The best food is in Mexico City, D.F.

Varied in cuisine and price range; something for everybody, from French to Lebanese and many regional specialties

The winner is Mexico City

Cosmopolitan yet ethnic and with lovely colonial sections, Mexico's huge, smoggy capital offers great food, great (well-dressed) people, and tons of sightseeing, galleries, and museums. It's well situated in the heart of the country, with lots of international flights.

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And the runners up are....

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Two major gourmet festivals each year, and tons of wonderful restaurants

Guadalajara, Jalisco

The world’s finest tequilas; birria (goat stew); barbacoa (pit-cooked goat or lamb in maguey leaves); pozole (hominy stew); carne en su jugo (beef in chile-spiked broth)

Puebla, Puebla

Chiles en nogada (meat, nuts and fruit-stuffed chiles with walnut sauce and pomegranate seeds); famous mole Poblano; camotes (sweet potato candy); cemitas (sandwiches/rolls)

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Various unusual regional dishes, like 7 different moles; Mexico’s best chile selection; unusual tamales; tlayudas (huge corn tortillas with toppings); famous string cheese.

Mazatlan, Sinaloa

Great seafood, good variety of restaurants

Merida, Yucatan

Cochinita pibil (pit-cooked pork in banana leaves); sopa de lima (fresh lime-sparked chicken soup); panuchos (puréed black bean-stuffed corn tortillas); hot chile habanero

Veracruz, Veracruz

Excellent seafood! Huachinango Veracruzana; pompano; fresh and saltwater shrimp; crab, mixed shellfish cocktails; chile chipotle rellenos. Boca del Rio has atmospheric shanties; coffee is native to the region

Cancun, Quintana Roo

Plenty of good restaurants, although expensive

Tijuana, Baja California

Many good restaurants from inexpensive to elegant

Los Cabos, Baja California Sur

Good food; more expensive than other resorts

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

Gorditas (handmade thick corn tortillas with various stuffings); almond mole; fiambre (traditional holiday buffet foods); fine restaurants, many of them international

San Francisco (San Pancho), Nayarit

For a small town, there are surprisingly good gourmet restaurants

...........FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.............

May, 2008
  May 3, 2008
Chili Cookoff - Food
San Felipe
, Baja California
6th Annual Club de Pesca International Chili Cookoff on the ramada patio at Club de Pesca RV Park
  May 15--31, 2008
Restaurant Week - Food
Puerto Vallarta
, Jalisco
For more than two weeks (despite its name) several dozen of PV's finest restaurants present inexpensive, fixed price menus. A great time to try new places!
http://www.visitpuertovallarta.com
  May 23--June 1, 2008
National Wine & Cheese Fair - Food
Tesquisquiapan
, Queretero
Week-long wine and cheese fair with conferences, tastings, and related events.
http://www.queretaro.travel
August, 2008
  first two weeks of August
Fiesta de la Vendimia - Food
Valle de Guadalupe, Santo Tomas & Ensenada
, Baja California
Two-week harvest festival celebrating Mexico's premiere wine-making region. Wine tastings, elegant meals, and cultural events
http://www.fiestasdelavendimia.com

Hotel Eden Costa
Budget hotel with yummy French restaurant
Calle Zapoteco s/n, Bahia Chahue, Huatulco, Oaxaca
958/587-2480
El Rey Sol
Serving gourmet French food in an elegent atmosphere.
Avenida Lopez Mateos 1000, Ensenada, Baja California
011-52-646-178-
Deyanira@ElReySol.com
http://www.ElReySol.com
A Cook's Tour to Mexico with Nancy Zaslavsky
Culinary tours to the best food and cultural locations in Mexico.
nz@nancyzaslavsky.com
http://www.nancyzaslavsky.com

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