WTF at Tijuana’s "The Kitchen": 12 hedonists. 12 courses. 1 vision. May 20, 2014 // 8 Comments TIJUANA – In the 1930’s, artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were at the vortex of the “Mexican Renaissance”, [Read More]
Get Over the Volcano: An Open Letter to Anthony Bourdain May 5, 2014 // 114 Comments May 5, 2014 Dear Mr. Bourdain, My name is W. Scott Koenig. I am a San Diego-based blogger at www.AGringoInMexico.com, a small site I [Read More]
Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto. Luxury in a Rustic Paradise. March 14, 2014 // 3 Comments 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 [Read More]
How to Spend a Perfect Day in Tijuana January 29, 2014 // 4 Comments TIJUANA – Spending a perfect day in Tijuana is problematic only due to the challenge in narrowing down a list from a seemingly [Read More]
Popotla…Feeding My Mariscos Madness. Again. January 27, 2014 // 9 Comments POPOTLA, BAJA CALIFORNIA – Okay, I’ll admit it. El Gringo has a seafood jones the size of Ensenada. Not a day goes by when I [Read More]
Traditional Temazcal: Sweatin’ with the Oldies in Oaxaca December 30, 2013 // 8 Comments OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – As El Gringo’s taxi rolled into the dirt road, ramshackle neighborhood of Privada Villa Alta on the [Read More]
Night of the Radishes: Playing with Food in Oaxaca December 25, 2013 // 0 Comments OAXACA DE JUAREZ, OAXACA – In the 16th Century, the Spanish brought many new food staples to recently conquered Mexico. One of these [Read More]
Grupo Plascencia: Tijuana Tastemakers’ Roots Run Deep December 15, 2013 // 7 Comments TIJUANA – El Gringo paid his driver and stepped out of the cab and into the crisp November afternoon in the Zona Rio neighborhood of [Read More]
Tacos Los Claros: Eating Good, Fresh and Cheap in Los Cabos November 12, 2013 // 11 Comments 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 [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 [Read More]