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What goes on in the house: dishes that come back, dates worth celebrating, and what to know before you head downtown.

The entrance to Parceros at dusk, its sign lit up between bougainvillea.

Mérida guides

Mérida night by night: what happens downtown every day of the week

Mérida has something going on in the street almost every night of the year, and almost nobody finds the whole list in time. Here is the full week, with times and addresses.

The yellow façade of Parceros with its blue balcony and Colombian bunting, two blocks from Parque de Santa Lucía.

Mérida guides

Parque de Santa Lucía: singing every Thursday since 1965

The most photographed square in downtown Mérida, and the one with the hardest history. What it was, what happens there on Thursdays, and how to get there.

The terrace at Parceros under an enormous tree, with dozens of colored umbrellas hanging from the branches.

Mérida guides

Where to park in downtown Mérida (and why there's never a space)

The first objection from anyone driving in from the north of the city. Four parking lots near Parque de Santa Lucía, each with its Maps pin, and how the historic center works.

A server in a sombrero vueltiao holds an open box of Castacón — oven-roasted pork, guacamole and salsa — in front of the mango-cart mural.

Colombian cooking

What Castacón is, and where the name comes from

Over two hours in the oven, over a kilo of it, and a name that is half joke and half thesis: castacán is Yucatecan and chicharrón is Colombian. Both are on the plate.

Three people hold up a chalkboard reading «Hoy es mi cumpleaños en Parceros», under the ceiling of colored umbrellas and the wall of sombreros vueltiaos.

Events

Birthdays at Parceros: what's included and how to book

Table decorations, a birthday dessert and the loudest singing downtown, all three at no extra cost. The only thing you have to do is give us notice.

The «Sonríe, estás en Colombia» mural at the entrance to Parceros, under the ceiling of colored umbrellas.

News

«Sonríe, estás en Colombia»: the mural, and why it's here

The mural behind almost every photo taken here, the ceiling of umbrellas, and the move downtown. What's inside La Bodeguita de Parceros.

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