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Bajahowodd
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Who that travels Baja doesn't have their fair share of open-vista pit stops? For me, however, if it's time and I'm coming up on a facility, I use it.
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XRPhlang
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I'd go a little further to Eugenio Grosso's place at Laguna Chapala if just to look at the stuff on the walls. Don't count on much of a bathroom
though.
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Bajahowodd
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I know this thread is about places to eat in Catavina, but it has somehow devolved into something about potty breaks. I can remember that it was not
too long ago that one was hard-pressed to find toilet seats in public restrooms. Now, thanks to the rapid expansion of the Pemex franchises that are
often associated with firms such as Oxxo and AM/PM, these facilties often have very modern amenities including auto flush and touchless faucets.
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I've eaten at Eugenio Grosso's place at Laguna Chapala also. If this is the place I'm thinking of it was some of the best huevos rancheros I've ever
had. If PJ is following this thread he can confirm this for me. Isn't it near the turnoff for Gonzaga?
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AcuDoc
I've eaten at Eugenio Grosso's place at Laguna Chapala also. If this is the place I'm thinking of it was some of the best huevos rancheros I've ever
had. If PJ is following this thread he can confirm this for me. Isn't it near the turnoff for Gonzaga? |
Is Eugenio Grosso's place located on MX-1? And, if so, what would be the kilometer marker? Is it South of the turnoff to Gonzaga? I'd love to try
this place.
Great responses from everyone.... muchas gracias!
Bob H
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XRPhlang
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Loncharia Chapala, 1 mile South of the Gonzaga road and I recommend the chilequillas. Eugenio is the son of the legendary Arturo Grosso who was a road
builder and host to travelers of the unpaved Hwy 1. As Nomad Squarecircle told me, his old ranch was located 1 mile down the Gonzaga road at a present
clump of trees, some foundations and a dangerous deep pit that Arturo is said to have dug himself. When the path of the new hwy moved 1 mi. West of
his ranch in 1973, he moved his ranch to it. The two places now on the hwy, the loncharia and a tire shop, (abandoned I think) belong to his children.
Arturo was also the older brother of Anita "Mama" Espinosa.
More info in Greg Niemann's, "Baja Legends" book.
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XRPhlang
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Pictures of Senor Grosso hang prominently on the wall.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I forgot to mention, unlike many from the great white North who spend winter traveling, as an educator, my expanse of free time is mostly in the
summer. Anyone who has been to Catavina in July or August will certainly appreciate the air conditioning at the La Desert Pinta Inn.
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No time huh? How come you have over 200 posts in two weeks? Are you cabo ron?
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Bajahowodd
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Should I wish that I was?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XRPhlang
Pictures of Senor Grosso hang prominently on the wall. |
We just ate there last week: quesadillas, and they were good.
What got my attention the most, however, was their interior decor. The walls are covered with pictures that are all jigsaw puzzles that have been
assembled and glued to the walls as paintings. 
My mind started to wander and I thought back to one of my early trips to baja, perhaps 30 years ago. It was somewhere around catavina, I believe. As I
sat at a restaurant eating my rice and beans I marveled at the mural on the opposite wall. It was an image of snow covered mountains with a lake and a
majestic elk in the foreground. How interesting, I thought, that people living in this desert would choose such a subject for their dining room. But
somehow it looked a bit too familiar. And then it came to me. It was the picture on the 'Challenge butter' we always had in our frigerator. Someone
had found the butter wrapper and painted their restaurant in it's image. Oh my .....
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