Cafe Netto and Terracota Restaurante (1): next to the Portales Hotel. Enjoy your coffee and pastries or meal in the sunny patio with several small shops or at an outside table overlooking the Plaza.
Ask around for more coffee and lunch options as many are only open in the busy season.
Hotel restaurants vary from year to year depending on the owners and their chefs.
In Alamos:
Hotel De Los Tesoros (5): Calle Obregon 10, Charisma Restaurant and two bars which are popular evening meeting places. Live music by local singers, performances by Mayo Indian dancers and other groups during the winter season. Tel: 428-0010
Hacienda de Los Santos (near 5): Calle Molina 8, cafe and bar, special events by reservation for non-guests. Los Hacendados plays daily. Tel: 428-0222, for current events check www.haciendadelossantos.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 Navojoa. 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.)
Cafe Luz del Sol (5): is near the hotels on Obregon, breakfast and lunch.
Polo's (2): Calle Zaragoza 4, a side street off to the east of the Plaza, seafood and Mexican food.
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.
Reyna's (5) on Calle Obregon between the hotels, local cafe with Sonoran food and friendly service.
There are more restaurants and cafes along the road into town.
