caseybird
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Palmeras, by the ferry dock. Just awful. Like a diner anywhere.
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Interesting. I have eaten there many times and never had a bad meal there.
DjDiverDan
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If your complaint is that it is a tourist trap, then I'd agree - it gets loaded up with Cruise Ship Pod People during the afternoons. But it happens to be one of my guilty pleasures for an early breakfast on days off from diving - good fresh-squeezed OJ, good fresh fruit, and a very decent Chilaquiles with Salsa Verde; not the best salsa verde on Cozumel, but still very good - it stacks up favorably to the one I've had at the Museum (another favorite breakfast spot for non-diving days). I've never had lunch or dinner there, but I've never had a bad breakfast there.
You know I think I have eaten at Palmeras twice. First time the fish was good and the service was absolutely terrific. Second time wasn't really the memorable. Nothing wrong though.
mediumone
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All diners are bad?? I didn't know that.
We too have had perfectly acceptable breakfasts there with exemplary service.
Have to agree with the diner comparison, but it's a good spot to people watch the bustle and craziness of the comings and goings of the ferry.
Can you get a Diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper there?
Palmeras (formerly Las Palmeras) is also one of the oldest continuously running businesses on the island. It is also independently owned and run, unlike Margaritaville, Planet Hollywood (good riddance), Hooters (likewise), Señor Frog's, <insert your favorite tourist trap>... I didn't particularly like it when they switched to the Denny's style menus, but still, it is a long standing landmark business.
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I like Palmeras.
I remember back when Pilar was the only female waiter on the island and they served venison steak, stewed turtle, shredded jabali, and ceviche de caracol.
Here is a photo of what Palmeras looked like when it was names "Pepes" and was just a couple of tables on the sidewalk in front of the market, which then occupied the space where Palmeras is now, before the market was torn down. The people in the photo are the owner, Eduardo Ruiz (o "don Pepe") and actors Fernando Lujan, Alberto Vazquez, and Hugo Stigliz, who were in Cozumel filming "Pilotos de Combate" in 1973.
Later, journalist/writer Hunter S. Thompson paid a visit to Pepe's in 1974 while he was writing "The Great Shark Hunt."
I remember back when Pilar was the only female waiter on the island and they served venison steak, stewed turtle, shredded jabali, and ceviche de caracol.
Here is a photo of what Palmeras looked like when it was names "Pepes" and was just a couple of tables on the sidewalk in front of the market, which then occupied the space where Palmeras is now, before the market was torn down. The people in the photo are the owner, Eduardo Ruiz (o "don Pepe") and actors Fernando Lujan, Alberto Vazquez, and Hugo Stigliz, who were in Cozumel filming "Pilotos de Combate" in 1973.
Later, journalist/writer Hunter S. Thompson paid a visit to Pepe's in 1974 while he was writing "The Great Shark Hunt."
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Like many others, I think of Palmeras as "just fine". I've eaten there voluntarily and if someone wanted to eat there, I'd go again. It's popular as a meeting place with locals who are doing business with someone from the mainland who's popping over on the ferry. It's just that I think there are better options if location isn't the primary factor.
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