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  1. That's too bad, as the Trattoria Focaccia in GDL is one of the very best Italian restaurants in the city.....and has been for years!
  2. Another post distorted and gone! One would expect, we would hope, that when someone seeks information from this type of forum, what they glean would be meaningful. Terrible waste of time in sorting through gibberish, yet one always hopes to find a response that deals directly with the initiating post. Doesn't happen often! It's amazing though, as one can find a wealth of humour if they just picture in their minds, that so much of what they read in posts that are highjacked always comes from a small band of lonely institutionalized inmates.
  3. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=focaccia+trattoria&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
  4. A simple post wherein the responses leave much to one's personal interpretation. To clarify.......you'll realize that this could be William Pelham Barr's, totally in code, personal re-write of the Mueller Report. There's a subliminal message hidden within the overall diatribe.
  5. Abbreviated name as shown on Google Maps is: "Cafison". Located at Avenida Ignacio Luis Vallarta #4951 at the corner of Calle a Los Montanas. (If, when you exit using the back entrance/exit from the parking lot of the older Costco store which is located at the corner of Avenida Ignacio Luis Vallarta and Raphael Sanzio you turn right running parallel to Avenida Ignacio Luis Vallarta which will be on your left. Stay on this parallel road and don't exit as you normally would to proceed to Lazaro Cardenas and return to Lakeside. You'll come to traffic lights at Avenida Patria. Cross over, remaining straight ahead on the parallel road which is actually also called Avenida Ignacio Luis Vallarta and "Carnes Fines de Sonora will be at the end of the first block immediately on your right. It's located right at an incredibly busy bus-stop and parking is limited. You might have to park further along and walk a bit. When you leave the store stay on the same parallel street which, just a short way along on your left, will provide you with an access lane that will take you to Lazaro Cardenas) We've shopped for meat there for 15 years. Excellent, but of course be aware that as they sell both domestic meat and USDA there's a very significant difference in price and the end result when cooking. Mexicans tend to not be as concerned about tenderness because much of their cuts are either marinated prior to cooking or cooked in methods not common for non-Mexicans. Our last 9 lb USDA prime rib was as good as any quality prime rib that we've ever purchased and the end result matched the tenderness and flavour of any of the high end "beef" specialty restaurants that we've been to anywhere! I would suggest that Cafison supplies meat to better than 50% of the best restaurants in Guadalajara! If you don't want to take the time to go to Cafison, where English is limited then......just buy your meat at Costco. Usually now on weekends Costco has a special meat counter set up wherein they display incredibly beautiful cuts of only the best USDA beef. Pricy by Mexican standards but every bite will prove worth it! And, you won't actually be paying any more than you would back north of the border.....perhaps less! Here's the web address: https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Avenida Ignacio Luis Vallarta 4951%2C Camichines Vallarta%2C 45020 Guadalajara%2C JAL%2C México&auid=13426024030730536753&ll=20.678128674151807%2C-103.41959595680237&q=Cafison
  6. There’s one aspect of this terribly stretched out post that’s missing. Having been in the restaurant business for many years we can quite honestly say that we always adhered to local municipal legislation as it relates to pets and service animals. However, there were incidents then and even sadly now where we sadly wanted to take totally ignorant patrons ( or now, fellow diners) and physically (read forcefully) eject them.....as almost any dog would be far more welcome and far less intrusive!
  7. In the last two and one half years, the use of the word "GREAT" has become incredibly suspect and never, in my own opinion and the often expressed opinion of many others we know, could it be used in reference to this attempt at being a restaurant. Dismal, disappointing and the food about as far from authentic Italian cuisine as possible!
  8. Carnivore

    Cheese

    The Paz family who own "Licores Paz" have also owned "Superlake" for years, so now that they are actually managing "Superlake" themselves, duplication of some inventory should not be all that difficult.
  9. Truly and honestly believe that this wonderful pizzeria could and should be recognized as a more than welcome member (long lasting) of the Ajijic restaurant community. Great pizza, great honest ingredients, great location, abundant parking for anyone who can walk regardless of how slow, great owners and staff and solid, solid value! However, the introduction of totally useless live entertainment, usually too loud during dining hours (6 - 9) works against any hope of being recognized as a restaurant where friends can meet, eat and enjoy and, importantly, have conversation, without the type of music we experienced last Wednesday night when a performer who sounded "loudly" like a dog in distress destroyed not only the music of Gordon Lightfoot but definitely other well loved musicians who couldn't possibly be recognized. In addition, our guests, newly introduced simply said: "As long as they have this "noise", as much as we love the pizza, the drinks and the service...we'll never return! That's terribly sad as we know the owners are working hard but....hopefully as we're now entering the season when there are a lot of returning hungry expats.....they will take a different direction. I'm absolutely sure that there are others who will agree with what's written in this post!
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