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 Vallarta Living | June 2008 
You Won't Go Hungry in Yelapa This Summer
 Kathryn and Robert Hardin - PVNN
| | Serving dinner 5 nights a week, Brisas always has fresh cookies. | 
| | Eric Garcia provides great service at Pollo Bollo on weekends. In his spare time he manages Chico's. | | |
Yelapa is even more beautiful and serene in the summer season when there are fewer tourists, and affordable accommodations are readily available. In the past it was hard to find restaurants open once the tourist activity slowed down, but things are changing for the better. All the grocery stores remain open year-round, and more restaurants than usual are planning to stay open this season.
In The Village:
Yolanda's produces cheap and wonderful tacos on Monday and Thursday evenings.
Across the street The Eclipse Internet Café is open for breakfast every day except Sunday and, depending on the number of people interested, they will continue their Tuesday night Sarandeado tradition (marinated fresh fish grilled over a wood fire.)
Brisas Bakery and Restaurant will cook delicious seafood and Mexican fare dinners Monday thru Friday, their home baked cookies and banana bread are always available.
And on Saturdays and Sundays their next door neighbor, Pollo Bollo, will serve fish and its renowned barbecue.
Up the path to the waterfall you will find the popular La Cascada y Bosque Restaurant which is open for breakfast and lunch every day of the week from 9 am to 3 pm.
The newly reopened Gloria's plans to serve 3 meals a day, 7 days a week.
Ramona's offers tacos along with American movies on a big screen TV every night of the week except Sunday. Friday evenings her specials are fried fish or shrimp tacos with piquant sauces.
Up River:
Passion Flower Garden serves up American-style food and English language movies on Monday nights.
The Oasis is open for breakfast and lunch on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Both the Garden and the Oasis are about a ten minute walk from the village.
Walk another ten minutes along the cobbled jungle path and you will come to El Manguito across the pedestrian bridge in El Paso. This breezy, river-side restaurant is open daily for excellent and inexpensive breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
The Big Beach:
A short stroll on the path on El Manguito's side of the river will take you to the playa restaurants that cater to the day tourists and serve fresh food from 9 am until 4 or 5 in the afternoon - depending on how long people want to stay. Fanny's, Marlin, Domingo's, Coco Bar, Rogelio's, and Chico's all plan to stay open this summer.
Hotel Lagunita will be open all summer, as will their excellent restaurant which serves three meals a day.
Depending on the amount of rainfall, you may have to wade across the Tuito River to get from the village to the beach (or vice versa) in the summer months. The current can be quite strong so watch where locals cross and follow their advice. Usually the wider spots are shallower. Sometimes Valentine is there with his old catamaran, offering rides across the river for $10 pesos. If necessary, you can always walk to and from the big beach by going upriver to the El Paso pedestrian bridge by El Manguito.
The first water taxi from Los Muertos pier in Puerto Vallarta leaves every day at 11 am, the next at 11:40 (except Sundays,) and the last at 4 pm. Water taxis from Boca de Tomatlán leave every hour on the hour (except 5 pm) from 9 am to 6 pm.
 Kathryn and Robert Hardin moved from northern California in January 2005 to a beach house in Yelapa where they live year-round with their two black cats and a canary. They have no second home in the U.S. and are proud to say "there is no storage." Yelapa is their home and they have never been happier. |
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