La Palapa San Javier — Restaurant in San Javier

Had an opportunity to chat with the owner who proudly shared his family history in the area. He’s third generation living in this pristine mountain town, making a living by serving food they grow in their beautiful gardens and orchards! The coffee was perfect and the little coyotas, fruit filled empanadas, that look like tiny pies, were divine! They also make a homemade first pressed wine that was tangy and also delicious! Besides the 300- year old mission that dominates the town, the beautiful gardens, the out of this world landscapes and the lovely people are so worth the drive from Loreto! Las Palapas is a great food stop with he friendliest service and wholesome home cooked food! They do close at 5 pm...

We stopped here in our way to Lopez Mateos for Whale watching. The Mission here was amazing. San Javier BCS is a small village hidden in the Sierra de las Giganta mountains with a traditional authentic Mexican restaurant and you can buy local wines and tour the Olive Tree gardens. It’s like a trip back in time to the 1800’s. There’s an ancient Cactus called The Old One in the square. We bought some traditional homemade Empanadas that were delicious 😋 definitely...

We had the best breakfast (at noon) that we've had in Mexico. Order the pancakes Mexican Style. The pancakes themselves were delicious, but the house made goat milk caramel was off the hook delicious, and I don't typically like caramel. We may drive up just to have breakfast again. All of the egg dishes we had were great as well. Oh, and the fresh squeezed orange juice! But, note that the sausages...