The Southern Baja List

Let’s just clarify at the outset that Southern Baja is not to be confused with “Cabo.” The latter is a sort-of a beachfront version of Las Vegas that’s wholly different from the natural beauty and small-town pleasures of Southern Baja. Loosely defined, the area where I live in Baja California Sur—or just “Baja,” as long-time lovers of the place call it—runs from Todos Santos, a Pueblo Mágico, in the north to the surf town Cerritos in the south, with El Pescadero, where MEA is based, in between. You might call this area “Costa del Sabores,” the coast of flavors, as one of the magnets that attracts the surfers, artists, writers, spiritual seekers, remote workers and young families to this fishing and farming mecca is the food. I’ve been coming here for more than a dozen years, staying for as much as 75% of the year, and over time have developed a few favorites up and down this largely untouched coastline.