Ruminations of an Expatriate

There is a great trattoria type restaurant in the neighborhood which recently moved from a rather sterile, commercial type building, a couple of blocks South of my apartment, to a really nice colonial home a couple of blocks North of here (on the Northwest corner of the intersection of Azueta and Victoria, for you locals).

The food and service are very good, there is a good wine selection, there is jazz on Fridays, and the woman who owns the place lives across the typical colonial interior courtyard from the restaurant, so her kids hang out in the restaurant and courtyard.

Another really nice feature, which I have never previously encountered in  a restaurant, was a fellow who arrived to entertain the restaurant’s young patrons with juggling and story telling. The children and I were enthralled.

The proprietor has removed the plaster from the walls at this corner as an esthetic effect, but it shows the typical historical construction here.

The older buildings here, as in Merida, are constructed of unreinforced mortared stone. Newer buildings are generally reinforced concrete columns and beams, with the area between the columns filled with concrete block or brick. The walls are typically plastered and the floors and roofs are generally of reinforced concrete, often with an additional roof covering of tiles or various types of membranes.

If you’re in the neighborhood do yourself a favor and stop into Tavola for a bite and libation.

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