Dining in Mexico City
Jan 26, 2009, 1:02 pm
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Dining in Mexico City
I will be travelling to Mexico City in a few weeks and noticed this on the Wikitravel guide:
"There are Mexican chain restaurants that can be assumed to be safe and similar no matter where you are, including Vips, Toks, and the more traditional Sanborns, all reminiscent of Denny's in the United States. You can expect to pay between $100 to $150 per person."
Is this accurate? Does it cost $150 for a cheap dinner in MEX?
http://wikitravel.org/en/Mexico_City
"There are Mexican chain restaurants that can be assumed to be safe and similar no matter where you are, including Vips, Toks, and the more traditional Sanborns, all reminiscent of Denny's in the United States. You can expect to pay between $100 to $150 per person."
Is this accurate? Does it cost $150 for a cheap dinner in MEX?
http://wikitravel.org/en/Mexico_City
Jan 26, 2009, 1:10 pm
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Portions of the post that previously appeared in this space have been deleted. I would provide you with a reason why, but doing so would likely be against the TOS.
Last edited by uncertaintraveler; Jan 26, 2009 at 1:51 pm Reason: Read my post.
Jan 26, 2009, 1:40 pm
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Jan 27, 2009, 3:21 am
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I will be travelling to Mexico City in a few weeks and noticed this on the Wikitravel guide:
"There are Mexican chain restaurants that can be assumed to be safe and similar no matter where you are, including Vips, Toks, and the more traditional Sanborns, all reminiscent of Denny's in the United States. You can expect to pay between $100 to $150 per person."
Is this accurate? Does it cost $150 for a cheap dinner in MEX?
http://wikitravel.org/en/Mexico_City
"There are Mexican chain restaurants that can be assumed to be safe and similar no matter where you are, including Vips, Toks, and the more traditional Sanborns, all reminiscent of Denny's in the United States. You can expect to pay between $100 to $150 per person."
Is this accurate? Does it cost $150 for a cheap dinner in MEX?
http://wikitravel.org/en/Mexico_City
Jan 27, 2009, 9:25 am
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Jan 28, 2009, 8:08 am
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Wikipedia will also tell you that the '$' sign is the original peso sign, that at a point in history was adopted for the dollar as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$
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Jan 28, 2009, 12:48 pm
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Those places are, in general though, bland and boring compared to the great food you can get elsewhere in that fine city for dining. There's one Sanborn's that's in a historic building near the Bellas del Artes and it's worth going there for the atmosphere. Otherwise, give them a pass.
For what it's worth, I just ate for 10 days in Mexico City, from street stall tacos to fine dining in Polanco, and never got even the slightest bit of the runs. I used purified water all the time though, including to brush my teeth.
For what it's worth, I just ate for 10 days in Mexico City, from street stall tacos to fine dining in Polanco, and never got even the slightest bit of the runs. I used purified water all the time though, including to brush my teeth.
Feb 5, 2009, 1:05 pm
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I look forward to street food in Mexico City. Yum. I recently returned from India where I ate street food--and water
--and also avoided the runs...
Feb 6, 2009, 11:06 am
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If you're in the mood for a sit-down establishment, I highly recommend El Cardenal. It's really really good. A friend and I had an enormous and tasty lunch at the Sheraton Centro Historico location for $40USD.
Feb 6, 2009, 11:24 am
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Feb 9, 2009, 11:44 am
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Recent article in the WSJ about dining in Mexico City:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1232...cle-outset-box
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1232...cle-outset-box