Manzanillo’s Municipal Mercado gets five stars in my book. Incredible! We mastered the bus system and took the bus to El Centro Manzanillo. After a short walk we were at the Mercado. We headed upstairs for Sunday Brunch. We went a few days earlier but it was too late in the day and all of the food vendors upstairs were closed, as were most of the fruit and veggie vendors downstairs.
We headed straight for the second floor restaurants for brunch upon arrival. After making a pass through once, I spotted very yummy looking enchiladas. We went back and I confirmed that they were pollo (chicken), not beef. We sat down and munched on chips and nice spicy salsa. Tom ordered tacos and they brought me 5 enchiladas – magnificent! I ate 3 and passed the rest to Tom, he agreed that they were outstanding.
We headed downstairs and stocked up on fruits and veggies. There were so much excellent looking produce, it was hard to choose. We stocked up.
We really liked Manzanillo. It’s a busy commercial port and a buzzing metropolis complete with a Walmart, Sariana and Supermercado Commercial for provisioning. The people were very friendly and we felt completely safe. The best thing about Manzanillo is that tourism is not their main source of revenue.
We took the bus back, hoping to stop and watch football at a Cantina we passed on the bus on the way to the Market. Sadly, it was closed. We walked to miles to another place, but they couldn’t find the game. We did have excellent guacamole and a couple of those yummy michaladas. The buses took us back to Las Hadas – eventually, but that's another story...