Recipes from mainland México are prepared with care and consummate skill. Add 150 award-winning tequilas and mezcals, and you have a place for good food and howling good fun.
The decor is sophisticated haute hacienda; there is a tequila-tasting lounge and one of the area’s most beautiful palapas as well as a koi pond. Start your meal with a combination of quesadillas, sopes, and flautas, with your choice of what goes inside—maybe chicken tinga (shredded chicken in chipotle sauce), huitlacoche (a tasty maize mushroom), or cochinita pibil (slow-cooked pork). Sauces come in varying degrees of hot.
The cream of pumpkin soup with shrimp dumplings and poblano chile oil sets the heart racing. Beef tenderloin, a specialty, is served with two sauces, one honey and one with ancho chiles. The chef’s special may be a crispy sea bass served with chopped salad greens with an orange juice and chile guajillo dressing.
Duck enchiladas or burrito? Yes, the enchiladas are served with cottage cheese and ancho chile sauce, while the burrito comes with a mouthwatering berry and chipotle sauce. For dessert, you must have churros, the warm sugarcoated donut that melts in your mouth and comes accompanied by caramel and white chocolate cream sauces.
If celebrating, ask for Mexican coffee and you’re in for a show. There is a children’s menu and play area. Valet parking. Cabo San Lucas and Boulevard Marina, Cabo San Lucas, (624) 146-7776, www.haciendaelcoyote.com. Daily noon–midnight. All major credit cards accepted. S.B.
