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Restaurant Baja

Caffe El Triunfo: Finding Culinary Silver Lining in Mining Town Rubble

On our drive through Baja backcountry between La Paz and Cabo, we stopped in El Triunfo, a dusty, desolate mining town that could easily double as the setting for a Wild West gunfight, or...
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Restaurant Sign La Paz

Al Forno Pizzeria: Bringing More Heat to Baja California Sur

As soon as we discovered that Buffalo Bar-B-Q chef-owner Carlos Valdez had a pizzeria, and that he employs the same woods – mesquite and mauto – that feed the fabulous grill at his La...
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Mexican Food La Paz

Las Tres Virgenes: State of the Art Tostadas in La Paz

La Paz dates to the days of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés, so the seaside city has certainly had enough time to build a somewhat varied dining scene. That includes high end restaurants like Las...
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Mexican Food La Paz

Buffalo Bar-B-Q: Honoring the Land and Sea in La Paz [CLOSED]

La Paz’s most fashionable diners must walk underneath a faux buffalo skull to reach Sonora native Carlos Valdez’s open-air wonderland, Buffalo Bar-B-Q. It’s one of the many amusing details that demonstrate the vivacious chef...
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Market La Paz

Loncheria La Morena: Pushing Limits of Comfort at Mercado Bravo

We just finished polishing off a seafood feast at Bismark-cito, but as Street Gourmet LA founder Bill Esparza pointed out, it’s hard to know the soul of a Mexican city without visiting the central...
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Restaurant La Paz

Bismark-cito: Feasting on Seafood by the Sea of Cortes

Our first meal in La Paz, a city that Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortés “discovered,” was at Bismark-cito, a seafood-focused restaurant with a mysterious connection to a WWII German battleship that the British Royal Navy...
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