El Pegaso Restaurant

El Pegaso
Corregidora #6 (side street across from Post Office)
Tel: 152-1351
Hrs: Daily 8:30am-10pm, closed Wed
Credit cards: Master and Visa
Owners: Robin and Beto Díaz

Excellent chef and experienced waiters (the best in town!) Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner Very tasty international daily specials Ask Fernando to make you a chicken caesar salad from scratch at your table Not to be missed, fresh raspberry pie! Often warm cheerful fire in cool months Popular with the foreign community–since 1982 Good collection of contemporary Mexican folk art for sale

Since its beginnings, El Pegaso consistently set the gold standard when it comes to operating a restaurant in San Miguel. Open everyday, except Wednesdays, for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Long popular with the local expat community for the brochetas, seafood, and central location, the restaurant began as a folk arts and crafts space in 1982. It soon morphed into a restaurant, but is still run by the same family. Now with a terrace on the roof boasting excellent views, it’s being discovered by a whole new range of patrons, Mexican and foreign alike. The food is reasonably priced, the service some of the best in town, and the variety of dining choices surprisingly expansive. The pastries and cakes are all made in-house by Natalia, the granddaughter of the founders and are inventive and seasonal—try the peach-

berry cake.

“Excellent Chef and experienced waiters. The international specials are very good and they have a delicious selection of authentic Mexican dishes.Try the Chiles en Nagado and for desert, fresh raspberry pie. This restaurant is popular with the foreign community and the waiters are happy to practice their english with you. Sit near the warm cheerful fire during the chilly winter months. Mexican contemporary folk art on display and for sale.”

Located on a side street across from the Post Office in the Historic Centro.

No smoking, no animals

From Experience San Miguel de Allende:

“In just about any discussion of the best reataurants in San Miguel de Allende, the name El Pegaso is bound to come up. I know it’s been a staple favorite of mine for years, and I’m certainly not alone.

I recently asked more than a dozen long-time sanmiguelense friends to name their favorite San Miguel restaurants, and El Pegaso was on almost every list. The prices are moderate, the service is friendly and efficient and the place is spotless. The decor is Mexican funky—with lots of color and good examples of folk art on the walls (all of it for sale). Don’t leave town without checking out the cheerful little painted tin nichos made by the well-known Cielito Lindo workshop in Colonia Guadalupe. Colorful and funny, they feature Day of the Dead calaca figures in common, silly and occasionally risqué tableaux. Take one home and you’ll smile and remember El Pegaso every time you look at it.

The prices are moderate, the service is friendly and efficient and the place is spotless. The decor is Mexican funky—with lots of color and good examples of folk art on the walls (all of it for sale). Don’t leave town without checking out the cheerful little painted tin nichos made by the well-known Cielito Lindo workshop in Colonia Guadalupe. Colorful and funny, they feature Day of the Dead calaca figures in common, silly and occasionally risqué tableaux. Take one home and you’ll smile and remember El Pegaso every time you look at it.

El Pegaso is a popular meeting place for expats in San Miguel, especially for breakfast or morning coffee and pastry. But Mexicans also love it. During the short film festival Expresión en Corto, you’re likely to find many of the film-makers hanging out here in the evenings. This popular San Miguel restaurant is very easy to find, just two blocks from the Jardín at the corner of Correo and Corregidora. Just look for the yellow wall with the bright red door. It’s owned by Robin (American) and Beto (Mexican) Díaz, and they’ve got both cuisines—and several more besides—well covered. You might find a curry on the menu next to an Asian dish next to traditional Mexican Chiles en Nogada, next to a big ol’ juicy American hamburger. Whatever you choose, it’ll be good. I’ve never had a bad meal at El Pegaso, which is something I can’t say about several other restaurants in San Miguel de Allende.

It’s popular for breakfast, with a full menu including really excellent Eggs Benedict. For lunch, there’s lots of salads and sandwiches as well as Mexican favorites like tamales and Chicken in Mole. Home-made soups vary from day to day; the corn and chipotle soup is quite speci