San Miguel de Allende
Dispatches
Oct 2026I love places like this, where the distinction between a home and a gallery dissolves. Casa Diana isn't a pristine white cube designed to make you concentrate on the art. It's a lovely house with personality, history, and accumulated eccentricity. And what a house it is.
Oct 2026This is my personal list of the shops I love in San Miguel. I'll keep adding to it as I discover new places, and my friend Phoebe is helping me along the way.
Oct 2026It was amazing. Even by San Miguel standards.
Sept 2026I’m looking for the places that actually care about their vegan diners, with interesting food, thoughtful choices, and enough on the menu to make you want to sit down and stay awhile.
Sept 2026It took me a while to realize I was eating the Mexican flag.
Sept 2026Tables
Oct 2026My standout dish was the Spanish tortilla, quite possibly the best I’ve ever had.
Sept 2026The dish I dream about. The tostada I suddenly need again. The salad I wish I could have for lunch. The bite that makes me want to go back to a restaurant specifically for that one thing.
Sept 2026And then there is the nasturtium leaf. It is the smallest detail, but it is the thing I can't stop thinking about. The leaf is dotted with tiny drops of white vinegar, carefully placed so they look like dew drops.
Sept 2026It has become the place I take almost everyone who visits me. And without fail, they love it.
Sept 2026Finding a rooftop table in San Miguel is not exactly a challenge. In fact, it is almost too easy.
Sept 2026San Miguel de Allende is the kind of town where lunch or brunch can turn into an afternoon without anyone noticing.
Sept 2026Mexico is a serious coffee country, from the highlands of Chiapas and Oaxaca to the little cafés tucked into the streets of San Miguel.
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Sept 2026It is peaceful and wonderfully old-fashioned. I always feel as if I am having lunch at someone's wealthy aunt's house.
Sept 2026Behind a very unassuming door in San Miguel de Allende is Bennu, a low-key little restaurant built around sourdough, slow-fermented pizza and very good vegetables.
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