There are an amazing number of small family-owned restaurants throughout Los Cabos. The family members work together to provide the best service possible to their customers at reasonable prices. Here are a few to check out. Enjoy!
San Jose del Cabo: El Kioskito
Located on Calle Colorada, behind La Comer on the other end of the plaza from Tap Decks, is a Mexican restaurant. The restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner and is open from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm. The breakfast menu has many different egg dishes as well as chilaquiles, burritos, and hot cakes. We went in for an early dinner. The combined lunch and dinner menu has chicken, beef, roasted meat grilled in several different preparations – Milanese, breaded, or grilled, as well as fajitas – shrimp, chicken, steak, and vegetarian. There are also tortas, sandwiches, hamburgers, and chicken wings.
We started our meal with guacamole. It was served with a large bowl of tortilla chips and was very good. We could hear the woman in the kitchen pounding the avocado to create the guacamole. Beth ordered the breaded chicken with French fries, and I selected the chicken fajitas. Both portions were huge and could easily be shared. The breaded chicken was several pieces of thin chicken breast, perfectly coated and reminiscent of schnitzel. The French fries were crispy. The chicken fajitas were enough for three or four people with lots of onions, green peppers, red peppers, and cheese. It was served with refried beans, slices of avocado and a big basket of flour and corn tortillas.
The restaurant, tables and chairs are all very basic. It is good to know Spanish as our servers spoke little English. The food is good, the portions are very large, and the prices are great. They also have daily specials – Thursdays Pozole Guerrero style, Fridays Mole Poblano.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Kioskito/390608897676819
Cabo San Lucas: La Guadalupana
Located on Lazaro Cardenas, the main road out of Cabo San Lucas, La Guadalupana is a Mexican cantina that opened in 1998. The large wide open dining room features a bar on the right-hand side, the kitchen at the back, and colorful banners hung from the ceiling. The menu offers a full range of Mexican dishes, including soup, appetizers, specialties including pozole, pibil, breaded beef, chicken, sandwiches, breaded shrimp and fish, pork, enchiladas, moles, and more.
Bill and I were there for a very early dinner on a weekday. Our server brought us menus and answered all our questions. Bill loves very spicy food, and especially chicken. While reviewing the menu, we were brought tortilla chips, a whole series of salsas, a bowl of vegetables, and the server brought Bill a few very spicy salsas. To start, we ordered some guacamole, which came with a bowl of Pico de Gallo, and the Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos. Both were excellent and a good size.
For a main course, I decided to try a chicken mole. I chose the Mole Poblano. It was a large breast of chicken covered with the mole sauce and accompanied by rice and beans. The mole was very good, with a nice chocolate flavor and just a touch of spice. The chicken was tender. Bill wanted shredded chicken and ordered it very spicy. It was served with rice, beans, and corn and flour tortillas, too. Of course, he added habanero sauce to make it even spicier. Both portions were very large and very good.
We ended our meal by sharing the roasted plantains with a cream sauce. A nice way to finish our visit. The food and service at La Guadalupana were excellent.
https://www.facebook.com/laguadalupanaloscabo
Pescadero: Baja Beans
Baja Beans is one of the best-known coffee shops in the Pescadero and Todos Santos region. The coffee itself is shade grown in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico with sustainable practices. The small-batch roasting makes it very popular. The restaurant itself is open for breakfast and lunch from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm in its location a block off the highway at the south end of Pescadero. Baja Beans has been in Pescadero for over 10 years.
Walking in through the gate from the parking lot, you view a large property with trees and several different seating areas. Service at Baja Beans is cafeteria style. The menu is up on a large board behind the counter as well as specials on a blackboard at the entry door. There are display cases near the counter with lots of different fresh pastries. On the wall is a board with several photos extolling the virtues of the way their beans are grown and processed. Your order is given to the cashier in exchange for a number to place on your table. After placing my order, I went over to the counter to get the hot chocolate that I had ordered.
I took a Gringo Gazette and walked out to a table to wait for my order of Eggs Benedict to be delivered. The Eggs Benedict came with lots of Hollandaise sauce and were placed on both ham and bacon. There was good flavor, but I was surprised that they were not accompanied by anything.
Baja Beans often has live music in their space. I have seen announcements for Stamina several times – one of our favorite local reggae groups.
https://www.bajabeanscoffee.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BajaBeansCafeteria