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MexicoTed
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Las Casitas in Mulege - Breakfast
Just recently returned from a drive down the peninsula. In Mulege we ate breakfast at Las Casitas Hotel and Restaurant. We had five of us in the group
with everyone having a different breakfast. All agreed the food was good. The owner, Javier, has also made small oasis of the outdoor seating area;
very peaceful cool.
Ted
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Las Casitas....a place we all know and love.
I had Xmas dinner there a few years ago and was very impressed with the buffet. Meals have always been very good and the ambiance is A-1. 
An aside:
My experience is that they have the best margs in all of Baja (aside from home made ones). This was determined over three weeks between Ensenada and
South Cape.
I am sure this might start a thread hijack, but is not intended to start a marg rant here.
Don't believe everything you think....
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Javier is a master chef..an amigo and excellent host.
The margaritas are indeed super....as are his tasty desserts...just totally yummy. ( ...what the?.....did I just say 'yummy'..?)
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given the floods he's had to endure the past several years - 3 major wipe-outs.....it is amazzing he's continued to prosper. A guy with strength
beyond anything i could muster.
i must say after 30 years going to mulege and 8 of those with a palapa at the serenidad....i never had one of his margs. Therefore i can't comment
with alacrity as to his style - so i have to stay with my old mainstay Alex [when he works].....
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Looks great... Maybe we will try it next week! Thanks Ted...
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike....
i must say after 30 years going to mulege and 8 of those with a palapa at the serenidad....i never had one of his margs. Therefore i can't comment
with alacrity as to his style - so i have to stay with my old mainstay Alex [when he works]..... [/quote
The margs I liked were made by one of the women working there...consistent quality and method....yum !  |
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tripledigitken
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view from the street
garden patio dining
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where exactly is las casitas located in Mulege (for those of us who are not in the know !). the garden eating are looks wonderful.
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tripledigitken
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BajaBlanca,
As you enter town through the arch head up the hill make first right and you will then head down the hill past the Pemex. Go through the first stop
sign and then make the first hard right after a long block and you will see it on your left.
Ken
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I stayed there when I was 12 in 1969 with my Dad. We played frisbee with the local kids-they had never seen a frisbee before!
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Mulegena
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I love Las Casitas!
Its our standing anniversary celebratory dinner date place.
I love going there in the winter evenings for hot tea and the fire place ambience
or for coffee and computer in the mornings.
Javier is an excellent host and speaks fine English, btw.
The food is always good. The ambience is charming.
Javier is a native of Mulege and remembers being a child of about 7 and playing in the rain puddles after a big hurricane and flood went through. He
reports he hadn't seen such a large flood again until Hurricane John some 6 years ago... and then there was Jimena three year ago which set the
record.
Blanca, you know where the plaza is, right; where the chili cookoff is?
From the plaza just walk east one block and you're there.
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I will give this place another chance. It seems most people had a great experience.
Our one and only time eating there was horrible. We ordered drinks, appetizers (shrimp c-cktails) and Dinner. We got our drinks, and waited, drinks
empty (including the kids) had to get up and ask for more drinks....waited....waited... waited...(is our vacation going to end before we get our
appetizer?),,,Finally after over an hour and thirty min wait our appetizers arrived, followed 1 min later with the dinners.....
Did we pick a busy night? There was one other table in the entire restaurant occupied with 3 diners, but they had their food when we walked in...
It was like they had to go catch the fish and shrimp for our meals...
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There are peculiarities of many restaurants in Baja, Mulege included, which stem directly from a lack of revenue.
These can include a lack of food or particular drink even if its clearly on the menu, or there may be a lack of adequate staff on duty.
Often one person may be pressed to double- and triple- task, acting as wait staff, cook, bartender, cashier and bus person.
Sometimes we just gotta sit back and wait and go with what's happening for there's no mal intent on the part of the restaurant.
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... and sometimes they have to run out the back door to get the ingredients to make you happy!
I stayed at Las Casitas once, had breakfast and dinner, thought it was great! I've stopped for lunch, food is slow, and worth waiting for
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
... and sometimes they have to run out the back door to get the ingredients to make you happy!
I stayed at Las Casitas once, had breakfast and dinner, thought it was great! I've stopped for lunch, food is slow, and worth waiting for |
When the restaurant staff has to leave to purchase the ingredients, one knows the food is fresh and worth waiting for. :-)
We ordered lobster tacos at a place in Abreojos and then watched the lady owner/waitress/ cook/ fire up her car and off she went. Yes, it was slow,
but the lobster was fresh!
Once is a very small town in Honduras where we stopped for breakfast, we smiled as three children ran off in different directions after we ordered.
It was time to just enjoy the coffee and the surroundings.
We will definitely try Las Casitas next time we are in Mulege! THANKS
And Ken, I love the street picture!
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Hola tripledigitken,
thank you for the aerial view. i never knew mulege was such a large area.
also, i was always afraid to go through the arch as i wasn't sure there was an area for me to turn my car and utility trailer around. not very good at
backing up.
next time i go south, i'll definitely make the drive.
thanks again,
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT
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Mula
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Don't take your trailer under the arch into Mulege unless you have a place to park it!
Mulege center is not trailer friendly.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
. Go through the first stop sign and then make the first hard right after a long block and you will see it on your left.
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and don't forget, drive like a local and DON'T STOP
Dave
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BAJA.DESERT.RAT
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thanks mula,
will it matter as my trailer is a utility trailer that is 6' wide x 8' long plus the tongue, not a travel trailer.
thank you,
BIEN SALUD, DA RAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJA.DESERT.RAT
thanks mula,
will it matter as my trailer is a utility trailer that is 6' wide x 8' long plus the tongue, not a travel trailer.
thank you,
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I drove a H2 towing a 22' bayliner thru town past Saul's market, turned around and found street parking just past Danny's taco. I would think that
your small trailer would be easy.
Here is a pic, I would think it's over 45' combined
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