Restaurants
Here are a few of the many restaurants you'll find in the Cancun
User's Guide. These are all fairly well-known. We also have
lots of little places that you won't find in any of the guide books.
Try getting their names out of us for free. Just try it. I'll give
you such a smack! Buy the book.
Checandole
Downtown, several blocks past Mercado 28 on Xel-Ha. $7 to $10.
Hotel Zone, Plaza Flamingos Food Court.
Mexican home-style cooking
Any time we ask our friends for new restaurant recommendations,
Checandole comes up frequently. Highly evolved tampiqueña
for only $6. Tacos, meat dishes and fresh fruit drinks in a clean,
friendly and pleasant place.
La Habichuela
Downtown, Margaritas 25, near Parque Las Palapas. $30. OWNERS Armando
and Clara Pezzotti.
Traditional architecture, dramatic Mayan sculpture garden
This used to be Armando's home in the early days of Cancun. Now
air-conditioned and enlarged, it is a pleasant and romantic place
with intimate, candle-lighted atmosphere. Great mural by Miguel
Castro in garden. MORE
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Los Huaraches
Downtown, Alcatraces, one block in from Hotel Antillano on Tulum.
Closed Monday. $3 to $4 for a generous meal.
Cocina Económica (see Take-Out)
with sit-down cafeteria.
Classic Mexican family cooking in a clean and friendly environment.
Anita and I flipped over deep-fried corn-meal breaded chicken breasts
stuffed with cheese and spinach (served Fridays and Sundays only)
but it's all tasty and the portions are ample. Don't miss this one.
La Parrilla
Downtown, Av. Yaxchilán
Excellent Mexican food in friendly place.
Tacos al pastor -- shepherd-style are the top choice here, made
with spit-barbecued tender pork sliced off to your order. Good service,
modest prices and unpretentious atmosphere. Highly recommended.
Tacolote
Cobá 19, and Alcatraces, S.M. 22, across from Social Security
Hospital about three blocks from Av. Tulum. PHONE 887-30-45. Home
delivery, catering, banquets and Mexican fiestas. Daily from 7 a.m.
to 2 a.m. owners Javier Ramirez and Guadalupe Horrante Price
About $3-5 a person for an ample meal.
Old-fashioned Mexican country barbecue
Tacolote specializes in traditional country-style woodfire barbeque
dishes in a festive and colorful Mexican atmosphere.
This is simple, hearty and excellent cooking at popular prices,
prepared and served under the ever-vigilant supervision of the proprietors.
We especially enjoyed the alambre (beef or chicken tacos
accompanied by melted cheese, grilled onions and green pepper).
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