The Fourth Encuentro Regional de Comida Tradicional y Popular Jalisco (Traditional Regional Cuisine) will set up in the plaza facing the Instituto Cultural Cabañas from Friday, February 24 through Sunday, February 26. Organizers say this is a good opportunity for people to learn  how to prepare representative dishes from Jalisco and nine other western Mexican states – some of the dishes are in real risk of disappearing, organizers say. Dozens of booths will be showcasing a large selection of foods, while free tastings are offered each day from 2-4 p.m.

Once you enter the modest Jardin de Ninette’s restaurant entrance, you encounter one of the most recommended new sites in Ajijic. There’s a small interior dining room, clean, tidy unpretentious. But another outdoor atmosphere sprawls back 40 meters into a quiet reserve behind the main building.

Some dining events are a casual dinner out, or a night free from cooking.

Every night of the week, La Fonda de la Noche, nestled on an urban street corner behind a thick, distinctive hedge of trees trimmed into archways, serves up a selection of Durango-style dishes to patrons tucked away in about eight small dining rooms scattered throughout the three floors and terrace of what at first appears to be a tiny eatery.

“If you don’t like it, you don’t pay,” goes the Punta Verde slogan. Talk about confidence.

Avocado Club is a recent endeavor. But you’d think it had a longer, more charismatic history, based on its sophisticated and creative menu, which seems to demonstrate how to introduce curious new dishes and give standard entrees new flavors and textures.