uscanga Orta and Cecilio Pérez Camacho followed their dream of opening a restaurant three…
It seems to me lately that I can’t eat fast enough to keep up with all the new restaurants in Mérida. Here are four of my new favorites. OOP Live Bistro Here’s a new place that emphasizes Pacific seafood combined with Yucatecan ingredients and wines from the Guadalupe Valley. I visited OOP during Restaurant Week…
American Thanksgiving is more expensive, but still a good value for money, in Mérida.
With a budget of 350 million pesos, Meridá’s Calle 47 in Centro is poised to become the city’s hottest area for eating out.
The moment I saw Roger Gonzalez Escalante’s latest boutique hotel project on Instagram, I knew we had to visit Hotel Cigno. Converting an abandoned grand home once used as a lumber yard of all things, Casa Lecanda’s architect brought his multi-layered aesthetic to La Ermita, just a couple blocks north of that barrio’s park. We…
Until the early 1980s, the Mayan-themed restaurant and nightclub Ciudad Maya was one of the hottest spots in Mérida.
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