As part of the gradual aperture phase in Guatemala, coffee shops and restaurants are opening their dining areas making sure they keep healthy physical distance between diners and health protocols in place. As you can see in this dining area, about two thirds of the tables are disabled and the table where diners are allowed … Read more
Welcome to the new normality in Antigua Guatemala. Restaurants can only serve to go or delivery; thus their gorgeous dining areas remained closed. Interesting enough, I made a fisheye view of the dining area on March 16, 2020, the last day restaurants were allowed to serve customers at the tables. Take a look at the … Read more
We continue our Antigua Sandwich Week mini series with an open face sandwich: the Guatemalan take on eggs benedict includes dices of avocado and tomato over two slices of artisan home-made whole wheat bread, well at least the version sold at Café Barista in Antigua Guatemala. This eggs benedict breakfast also includes orange juice and … Read more
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Cucurucho or cone head. Every so often cucuruchos need to refuel so they continue to carry the heavy floats of the Holy Week. Often they refuel with the street food vendors, but sometimes they need the extra kick, so they visit the coffee shops. What kind of coffee … Read more
Even the uniforms of Café Barista are sporting the Guatemalan flag. I am not sure if this is something the uniforms always have or if it is their way of celebrating the Guatemala’s Independence month. Either way, I believe it’s a nice touch. What’s your take on it?
Black beans are such a staple of the Guatemalan cuisine that a cook or chef only needs to add them to a dish and call it Guatemalan, Chapín, Nacional or Típico. Beans, but especially black beans, are ingrained in the Guatemalan DNA. Yet, black beans are also considered the food of the less privilege even … Read more
All along these 1,124 consecutive entries, I have been compiling a collection of abstract photographs of La Antigua Guatemala with the idea that one day, perhaps, I will have another exhibit called Antigua Abstracta as a follow up to Antigua in Black and White. Anyway, in the mean time, you get to enjoy my findings. … Read more
For those who come to AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com for the photos, here’s today’s photo of paninos or paninis which I believe are Italian words for sandwiches. In the picture above you can appreciate the cheese and chicken panino from Café Barista which aims to have gourmet sandwiches to accompany their large selection of up-scale coffee selection. A … Read more
Café Barista is the newest hipster kid on the block in La Antigua Guatemala. Café Barista opened its doors the week before the Holy Week. The prices are higher than normal, but so is the quality. They also have free wifi zone. Café Barista is located on the Northwest corner of La Antigua Guatemala’s Central … Read more