by Glen Griffin

In each of the last few years, readers of this blog have voted for their favorite San Miguel de Allende restaurant. The overwhelming winner in all of the most recent years has been the very cherished Firenze. Sitting in second place but edging closer and closer in those recent years has been the restaurant Casa Nostra.

battle of the brands. In the fifteen years or so that Firenze has been around, there haven’t been a lot of changes to the menu. Chef/owner Antonio Arrieta takes the Hertz approach: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Marco Massarotti, the chef/owner of Casa Nostra, on the other hand, employs the “we try harder” strategy with frequent changes to what he offers his diners.

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