Resort Destinations

Baja California Flavor Takes Center Stage at Sabor de Baja 2015

July 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sabor de Baja, Rosarito Beach Hotel, Baja California, Mexico

ROSARITO BEACH, B.C. – The third annual Sabor de Baja will be held again this year in the ocean front gardens of the Rosarito Beach Hotel on Wednesday, August 26th from 5-9PM. The white attire, end-of-summer garden party is widely considered to be one of the premier food, wine and beer events in [Read More]

A Gringo in Mexico: The Best of 2014

January 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – As we enter 2015, it’s time to take a look back at some of the destinations, events, cuisine and people that were featured here on the A Gringo in Mexico blog, Baja.com, Chowzter.com and our Facebook and Twitter feeds in 2014. And to thank you, our readers, [Read More]

Mi Casa Supper Club: A Touch of Class in Rosarito Beach

September 15, 2014 // 6 Comments

Mi Casa Supper Club, Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA – “Food isn’t a new passion. I started cooking when I was just six years old.” Chef Bo Bendana Sein eased back into the stylishly upholstered seat at our table. The last rays of sunlight streamed in from the edge of the Pacific just outside [Read More]

8 Ways to Eat (and Drink) Your Way through Rosarito Beach

July 6, 2014 // 4 Comments

Popotla Restaurant & Bar, Popotla, Baja California, Mexico

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA – Located off Baja California’s Highway 1, tiny Rosarito Beach (pop. 70,000) is often overlooked as a culinary destination in deference to Ensenada’s seafood scene to the south, and Baja Med just north (and closer to the border) in Tijuana. But [Read More]

Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto. Luxury in a Rustic Paradise.

March 14, 2014 // 3 Comments

Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico

LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR – When El Gringo visited Loreto on the coast of the Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur in 2006, I was told by old Baja hands that the fishing village was “…like Los Cabos 20 years ago”, unspoiled by large-scale development and happily lacking in [Read More]

Tacos Los Claros: Eating Good, Fresh and Cheap in Los Cabos

November 12, 2013 // 10 Comments

Tacos Los Claros, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

SAN JOSE DEL CABO – When we took a 3 week family trip around Baja California Sur last year, one of our favorite discoveries was Tacos Los Claros in downtown San Jose del Cabo (with two other locations on Highway 1 toward the airport and Cabo San Lucas). Approaching lunchtime while tooling [Read More]

Acapulco Puede! Digging out from Earthquake, Major Storms

October 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

EL COLOSO, ACAPULCO – As we drove down the mud-caked, still flooded streets of the el Coloso neighborhood just south of the main tourist zone in Acapulco, our American missionary host (we’ll call him Mike and his wife Michelle, as they requested to be quoted off the record), pointed out [Read More]

FMGM 2013: Celebrating Mexican Cuisine

October 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Foro Mundial Gastronomia Mexiacana, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

ACAPULCO – The Foro Mundial de Gastronomia Mexicana (World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy) kicked off yesterday in Acapulco at the Mega Expo Feria Mundo Imperial Acapulco. After a long day of travel, El Gringo scratched, stretched, showered and hopped on the bus to the venue with his fellow [Read More]

Isla Espiritu Santo: The World’s Aquarium

April 25, 2013 // 3 Comments

LA PAZ, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR – I slipped off my flip flops, hiked up my backpack and waded into the warm water of Bahia La Paz, just off the malecon in La Paz, Baja Sur. As the small covered panga backed toward me with four passengers already onboard and two smiling local crewmen, I knew that [Read More]

Playa del Carmen: Cancun’s Laid-Back Next-Door Neighbor

February 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

Mahekal Beach Resort, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, QUINTANA ROO – When my sister Jen invited us to join her family for a vacation in Playa del Carmen last summer, I was suspect at first. After all, “Playa” (as it’s known to those in-the-know) is just south of Cancun on the Riviera Maya…a stretch of [Read More]