David’s Café

El Infierno stays open late near the Ajijic plaza so you can partake in your midnight libations.

This taquería has been serving tacos on the Ajijic plaza at night since the late 1970s.

Delicious sushi, tempura, rice bowls & teriyaki — yes, smack in the heart of Mexico.

This ice cream has been pushed through the streets of Ajijic daily for the past 30 years.

National & international cheeses, cold cuts & fresh-baked bread. Get a sandwich to go & eat on the plaza nearby.

An Arab taco truck on every corner – especially this one, where you can get Middle Eastern-influenced Arabic tacos (originally from Puebla) & the kamello (from Torreón).

This late-night place for tacos, vampiros, campechanas, quesadillas & more uses just-made tortillas & is open until 3 a.m. (5 a.m. on Saturdays).

For 18 years, Francisco Martínez has been on the Ajijic highway selling coffee beans from his farm in Veracruz.

Mouth-watering tacos, quesadillas, lonches & pelliscadas made by Francisco Ramos.

Regional varieties of candies from 9 states in Mexico & the finest stone-ground chocolate from Oaxaca.

Delicious tortillas & masa made every morning from yellow, not white, corn.

The best roadside rooster in town.

Located half a block from the malecón in Ajijic, this café & restaurant serves up excellent espresso, as well as breakfast, lunch & dinner.

This small restaurant with a backyard garden is a quiet place to eat a great home-cooked breakfast or lunch.

Fresh, authentically delicious & always popular, makes this the top spot for Vietnamese food at Lake Chapala.

Under the palapa tree just you & me (plus a couple hundred weekend visitors from Guadalajara).

Visit Rosy’s kitchen for a taste of what it’s like to eat home cooking in a cozy fonda-style restaurant.

Shrimp & fish tacos & tortas, pachola, chilaquiles, eggs & other items make up the menu at this small kitchen on the highway in Ajijic.

Pastries, cakes, bread & more at this “little house” of bread.

This sandwich from Jalisco is named for the spicy chile de árbol sauce that it’s “drowned” in.

This restaurant has been serving up hearty American- & Mexican-style breakfasts & lunches 7 days a week for the past 19 years.

For 50 years, one family has been making the basic antojitos which define Mexican street food in this dinner-only restaurant, where you can choose from 5 tasty à la carte choices.

Tex-Mex. Hot rods. Vroom vroom.