Don Day: “…and San Miguel’s favorite restaurant is…”

Published March 14, 2024

It had been three very long years since we’d gathered for the dinner, cancelled mostly by that nasty Covid (please tell me it’s almost gone) but there we were back at Firenze, the most celebrated of San Miguel de Allende restaurants and the most recent winner in what seemed way, way back in 2021.

It was time for the SMART Awards, the time when we honor and toast the San Miguel restaurants that subscribers to Don Day in SMA vote as their very best favorites.

It’s also the time that I have to consider wearing a suit jacket (but never do) and stand up and speak, shakily trying to sound somewhat witty and slightly intelligent as I do the countdown to number one.

I waited until Chef Antonio had served first the carpaccio and second the cavatelli and guests had downed one, perhaps two glasses of wine before I nervously did my “whoooooaaaaa” to quieten the audience.

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