Four decades of traditional Bacalar cooking: cochinita pibil, lechón al horno, hand-pressed tortillas inflated on the comal, four house salsas. Don Maximiliano Contreras opened the original on Avenida 7, and today his son Chepe runs it and still chops the meat himself. Get there early and bring cash.
WHY IT’S WORTH IT
140+ years, generation to generation, same format.
2Hand-pressed tortillas inflated as you order. Not marketing.
3Real recognition at Mexican Caribbean regional fairs.