Anata Vin Bar: A New Level of Sophistication on Calle 47
A refined wine-focused concept has joined the Gastronomic Corridor’s bustling restaurant scene.
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Chewing Through the Reviews: Mérida’s Top 20 Centro RestaurantsAfter diving deep into TripAdvisor, Google Reviews, OpenTable, and beyond, here are Mérida's top 20 dinner destinations ranked by average star ratings
Forget the tourist traps and Instagram bait. Looking for the Centro’s best restaurants, we spent hours crawling through major review platforms to separate the genuinely spectacular from the merely photogenic in the historic center’s exploding restaurant scene. Whether you’re craving modernist Yucatecan cuisine, authentic Italian pasta, or that perfect sunset dinner with cathedral views, this…
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3 Pioneering Mérida Restaurants That Transformed the CentroQuality burgers, fresh seafood, and gourmet pasta reshaped dining expectations in Yucatán's capital
Three pioneering restaurants have redefined dining standards in Mérida. Each brings a previously missing element to the city’s culinary scene.
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The Ultimate Calle 47 Restaurant Guide: Explore Merida’s Gastronomic Corridor
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.
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Eastern flavors are at home amid Mérida’s flourishing Asian food scene
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…
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Say Wepa! Now There’s Puerto Rican Food in Mérida
Spanglish Mid brings the flavors of Puerto Rican food to the capital of Yucatán. Guaranteed easy on the palette.
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A New Pizzeria Oliva Opens Just in Time for Gastronomic Corridor
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…
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Merida’s new foodie corridor finally gets a firm opening date
Despite the chaos, a handful of new restaurants have already opened on Calle 47 in hopes of getting a jump start on the competition.
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Wendy’s breaks into Yucatán’s competitive burger scene
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…
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Foodie corridor not ready yet, to the frustration of everyone
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….
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The inspiring story of Yerba Santa and its head chef, Nidia Sánchez
After completing her culinary studies in Tuxtla Gutierez, Chef Sánchez worked and traveled far afield within México, slowly making a stellar reputation for herself.
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An Italian restaurant fit for a Soprano has finally come to Mérida
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…
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Progreso’s famous Casa del Pastel transforms into a new restaurant
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…
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The road to Mérida’s ‘foodie corridor’ is a bumpy one
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…
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2 Mérida restaurant owners in the Centro have community spirit
“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.”
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The daughter of a formerly enslaved man inspired one of Mérida’s most popular restaurants
Micaela Mar y Leña owes its name to a fascinating, but obscure, woman whose story was nearly lost
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Sandunga: A Oaxaqueña chef in Yucatán keeps family close
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…
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Luciérnagas y Cosmonautas is where calming, simple food awaits
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.
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Nights at Nanishe are filled with pure flavors of Oaxaca
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…
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What’s open if you get hungry in Mérida on Christmas Day
Mérida’s Christmas Day dining options are limited, but there’s no need to starve. Here are 11 staff picks for you to explore.
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El Remate restaurant offers a new view of Mérida (literally)
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….
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So much is going on in this tiny Itzimná kitchen
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…
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It’s impossible to keep up with all the new places to eat in Mérida
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…
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Where to have Thanksgiving dinner in Yucatán in 2022
American Thanksgiving is more expensive, but still a good value for money, in Mérida.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now