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Mexico’s First Mall-Based “Food Hall” to Open in Tijuana

January 19, 2015 // 7 Comments

TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA – Food Garden, an operator of culinary spaces, has announced that Mexico’s first mall-based food hall will have its grand opening in Tijuana in April 2015. The new concept will include over 11,000 square feet of space within the city’s prestigious Plaza Rio. The [Read More]

FMGM 2014 Puebla: Preserving Mexico’s Culinary Traditions

November 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

FMGM 2014, Puebla de Los Angeles, Puebla, Mexico

VIDEO: A Gringo In Mexico’s perspective on the 2014 World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy (FMGM). PUEBLA, MEXICO – As El Gringo rolled down the long, bright hallway of Puebla’s Central Expositor conference hall toward this year’s World Forum on Mexican Gastronomy (or FMGM for [Read More]

Traditional Temazcal: Sweatin’ with the Oldies in Oaxaca

December 30, 2013 // 11 Comments

OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – As El Gringo’s taxi rolled into the dirt road, ramshackle neighborhood of Privada Villa Alta on the outskirts of Oaxaca city, I wondered if the driver knew where he was going. Having just been to Los Cabos a couple of months ago, this looked like the last [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]

TIJUANA INVADED BY ZOMBIE HORDES!

October 27, 2013 // 1 Comment

Zombie Fest 2013, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

TIJUANA – IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN: Saturday, October 26th, 2013. Tijuana was invaded by Zombie hordes today, who roamed the streets in and around Avenida Revolucion and other areas of the metropolis, terrorizing citizens, shunning souvenir vendors, spooking zebra-painted donkeys and wreaking [Read More]

Baja California Culinary Fest 2013: An Appetizing Array of Food & Events

October 18, 2013 // 1 Comment

Baja California Culinary Fest 2013, Baja California Norte, Mexico

TIJUANA – On Thursday, November 14, a press event to kick off the 3rd Annual Baja California Culinary Fest was held at Chef Martin Gonzales’ TOAST Enoteca and Cucina restaurant in San Diego’s East Village. El Gringo joined other members of the foodie press to learn more. The [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]

ReDiscover Tijuana: Mingei Museum, San Diego

July 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

SAN DIEGO – On Friday, July 19th, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego’s beautiful Balboa Park presented ReDiscover Tijuana, an evening of art, music and food heralding the 124th anniversary of our metropolitan neighbor to the south. The ultimate goal of the evening, as stated [Read More]

Tecate: Northern Baja’s Pueblo Magico.

July 9, 2013 // 10 Comments

TECATE, BAJA CALIFORNIA – On June 6, 2012, the city of Tecate, Baja California, Mexico was designated a “Pueblo Magico”, or “Magical Village” by Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism. Tecate is the 83rd city in Mexico to receive this honor, and only 1 of 3 in all of [Read More]