Mariño’s

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.

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

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).

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

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).

Mexican food on the plaza with daily specials & roasted chicken to go.

For 50 years, a single family has been making the basic antojitos which define Mexican street food in this dinner-only restaurant, where your meal is limited to 5 tasty à la carte choices.

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.

Several dozen varieties of breads, pastries & cakes delivered twice weekly from 3 bakers in Guadalajara.

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

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.

Tex-Mex. Hot rods. Vroom vroom.

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

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).