Don Day: A big beef sandwich at a very small price

Published December 28, 2024

It was Susan Knight York who alerted me and there’s no one who knows more about where to find the best restaurant values in San Miguel de Allende than Susan York. Perhaps I shouldn’t say restaurant though because many of the town’s best bargains aren’t found in bricks and mortar buildings, they’re found under tin or canvas covers.

Almost every Tuesday morning, I go the Tianguis de los Martes and, on many of those Tuesday mornings, I run into Susan York. One of the prime reasons both of us are there? This town’s best food bargains.

The home of this bargain was not exactly in the Tuesday market, it was on the fringes, on the corner of the lot occupied by San Miguel’s firefighters. The place is officially called Tacos Ramirez. Most people call it the stand near the fire station.

We were both a few minutes early for our 11 o’clock meet-up. The inviting charcoal aromas were already wafting out from under the green tarps.

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