Restaurants in Sonora
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Mercado Municipal
Like most Mexican towns, Guaymas supports a Mercado Municipal, which has stalls where you can sit down to eat cheaply. Popular morning stalls include El Rinconito for machaca (rehydrated, spiced beef) and El Vaporcito for tacos al vapor (steamed beef) and birria (spicy meat stew). Both are in the southwest corner. It's a block south of Av Serdán, on Av Rodríguez between Calles 19 and 20, and opens around 06:00.
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Solipaso
Run by a long-resident US couple, Solipaso offers a unique day-long river float trip (per person M$1430, four to 12 people; November to March) on the remote, wildlife-rich Río Mayo northwest of Álamos. You visit ancient petroglyphs, a historic stone aqueduct and a tiny Mayo village with a 16th-century church. It also offers birding trips with owner David Mackay or local guides.
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Asadero Don Chuy
More-ish carne asada tacos are served under a wooden roof supported by wooden posts adorned with a few sets of antlers. A mere eight condiment bowls are set on your table and you can pop a couple of norteña (country) tunes on the juke box while you decide how to garnish your tacos.
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La Palapa del Pescador
Whole fried fish, stuffed lobster and other seafood delights are calling at this seaside joint with a palapa-covered patio and a juke box with a mind of its own. It’s also popular for a few cervezas (beers) at night. It’s about 2.5km from the southeast end of the Kino Nuevo strip.
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Antojitos Mexicanos
An unassuming, spotlessly clean, all-yellow little place that serves up satisfying and tasty home-style breakfasts, and lunch and dinner favorites like chiles rellenos (stuffed chilies with cheese or meat) and bisteck ranchero (steak with tomato, chili and onion sauce).
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Los Encarbonadas
This excellent asadero bar serves up Sonora's specialty, carne asada, alongside a mouth-watering salsa and condiment cart that flows between tables. The 'order' serves two easy and the frijoles might just be Mexico's best. Highly recommended.
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La Posada
Friendly, family-run, colorfully decorated La Posada has been serving up generous portions of well-prepared Mexican standards for half a century, and it’s still packed every lunchtime. No alcohol, though. It’s just off Obregón, three blocks south of Internacional.
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El Pargo Rojo
Never mind the poorly translated English menu at this festive and welcoming seafooder, this is the place to enjoy delicious fish dishes and hearty Mexican breakfasts in the middle of Kino Nuevo. The camarones rellenos (stuffed shrimp) are a real treat.
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Está Cabral
This large, open-air café occupies the interior of a once-regal building and features nightly Latin folk music from 9pm, usually attracting a fun and eclectic crowd. Mexican specialties on the menu include Sonora’s very own chimichanga (fried burrito).
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Verde Olivo
If you have tired of menus full of carne and pescado, there’s relief right here in the middle of beef country. Verde Olivo offers excellent grain veggie burgers, fresh juices and smoothies, and PETA-friendly versions of Mexican classics.
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La Conquista
Head to the far east end of San Carlos for delicious seafood, pasta and steaks with a European touch, in a palapa-roofed, big-windowed, air-con dining room. La Conquista is professionally run, with excellent service and a relaxed atmosphere.
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Cenaduría Dõna Lola
With stunning homemade Mexican dishes at startlingly low prices, this family-run locals’ secret is worth the trip to Álamos alone (the enchiladas suizas are the best in the world). If you hear folks refer to Koky’s, they mean here.
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Sonora Steak
Inside this stately colonial-style home, situated in the hotel zone, Sonora’s famed steaks – 28-day-aged rib-eyes – are weighed tableside (M$67 per 100g), cooked to perfection and served with flour tortillas, grilled onions and jalapeños.
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Mariscos Lolita
Spacious and clean, with orange-shirted waiters moving efficiently about, Lolita’s is always a sound choice for steaks, burritos, enchiladas and breakfasts as well as seafood. It’s 50m off Blvd Juárez toward Playa El Mirador.
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Restaurante Mary’s
Of the mostly touristic eateries along the Old Port waterfront, breezy Mary’s is the one where locals most often eat. It’s right next to the little fish market and famed for its fish, shrimp and scallop tacos.
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El Rinćon de Regina
A festively decorated hideaway on a quiet street in the Old Port serving tasty Mexican specialties at affordable prices. Try the molcajete specialty of meat, shrimp, cheese and nopal in a green sauce.
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Elvira's Restaurant
Mexican folk art meets 2001: A Space Odyssey at this longstanding institution serving excellent Mexican classics (nine types of mole) with a free shot of tequila.
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Restaurant Dorita
Dorita and her daughter turned their front room into a restaurant 20 years ago and have been kicking out the best breakfast around since. Omelette ranchero is all you need to know.
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Restaurant Las Palmeras
Just northwest of Plaza Alameda, this patio-set Álamos classic serves up fine breakfasts, memorable homemade tortillas and steaks, shrimp and carne asada for heartier appetites.
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La Roca
Upscale La Roca serves a diverse menu of Sonoran and regional Mexican dishes in a low-light romantic setting under colonial archways – a world apart from the Nogales hurly-burly.
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Michocana Restaurant
A great little find serving comida corrida (set meals), fresh juices and killer chilaquiles verdes (fried tortillas with cheese and green salsa) for breakfast.
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El Oeste Steak House
This popular steak house wins the Innovation in Taxidermy Design award, serving raved-about grilled Sonoran steaks in a saloon-like room decked out in stuffed game.
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Café Ajijic
Serves an extensive Mexican menu to day-tripping gringos on a colorful outdoor patio with a lovely fountain. Ignore the constant barrage of hawkers and mariachi.
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Coffee’s Haus
This German-Mexican co-owned café is justly famous around town for its great breakfasts, apple strudel, excellent coffee and numerous salad selections.
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Rosa’s Cantina
Pink-tinted, Pancho Villa–themed Rosa’s serves up substantial American and Mexican breakfasts and additional favorites throughout the day.
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