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Cafes and restaurants

• Coffee shops

• Hotel restaurants and bars

• Small local restaurants

• Look for these numbers (7) to find the locations on our Alamos sketch Map. Some businesses close during the summer.

Coffee shops

• The coffee shop in Terracotta Tienda (1): located on the Plaza de Armas next to the Portales Hotel. Enjoy your coffee and pastries in the sunny patio or at an outside table overlooking the Plaza. Terracotta also has a large bookshop, arts, jewelry and crafts.

• Ask around for more coffee and lunch options as many are only open in the busy season.

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Hotel restaurants vary from year to year depending on the owners and their chefs.

In Alamos:

• Hotel De Los Tesoros (5): Calle Obregon 10, restaurant and full bar which is a popular evening meeting place. Live music by local singers, performances by Mayo Indian dancers and other groups during the winter season. Tel: 428-0010
• Hacienda de Los Santos Hotel and Spa (near 5): Calle Molina 8, breakfast, lunch and dinner by reservation for non-guests. Los Hacendados plays daily. Tel: 428-0222, for current events check www.haciendadelossantos.com
• Hotel Colonial (5): Calle Obregon 4, restaurant and special events, tel: 011.52.647.428.1371, www.alamoshotelcolonial.com
• Los Portales Bar (1): on the Plaza in the Portales Hotel. Enjoy your drink and watch the evening events in the Plaza.

Outside of Alamos:

• Rancho El Palomar: Weekly gourmet dinners in the dining rooms of this beautiful hunting lodge near the airport, reservations, Tel: 428-0182
• Casa La Aduana - Aduana Gourmet Restaurant: Call for hours and reservations, set price menu. Restaurant open during the winter season. Tel: (647) 404-3473.
  (Turn off to Aduana on the south side of the highway between Alamos and Navajoa. It's only a short drive into this small former silver mining town. Visit the old church which is the focus of a large yearly pilgrimage. The women's craft center shop is close by. They open when visitors arrive.)

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Small local restaurants are always opening and closing, but Alamos cafes are worth a try. Two that have been open for years are:

• Cafe del Sol (5): is near the hotels on Obregon, lunch, some dinners. They also have rooms, excellent birding and other tours. Check for current news at www.solipaso.com.

• Polo's (2): Calle Zaragoza 4, a side street off to the east of the Plaza, seafood and Mexican food.

Also:

• El Mirador Restaurant on the Mirador overlook on Cerro del Perico (go out the El Fuerte road, turn left on the cobbled drive to the overlook). Dine with a panoramic view of Alamos and a cool breeze when the town is still hot. Mexican and seafood entrées.

• Cocina de Esther Morelli, Durango 21, Thursday night pizza, take-out Italian food and breads, 428-1009

See also:

• Street vendors and markets
• Sonoran specialties

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