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Howard
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Registered: 11-13-2007
Location: Loreto/Manhattan Beach/Kona
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Mood: I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
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Mama Espinosa
Traveling Southbound to Loreto last Monday I had a guest with me that has never been that far South. I gassed up at the Pemex in El Rosario and
figured, what the heck, lets try Mama's so he could suck up some of the history of the place.
What a pleasant surprise! Great service, great food, I had crab enchilada's and he had a pretty basic breakfast. Rollie, (sic) Mama's daughter, was
very accommodating and said that Mama's 107th birthday was Wednesday but no party because someones Uncle just passed away.
Anyway, after all the negative reports I was very happy that all was well with nothing but good things to report on this trip there.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15939
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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the combination plate has always been good. it's hard to screw up the national dish.
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Mexitron
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Registered: 9-21-2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Mood: Happy!
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Wow, 107 years young, amazing. She almost qualifies for the character in "Journey of the Flame", nearly spanning three centuries.
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Russ
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Posts: 6742
Registered: 7-4-2004
Location: Punta Chivato
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Sorry to report that of the 3 time I tried the combination plate all three were lousy and some items weren't eatable each time. I now stay in San
Quitin.
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the combination plate has always been good. it's hard to screw up the national dish. |
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Mulegena
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What a life this lady has lived!
Sorry I've never met her as she doesn't come down to the restaurant often now.
I always, always stop there traveling north or south; always good, nourishing food.
There is a painting of Mama Espinosa that was posted on Facebook with a philosophical saying
in Spanish.
I'll paraphrase in English here:
Hard roads bring good people but good, easy roads can be open to the bad.
Something like that. I don't know if this is a quotation attributed to Mama but it was paired with a pleasing painting of her in her mature years. It
would seem to imply a sentiment that she might hold having been a part of the development of the peninsula and witness to the building of the
trans-peninsular highway.
Anyone else see it? Can you post it here, please?
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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rts551
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Registered: 9-5-2003
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now you guys did it! 50 posts on how old she really is coming up!
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DENNIS
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Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
now you guys did it! 50 posts on how old she really is coming up! |
How.......old..........is.........she?
49 more to go.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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ncampion
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Posts: 1238
Registered: 4-15-2006
Location: Loreto
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Mood: Retired and Loving it
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
Traveling Southbound to Loreto last Monday I had a guest with me that has never been that far South. I gassed up at the Pemex in El Rosario and
figured, what the heck, lets try Mama's so he could suck up some of the history of the place.
What a pleasant surprise! Great service, great food, I had crab enchilada's and he had a pretty basic breakfast. Rollie, (sic) Mama's daughter, was
very accommodating and said that Mama's 107th birthday was Wednesday but no party because someones Uncle just passed away.
Anyway, after all the negative reports I was very happy that all was well with nothing but good things to report on this trip there.
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We usually stop there on our way both North and South. Always enjoy the atmosphere and the food is always good. I think one time we got some "not so
fresh" fish in the fish soup, but that's not bad for a decade of traveling up and down multiple times a year. Good luck to Mama..........
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David K
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Posts: 65179
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Bad Roads Bring Good People...
Good Roads Bring ALL Kinds of People.
Mama (Anita Grosso de) Espinoza in her own autobiography 'Reflections' c1994 gives the birth years for all 10 Grosso siblings. Anita was the youngest,
born in 1908.
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rhintransit
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Registered: 9-4-2006
Location: Loreto
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finally tried again this past trip north. was pleasantly surprised at the food. of course the great blended margarita might have had something to
do with that!
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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mtgoat666
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Posts: 19489
Registered: 9-16-2006
Location: San Diego
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Sorry to report that of the 3 time I tried the combination plate all three were lousy and some items weren't eatable each time. I now stay in San
Quitin.
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the combination plate has always been good. it's hard to screw up the national dish. |
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there is a much better restaurant east of mamas, north side of the road, across the street from the baseball field (between the llantera and the
police station). dont know the name, just look for baseball field and you'll find it 
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Sorry to report that of the 3 time I tried the combination plate all three were lousy and some items weren't eatable each time. I now stay in San
Quitin.
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the combination plate has always been good. it's hard to screw up the national dish. |
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there is a much better restaurant east of mamas, north side of the road, across the street from the baseball field (between the llantera and the
police station). dont know the name, just look for baseball field and you'll find it |
I think that is Restaurant Mi Casita. It's an orange building right?
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BajaParrothead
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Yes it is. It's a mother and daughter in the restaurant and dad runs the llantera.
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mtgoat666
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Location: San Diego
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Sorry to report that of the 3 time I tried the combination plate all three were lousy and some items weren't eatable each time. I now stay in San
Quitin.
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the combination plate has always been good. it's hard to screw up the national dish. |
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there is a much better restaurant east of mamas, north side of the road, across the street from the baseball field (between the llantera and the
police station). dont know the name, just look for baseball field and you'll find it |
I think that is Restaurant Mi Casita. It's an orange building right? |
perhaps
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Perhaps Primo's La Bocana Beach Restaurant... maybe renamed Sinahi Restaurant after his motel/RV Park, next door? |
nope
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BajaRat
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Posts: 1303
Registered: 3-2-2010
Location: SW Four Corners / Bahia Asuncion BCS
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Mood: Ready for some salt water with my Tecate
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Mammas makes a great cheese burger........ now I'm hungry.
We asked her one time for some pearls of wisdom and longevity, she said rice, beans and sunshine. 
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Bob H
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Registered: 8-19-2003
Location: San Diego
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Audrey and I met Mama 17 years ago. She was only 90 then!!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Bajahowodd
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Posts: 9274
Registered: 12-15-2008
Location: Disneyland Adjacent and anywhere in Baja
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So, the restaurant continues to be the subject of controversy with respect to the food and the service.
We have never expected much there, and were not disappointed. Visiting this restaurant is more about the history o Baja, and less about the food and
service.
So whatever happened to her (?) step son/ Adopted son(?) David? He used to post frequently here.
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Udo
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Posts: 6364
Registered: 4-26-2008
Location: Black Hills, SD/Ensenada/San Felipe
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Our favorite dish at Mama's are the crab soup (small serving is just right) and crab chile rellenos.
Used to be that Mama's was known for lobster EVERYTHING, but the crab is now their signature ingredient.
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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David K
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Posts: 65179
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
So, the restaurant continues to be the subject of controversy with respect to the food and the service.
We have never expected much there, and were not disappointed. Visiting this restaurant is more about the history o Baja, and less about the food and
service.
So whatever happened to her (?) step son/ Adopted son(?) David? He used to post frequently here. |
ELINVESTIG8R ... I don't seem him on TalkBaja.com much either.
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David K
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Posts: 65179
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Happy Birthday Mama Espinoza
According to her, she is 105 now (in October, 2013). What a life... and Baja is so much part of it!
Other books put her age at 103 this year... including the one she told me was 'correct' in 2009...
I think her list of all 10 siblings birth years in the first book is most convincing, written nearly 20 years ago.
Hope she is happy as long as she is on this world!
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