Dining Out in Mérida

Many of today's top chefs from Rick Bayless to Martha Stewart are paying homage to Yucatan cooking. Just as Merida has been influenced by other cultures, so has its food.
Nectar, a five-star restaurant located on the northern end of the city (near the Plaza Fiesta shopping mall), serves amazing Yucatacan dishes with strong European influences.

Other gay-popular choices: Trotter's, where steak, tapas and wine is a winning formula, and La Pigua, a fabulous seafood restaurant. La Pigua is only open for lunch during the week. On the weekends it is open for lunch and dinner.

La Pigua has just opened a new restaurant “Agua Azul” located to the left of the Mayor’s office on the Zocalo. It is the same wonderful food we have come to expect from La Pigua at half the price. They are only open for lunch from11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Los Almendros has several locations in Merida, though the best is between Calle 59 and 57. It offers great local food.

A new favorite of locals and visitors is called La Recova. Located on Prolongación de Montejo, La Recova serves the best Argentinian steaks this side of Argentina.

Merida has a wonderful cooking school Los Dos, which was featured on “Martha Stewart”. If you are interested in taking cooking classes, make sure you book them early.

Cocina Economica & Catering

Lucrecia is currently the cook at Villa Azul and worked for a local B & B for several years, She now has opened her own Cocina Economica, located at Calle 57 # 593-E y 74-A y 76. The cocina specializes in food from central Mexico. Lucrecia’s place is only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. She is also available for catering.

Her email address is lucrecia_villafance@hotmail.com and her cell number is 044-999-150-8770.