Guidebook for San Miguel de Allende
Food Scene
Excellent food, great variety, affordable prices, for lunch and dinner. Short walk down "The Ancha".
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Hecho En Mexico Restaurant
8 Ancha de San AntonioExcellent food, great variety, affordable prices, for lunch and dinner. Short walk down "The Ancha".
Good food for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Excellent atmosphere, with art throughout the large restaurant/cafe, and a wonderful place to meet locals and fellow travelers.
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Café Monet
83 ZacaterosGood food for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Excellent atmosphere, with art throughout the large restaurant/cafe, and a wonderful place to meet locals and fellow travelers.
The best organic food market in town it is open 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. Contains a wide variety of fruits, vegatables, cheeses, meats, and fish, among many other items, to prepare at home, and numerous restaurants. On Saturdays and Sundays there is an additional outdoor market, the best San Miguel community event of each week, with live music, and a great selection of food and other market items.
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Mercado Sano
#123 Ancha de San AntonioThe best organic food market in town it is open 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. Contains a wide variety of fruits, vegatables, cheeses, meats, and fish, among many other items, to prepare at home, and numerous restaurants. On Saturdays and Sundays there is an additional outdoor market, the best San Miguel community event of each week, with live music, and a great selection of food and other market items.
Outstanding Italian restaurant, with superb atmosphere, located where "The Ancha" ends and splits into Zacateras and Codo. And where Johnny Depp almost died in front of it, in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", which was filmed in San Miguel. I had dinner here the first night I visited San Miguel, and on my first birthday after moving here.
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Antigua Trattoria Romana
9 CodoOutstanding Italian restaurant, with superb atmosphere, located where "The Ancha" ends and splits into Zacateras and Codo. And where Johnny Depp almost died in front of it, in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", which was filmed in San Miguel. I had dinner here the first night I visited San Miguel, and on my first birthday after moving here.
Considered by many to be the best bakery in San Miguel, this little gem is less than a 5 minute walk on Guadiana, right next to the most beautiful community park in San Miguel, Parque Guadiana. It is also thought to have the best empanadas in all of San Miguel.
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La Casita Feliz
15 C. GuadianaConsidered by many to be the best bakery in San Miguel, this little gem is less than a 5 minute walk on Guadiana, right next to the most beautiful community park in San Miguel, Parque Guadiana. It is also thought to have the best empanadas in all of San Miguel.
Beloved cafe in San Miguel, where, in the grand cafe tradition, you can hang out as long as you want, anytime of the day. And you can meet people from all over the world, and all over San Miguel.
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La Mesa Grande
49 ZacaterosBeloved cafe in San Miguel, where, in the grand cafe tradition, you can hang out as long as you want, anytime of the day. And you can meet people from all over the world, and all over San Miguel.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hank's is a San Miguel institution, and maybe the best place in San Miguel to meet people, both locals and world travelers. A New Orleans-style bar-restaurant, the two for one drinks Happy Hour begins at 5:00 PM and ends at 8:00 PM every day to "La Grange" by ZZ Top. I have met many of my longest term friends here during my first year living in San Miguel.
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Hank's San Miguel de Allende
12 HidalgoHank's is a San Miguel institution, and maybe the best place in San Miguel to meet people, both locals and world travelers. A New Orleans-style bar-restaurant, the two for one drinks Happy Hour begins at 5:00 PM and ends at 8:00 PM every day to "La Grange" by ZZ Top. I have met many of my longest term friends here during my first year living in San Miguel.
Paprika is one of the best places in San Miguel for live music, with a variety of styles of the very good music in San Miguel performing live here Thursdays through Sunday evenings.
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PAPRIKA
9 Ancha de San AntonioPaprika is one of the best places in San Miguel for live music, with a variety of styles of the very good music in San Miguel performing live here Thursdays through Sunday evenings.
Maybe the best "neighborhood bar" in San Miguel Dean Martinis House Of Blues rocks out to good live music most nights of the week until late in the evening. and has a well stocked bar, including an excellent varitety of beers from all over the world.
Dean Martinis House of Blues
29 HidalgoMaybe the best "neighborhood bar" in San Miguel Dean Martinis House Of Blues rocks out to good live music most nights of the week until late in the evening. and has a well stocked bar, including an excellent varitety of beers from all over the world.
Sightseeing
The iconic symbol of San Miguel, and center of Centro Historico, The Parroquia is technically not a cathedral but a parish church. But given its grand scale and beauty, unlike any other church in Mexico, I insist on calling it a cathedral.
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Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel
S/N PrincipalThe iconic symbol of San Miguel, and center of Centro Historico, The Parroquia is technically not a cathedral but a parish church. But given its grand scale and beauty, unlike any other church in Mexico, I insist on calling it a cathedral.
Arts & Culture
A textile mill from 1902 to 1991, Fabrica La Aurora has since become an art-lover's paradise in northern San Miguel. Just a short walk north from El Jardin, the converted factory shows evidence of the site's history, including oil-stained floors and traces of cotton tucked into crevices. If you're looking to shop, you'll be satisfied by the diverse selection at furniture, jewelry and contemporary art stores that pepper the complex.
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Fabrica La Aurora
S/N Calz de La AuroraA textile mill from 1902 to 1991, Fabrica La Aurora has since become an art-lover's paradise in northern San Miguel. Just a short walk north from El Jardin, the converted factory shows evidence of the site's history, including oil-stained floors and traces of cotton tucked into crevices. If you're looking to shop, you'll be satisfied by the diverse selection at furniture, jewelry and contemporary art stores that pepper the complex.
This place is very special. Only two blocks from the busy Jardín, it's an oasis of peace and quiet is this noisy town. And it is truly beautiful. You can find art schools and cultural centers in towns and cities all over the world. But not all of them are themselves works of art. This former nunnery has been converted into an all-purpose arts center, with art galleries, theater, museum, poetry readings, and classes in music, dance, art, and writing.
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Bellas Artes
75 Calle del Dr Ignacio Hernandez MaciasThis place is very special. Only two blocks from the busy Jardín, it's an oasis of peace and quiet is this noisy town. And it is truly beautiful. You can find art schools and cultural centers in towns and cities all over the world. But not all of them are themselves works of art. This former nunnery has been converted into an all-purpose arts center, with art galleries, theater, museum, poetry readings, and classes in music, dance, art, and writing.
The Instituto Allende is a visual arts school opened in 1950. It attracted many Americans on the GI Bill after World War Two. The institute provides a range of courses, and offers a BA in Visual Arts and an MA in Fine arts in association with the Universidad de Guanajuato. There are also cafes, restaurants, a bookstore, and weekend market in the Instituto.
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Instituto Allende
20 Ancha de San AntonioThe Instituto Allende is a visual arts school opened in 1950. It attracted many Americans on the GI Bill after World War Two. The institute provides a range of courses, and offers a BA in Visual Arts and an MA in Fine arts in association with the Universidad de Guanajuato. There are also cafes, restaurants, a bookstore, and weekend market in the Instituto.
Parks & Nature
Located a short taxi ride from the heart of San Miguel, El Charco del Ingenio is a Botanical Garden and outstanding Nature Preserve. It also displays a vast botanical collection of cacti and other Mexican plants, many of which are rare, threatened or in danger of extinction. Every month on the full moon, and for solstices and equinoxes, around sunset there is a ceremony led by native Mexican spiritual leaders.
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Charco Del Ingenio
S/N PalomaLocated a short taxi ride from the heart of San Miguel, El Charco del Ingenio is a Botanical Garden and outstanding Nature Preserve. It also displays a vast botanical collection of cacti and other Mexican plants, many of which are rare, threatened or in danger of extinction. Every month on the full moon, and for solstices and equinoxes, around sunset there is a ceremony led by native Mexican spiritual leaders.
Entertainment & Activities
These two intimate theaters, located in the Mercado Sano building, show two new films every day of the week and, with the cheap admission price, you get a free drink and movie theater popcorn.
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Movie Pocket Theatre
123 Ancha de San AntonioThese two intimate theaters, located in the Mercado Sano building, show two new films every day of the week and, with the cheap admission price, you get a free drink and movie theater popcorn.