Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish phrase of the day: Menú del día for daily lunch special. Even though there are plenty fast-food restaurants in Antigua Guatemala, we still have a lot of comedores, diners, that offer Guatemalan daily lunch menu specials, such as La Casa de las Mixtas, El Portón, El Rincón Típico just to mention … Read more
As in previous occasion, the most creative caption entered in the comment area for this post on www.AntiguaDailyPhoto.com will win a Postagram photo post card mailed to your home or office and a high-resolution photograph as decor art piece to dress your walls. I will close the captioning contest on Friday. May the odds be … Read more
I believe it was in 2010 or early 2011 when I first had lunch at what I called La Cocina De Rosario. Heck, I even left the following tip on Foursquare: “You have to try pepián, pulique and subanik at this comedor.” The reason I called this diner La Cocina De Rosario and created the … Read more
Here are your three Spanish words of the day: Comida, Comedor, Comensal. Comida can be food as well as cuisine. Comedor is simply a diner. In Spanish each comedor is a restaurant, but restaurants are usually not comedores. In other words, comedores are usually lower category than restaurants. Comensal is the diner or restaurant guest … Read more
This is one of the busies dining areas on the weekends in Antigua Guatemala as capitalinos descend upon Antigua Guatemala and many go directly to Hotel Antigua. I guess this is a tradition or something. Honest, I have never gone there on the weekends since I normally like smaller and quiet restaurants where I can … Read more
Can you picture yourself having a Sunday breakfast or brunch with a pot of hot coffee from La Antigua Guatemala and your favorite Sunday papers, magazines or books? Or perhaps you prefer to catch up with the latest news from GuatemalaDailyPhoto.com or XelaDailyPhoto.com on your laptop or iPad? Or maybe you just prefer having a … Read more
We are so lucky in La Antigua Guatemala that almost every day of the year we can dine in the garden. The weather and temperatures conditions through out the year in Guatemala allow for outside dining. Of course, unless you rent an apartment or house in La Antigua Guatemala, the closest you can come to … Read more
Café Santa María is quite possibly the most popular comedor in Antigua Guatemala nowadays. I eat there at least twice a week and often I come across acquaintances and friends from all walks of life. La Antigua’s Geeksquad even have met there a couple of times. By the way, the reason so many people from … Read more
As more houses of La Antigua Guatemala are turned into business, the old architectonic spaces are converted for new uses. Here for instance, we can appreciate how the classic corridor of the Guatemalan house is turned into a dining area. The corridor, corredor in Spanish, was an essential element of many Guatemalan houses which served … Read more
The area for el comedor (dining room) in the casa antigüeña has always flowers nearby, light, lots of it and usually at least a window. Sometimes you also get to see arches or domes or both in the dining area of the houses from Antigua. In this case, the dining area is clean and elegant … Read more
One by one all the houses in La Antigua Guatemala are becoming business like cafes, spanish schools, offices, travel agencies, folk-art stores, et-cetera. Above you see the corridor at Café No Sé, which was converted into a dining area by placing a few tables and chairs.