Armando’s Hideaway: quirky decor, signature steak dishes & reminiscences
In times that seem to keep the population trotting in order to barely keep up with changes, it’s a refreshing treat to visit a restaurant that has maintained the same menu and high levels of excellent service, presentation, and flavor for decades.

The three authors of La Tacopedia, an encyclopedia which offers a the history, culture and recipes of that most universal Mexican comfort food, presented their book during the 2014 Worlds Fair of Cookbooks in Beijing, China Wednesday. Deborah Holtz, Juan Carlos Mena and Alejandro Escalante were awarded a Gourmand prize for gastronomic literature at the event.
Measuring by chronological age, Tony Bishop of Ajijic’s Hacienda del Lago Boutique Hotel and Restaurant may be one of lakeside’s youngest expats.
La Oaxaquita, a small, relatively new restaurant on the periphery of the immensely popular plaza outside the neogothic Expiatorio church in central Guadalajara, promises to notch up the quality of food offered around one of the city’s jewels.
Emblazoned with an oversize blue and white flag and a welcome sign in Greek letters, the new restaurant Delfos, although tiny (four tables), is not hard to spot. It peeks out from a plain facade on Pino Suarez midway between Guadalajara’s downtown cathedral and Mercado Alcalde to the north.