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Ateo
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Favorite Spots to Eat in Ensenada
Bringing some Baja rookies down to pet whales with Shari next week..............
First night we are staying at Hotel Las Palmas in Ensenada. We are looking for a food place within walking distance.
Lazaro Card##as and Delante are the cross streets. We are close to the Naval base and a block off the Malecon.
Anyone know any good place to eat within walking distance or few miles away? I've done Carbone's and wasn't impressed. How's that Chinese place over
there? Any one tried it?
Please feel free to comment. ANY GOOD PLACE is worth mentioning here, I just don't want to deal with parking in the tourist zone.
Jon
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Ateo
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Oh yeah, price range is on the mid to lower end. Not looking to do a fancy restaurant, just need food. Sano's is great but we ain't doing that this
time!
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Las Cazuelas is close by..................I know that place is good, or it was last time I tried it. Breakfast only though............
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I don't remember the name of it but when you leave the hotel take a left and walk down just past the used car dealer lot on the same side of the
street as hotel and the restaurant is just past it. Breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Also straight across the street from the hotel is a place that's not bad, a little different, but not bad. However I don't think they serve breakfast.
If you want to walk a little further for drinks the Corona Hotel has really good Margaritas.
Across the street (Lopez Mateos) from the San Nicolas is a restaurant with great ceviche I'm told. I want to try it.
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El Taco de Huitziloptchli (sp?) used to be the special place to enjoy Aztec dishes. Are they still open... it was weekends only back 15 years ago.
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I second Las Cazuelas. It's quite good. Also, right across the hotel is a baked potato place that's also quite good. They have an astronaut out front.
Btw, be careful with google maps for Las Palmas hotel. It took me to the wrong place twice.
Also, although not what you are asking for, consider the El Trailero taco stand on the way into town, around El Sauzal. Always busy. Good food.
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One more recommendation: Guadalajara Birria. It is close to the touristy part, but not on Primera. Really good Birria. Large place. Very few
tourists. Busy.
Calle Macheros No. 154, Zona Centro, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico, between Primera and Segunda.
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La Guerrerense. Google it. It's a ceviche stand at the corner of Lopez Matteos and Alvarado, walking distance from your hotel. Ceviches served on
tostaditas, cocteles in cups, etc. World famous and very crowded, and for good reason. Get there early before the lunch run when they run out of
shrimp ceviche, and ask for avocado. They have dozens of salsas that you apply yourself, but my favorite is the angry oily looking one that opens
your sinuses. Also, the coctele de pulpo is not to be missed, if you're into that sort of thing. I wish I could eat there every day.
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...my fave is the markado Pescado,,, buy some prawns,, have one of the taco stands cook 'em up!
...reat way to start a baja adventure 
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Hey Jon...........
Tacos de Huizti..... is a million miles away.
Walking distance from Las Palmas is MkTaco...on the Costero, just before the ABC Extension building....water side of the road.
Quesatacos. Eat a few there, and get a bunch to go. You won't regret your choice.
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The Magnolia is a great place, probably need to take a cab. On the Costero south of the auto dealerships. Also, if a cab works for you try El
Callejon. Just east of where the Costero dead ends on the south into Florista. It is a food court with several stands. Our favorite is the Argentinean
stall. They also have sushi, pizza, Cubans and wraps/salads.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150770-d599483...
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give em a street taco, find a bar and get just poo faced, then show em miramar! 
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We frequently stop along the main harbor drag near the fish market and get huge shrimp c-cktails from the corner street vendors.
But, if your friends are Mexico newbies, maybe their first meal should be WELL cooked and not an octopus c-cktail.
Mexican jumping bacteria........etc.
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I always get breakfast at Cazuelitas in the same building as the Santo Tomas hotel. It's near the tourist zone but has a good parking lot. Manta ray
machaca is the bomb.
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Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  | Las Cazuelas is close by..................I know that place is good, or it was last time I tried it. Breakfast only though............
[Edited on 3-5-2016 by Ateo] |
Las Cazuelas is always packed for breakfast. But at dinner time, often close to empty.
That said, the restaurant has a very homey, clubby feel, with superior service by veteran waiters. Vast menu, and at dinner somewhat quiet. Not sure
why the dinner crowd is not a crowd. The owner has won many awards for cuisine, and has been a long time supporter of the Baja race crowd.
We never go to Ensenada without a stop there.
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An excellent place for dinner is Muelle Tres, next to the Ensenada fish market by the Malecon.
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I just thought of something else (this way you can see for yourself in relation to wherever you are) that was put together about a year ago by our own
bajadoc:
http://www.communitywalk.com/ensenadaandwinevalley
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| Quote: Originally posted by WideAngleWandering | | I always get breakfast at Cazuelitas in the same building as the Santo Tomas hotel. It's near the tourist zone but has a good parking lot. Manta ray
machaca is the bomb. |
That's a new-ish restaurant, presumably by the same owners as Las Cazuelas judging by the name and logo?
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I will tell you this......I'm super stoked that you all spent time with suggestions. My wife just made me a great Margarita and I can't even
write..........so I'm gonna call it a night. Check back in with ya en la maņana.
Orale guey!
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Another inexpensive walk-to choice
You can try the Pancake Place, next to the Naval Base Entrance at the foot of Delante. They do more than pancakes but close at 5PM: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150770-d7699519-Reviews-Pancake_Place-Ensenada_Baja_California.html
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