Tag: Restaurants
Centro restaurant adds free movies to the menu
Filling the void created when Cairo Cinema Café shut down in January, the Alma Calma restaurant is carving out a cinema space.
Student chefs open a pop-up restaurant with the globe-hopping menu
The city's newest restaurant is open, but you'll have to act fast to catch it. It closes for good on May 25.
Local businesses, international visitors praise new Conference Center
In 2011, when the restaurant Katún opened on Calle 60, between Avenida Colón and Cupules, the owners were in a prime location. But they couldn't possibly have known just how prime.
Holiday Inn’s often overlooked restaurant goes for broke with all-new menu
The head chef at the Holiday Inn's La Arboleda wants the dining public to give the restaurant another look.
Latin America’s 1st Texas Roadhouse opens in Mérida
The famous Texas Roadhouse franchise is blazing a path through Latin America, starting in the Yucatecan capital.
Mérida-born chef hasn’t forgotten his roots in St. Louis
Alex Henry's menu is a love song to Mérida, where he was born, but left when he was still a child.
Dinner in the park? New regulations could threaten café seating
The leader of the city's restaurant trade group expressed concern that new regulations could affect restaurants that have been expanded into public parks.
Angry Angus is 2nd restaurant to close suddenly this week
They had just started the day's work on Friday at the famous Angry Angus hamburger restaurant when state police arrived to tell the crew to close up shop.
Recipe for a food festival: Tortas, food trucks and celebrity chefs
Not limited to art and theater, Mérida Fest 2018 is a magnet for celebrity chefs.
Chain restaurants up 20%, challenging local restaurants
Burger King has been a familiar presence for many years. But with more recent arrivals, chain restaurants have challenged the local standard-bearers.
Our 2018 Guide to New Year’s Eve in Yucatán is updated...
We surveyed area restaurants and resort destinations that have something special for New Year's Eve. We will continue to update the following list as we receive new information.
Food & Travel readers send trophies to Ku’uk, Xixim
When the Food & Travel awards were handed out last week in Mexico City, many of the winners took them home to the Peninsula.
Our 2017 guide to Thanksgiving in Yucatán
Here again is our Thanksgiving roundup for anyone craving turkey and trimmings on Nov. 23.
Be listed in our 4th Thanksgiving Dining Guide
An invitation to be part of Yucatán Expat Life's 2017 Thanksgiving Dining Guide
Food writer pronounces these to be Mérida’s 5 best restaurants
No surprises here on yet another list of the "five best restaurants in Mérida."
‘Queen’ of cochinita reunites with Rick Bayless at Chicago food fest
One of Mérida's most famous proponents of Yucatecan gastronomy left her heart in Mexico while taking part in a Chicago food festival.
Yucatecan cuisine heads to Denmark for gathering of elite foodies
Packing ample samples of achiote and recado negro, the city's director of tourism heads to Denmark next weekend to join an elite network of global gourmands.
30 more restaurants to open before end of 2017
The state's economic growth is three times faster than the rest of the country's, and nothing reflects this more than the number of new restaurants.
Rockin’ pizza shop, run out of Cancun, coming to Mérida
A pizza chain that seems like it should have always been in the capital city is finally on its way.
Mérida joining elite, international gastronomic club
The city is joining an international community of foodie destinations in a move approved by the majority of the mayor's council.
Have restaurants spread out too far into public spaces?
Dining under the stars is one of life's great pleasures. So is a sidewalk stroll, or a walk in the park. Somehow, these pursuits have collided. Literally.
Restaurant boom, and ‘bohemian’ vibe fuels Centro’s nightlife
"Investors risked their capital by betting on the Centro and today it is bearing fruit," said a business leader in Mérida.
Popular Restaurant Week extended a day
Seven days is not enough time for a popular restaurant promotion in its second year.
Mérida Restaurant Week serves up bargains
With the participation of 150 restaurants, Merida Restaurant Week will affirm the recent reader poll that called the city Mexico's Top Gastronomic Destination.
