Costalegre Jalisco Mexico

I took a trip over to Barra today on my newly tuned up bike, took a lot of fotos, they almost had what you could call surf, found the Banamex ATM (no line like the bank in Melaque), tried to buy a few cigars under the Hotel Alondra (exactly twice the price of Super Hawaii in Melaque) .... and then ...

I rode along the lagoon side looking for a combination restaurant and live music place that we stuck our heads into this summer. I was surprised to find the other Alcatraz over there ... but the name is much longer (Alcatraz de la Laguna - or something). I walked in to look around and see if this was the sister site to the one in Melaque ... when I was confronted NOT greeted. There's some young dude who seems to be high on something and really appears to be a sort of Matra d'. He's not Mexican, just got off the plane from Paris, his contract at a posh hotel down the coast was just canceled .... and on and on. All I can say is if you want a relaxing dinner ... avoid Alcatraz until this guy moves on.

Barra is quiet the ZOO compared to Melaque (my opinion). It feels more crowded and the auto traffic along the beach just adds to the confusion. There was a large open canopy bus up from Manzanillo that dumped 50 or so tourists onto the streets.

Still the happy coast


Seamasters - Colorful as ever

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Sparks,

That's too bad to hear about Alcatraz. Last year the place was great, the food, service, ambience were all great. It was a nice place to go for dinner, sitting on the deck outside.
Seamasters has great ribs!

Hammer

Sparks,

Shoe, Silvia and I had a wonderful, relaxed dinner at Alcatraz in Barra for my birthday last month. That was my second time there, food was great each time, margaritas could have been a wee bit stronger. Service the first time (in September) was a bit iffy, but last month the waiter we had was pretty good. Sorry to hear you had a bad experience there.

Elke

Well like I said ... this guy just flew in from Paris (so his story goes) and he's only been there a short time. If he contiunes to be so overbearing I'm sure the management will catch on.

Why are they hiring gringos anyway?