Things to do in Comitán
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Matisse
A step up, the stylish and popular Matisse serves inventive and well-presented dishes in warm, wood-pillared surroundings. Start with a carpaccio or the excellent fusiole salad (spinach with nuts, bacon, avocado and balsamic oil), and follow it up with a beef filete or a creative pasta dish. You’ll find plenty of wine and cocktails, and a neat patio for alfresco dining when the temperature’s right.
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Casa Museo Dr Belisario Domínguez
Casa Museo Dr Belisario Domínguez is the family home of Comitán’s biggest hero and the site of his medical practice. It provides (in Spanish) fascinating insights into the state of medicine and the life of the professional classes in early-20th-century Chiapas (with a reconstruction of the onsite pharmacy), as well as the heroic tale of Domínguez’ political career, ending in his assassination.
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Museo Arqueológico de Comitán
The Museo Arqueológico de Comitán displays artifacts from the area’s many archaeological sites. The misshapen pre-Hispanic skulls on display – deliberately ‘beautified’ by squeezing infants’ heads between boards – make you wonder what kind of thoughts would have taken shape inside such distorted brains.
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Café Quiptic
A swell spot for coffee, the Quiptic is set under an impressive stone colonnade and run by indigenous coffee growers. The menu isn’t huge, but it serves tasty and filling breakfasts, plus superb organic coffee, salads, antojitos, meat dishes and desserts.
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Shangri La
A new indoor/outdoor club, it features live merengue and salsa on Fridays and Saturdays. A stone wall encircles a romantic patio garden lit by lawn lamps, and a stylish interior has four intimate rooms with comfortable seating and fabric-draped ceilings.
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Dante's Pizza
A roomy upstairs locale, they serve satisfying pizzas, pasta, empanadas and quesos fundidos (melted cheese). Very family friendly, there are plenty of high chairs as well as a kids' playhouse. It's also an internet café.
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Juli Moni
For an inexpensive meal or snack, the mercado comedor of Juli Moni has tasty and filling quesadillas. The nopales (cactus) and flor de calabasas (squash flower) are also a good option for vegetarians.
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Yuli Moni Comedor
Come here for an inexpensive meal or snack. This mercado comedor has tasty and filling quesadillas, and the nopales (cactus) and flor de calabasas (squash flower) are also good options for vegetarians.
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Museo de Arte Hermila Domínguez de Castellanos
The Museo de Arte Hermila Domínguez de Castellanos is a neat little modern art museum, with work by prominent Mexican artists, including José Luis Cuevas and Arnulfo Mendoza, as well as good temporary shows.
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Centro Cultural Rosario Castellanos
The former monastic buildings next door to Iglesia de Santo Domingo are now the Centro Cultural Rosario Castellanos, which has a pretty wood-pillared patio featuring a mural on local history.
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Jarro Café Bar & Grill
A semi-futuristic space with a burbling fountain, Jarro is a fun all-purpose bar with loud music. Depending on the night, it could be showing fútbol or hosting patrons crooning karaoke tunes.
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Helen's Enrique Restaurant
This long-running place, with a terrace overlooking the plaza, is good for chicken and meat dishes, breakfasts and antojitos - or just for an evening beer.
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Iglesia de Santo Domingo
On the plaza, the Iglesia de Santo Domingo dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, and sports unusual and handsome blind arcading on its tower.
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Los Portales
One of a handful of good typical restaurants, this has indoor tables as well as comfortable seating overlooking the action.
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