lakeside7 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Hi, anyone have any news when they will reopen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I met Erik who will be renting the space from Jorge last week on I believe Thursday. He was there with his architect and others and was making plans for his "Mediterranean Restaurant". Jorge was there too. Sadly one of the topics was not when but a get the idea it will be in June. I guess it depends on the extent of the remodel that Erik and his architect were planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Any idea of the new Mediterranean offerings? I ache for a great felafel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 I have a feeling the great value Salvador delivered for many years is long gone and will not return there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 14 hours ago, camillenparadise said: Any idea of the new Mediterranean offerings? I ache for a great felafel! If you ever have to go the US Consulate in GDL, there is a good place nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 I saw Silvia (the head chef at Salvador's) today at El Torito Supermarket , and asked her when the reopening was.. She did not know for sure, but suspected that it would be in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 hour ago, johanson said: I saw Silvia (the head chef at Salvador's) today at El Torito Supermarket , and asked her when the reopening was.. She did not know for sure, but suspected that it would be in July. Thanks Pete....where are you guys meeting in the meantime??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 The circular table to the East meets at El Jardine in the Ajijic square. The longer table to the West is trying out different places. We tried Sunrise in San Antonio, which I like, they are trying the French Bakery West of Ajijic which seems nice and today we tried Dona's donuts(that is not quite what it is called) across from Actinver Bank and I think some of this group is going back to the French Bakery Thursday. Me? I go from table to table enjoying the folks at each of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Donas (Spanish) = Doughnuts (English) The apostrophe is not used in Spanish, to indicate the possesive case, as in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 It has always been an oddly enticing sign at that doughnut place. Of course the word doña means respected elder, or Mrs. at its most basic, but uses the tilde over the letter n. The sign, to most newcomers, means that it is a doughnut shop belonging to a doña, even missing the tilde and the potential apostrophe. And in fact is really means "doughnuts" in two languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 It gets even more confusing, since “dona“ is really a borrowed word, from English, being just the sound of doughnut to the Spanish speaker‘s ear, since the ‘gh‘ makes no sense in Spanish, and the terminal ‘t‘ would be even less acceptable to that ear. ‘Doña‘ is the feminime form of ‘Don‘, both informal titles of respect and admiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 ....As in Don Julio tequila. Julio is his first name, not his middle name nor his last name. Same in feminina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Is this the Erik of old days here, first at Avocada Club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 50 minutes ago, tomgates said: Is this the Erik of old days here, first at Avocada Club? Do you mean Erik of Hole In One? I don't recall him working at Avocado Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 No. This Erik is older and taller and is married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegante Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Just spoke with Jorge and they (he and the Italian folks - Headed up by Erik) signed the lease documents yesterday. They are supposed to start working on the premises on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Great news. I am looking forward to the new experience in what was my favorite location, Salvador's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I wish them luck too. This is one of the biggest dining rooms in town and Salvador's worked because the very attractively priced "straight ahead" fare appealed to a very wide spectrum of expat and Mexican alike. Tango is also a large dining room and it seems to operate successfully on a similar principle. If you look at the more specialty oriented restaurants here, they are generally in much smaller premises, have significantly higher prices and the successful ones manage to survive with fewer tables. I wonder if Mediterranean food has wide enough appeal to attract enough patrons to that big and I would suspect fairly expensive to lease, dining room. Long ago I lost count of how many restaurants have come and go in just the 10 years we've lived here. Many are called but few are chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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