It's home to the happy-go-lucky cachanillas(Mexicali natives); a laid back people who know how to enjoy life, and always have time for a cold beer with friends and family. This hasn't stopped them from having one of the highest standards of living in Mexico.
Mexicali is the birthplace of the Clamato(created at the Hotel Lucerna), home to one of Mexico's best craft beers: Cucapa, and has the largest Chinese immigrant population in all of Mexico. This is a place of carne asada, chabelas(beer cocktails with Clamato juice), and a local style of Cantonese-Mexican cuisine that is famous throughout Mexico.
Whether in town for business, crossing the border for the day, or planning a longer stay; Mexicali has plenty of attractions for the tourist.
Stay

Once you're checked in it's time to indulge in a taste of Mexico.
Breakfast


Lunch

Mexicali's Chinese cuisine is different than our own Americanized Cantonese. It's where unconventional plates are washed down with Mexican beers, and chiles güeros are dusted with star anise instead of chili powder. Give it a try, and remember to put some ketchup in your soy sauce--it's the Cachanilla way.
Dinner


At the Crowne Plaza Hotel restaurant Colorado you'll find one of the best tastes of Mexicali: borrego de vuelta y vuelta(rotisserie lamb). In addition to the superb lamb dish we recommend the Sonoran style steaks at this contemporary grill.
Drink

Spend a weekend in Mexicali and catch the flavors of northern Mexico, the warmth of the Sonoran desert and Mexicali people, and quench your thirst like a true Cachanilla in Baja California's industrious capitol. This is Mexicali!
Araiza Hotel
Bl. Benito Juarez, #2220
Fracc. Jardines del Valle
Mexicali, B.C.
namager: Victor Martinez
686-564-1100,ext. 715
cel 686-569-3176
vmartin@araizahoteles.com
Reservations
01-800-026-5444
USA 877-727-2492
Fonda de Mexicali (attached to Hotel Araiza)
Breakfast 6AM-12PM
Grill Buffet 12PM-11PM
Room Service 6AM-12:45AM, ex. 722
Asadero Tecolote Mocorito
Rio Mocorito No. 800, corner of Rep. de Ecuador
Col. Cuauhtemoc Nte.
Mexicali, B.C.
686-561-1691/cell 044-686-188-2886
Bar La Conga
Av. de la Reforma,#603
Zona Turistica
Mexicali, B.C
Cervezaria Cucapa
Bl. Lopez Mateos,#2301
Mexicali, B.C.
686-592-6652, ex.211
ventas@cucapa.com
Colorado at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Bl. Lopez Mateos y Av. De Los Heroes,#201
Centro Civico
Mexicali, B.C.
686-557-3600
gerencia@mxlcp.com
Dragon
Bl. Benito Juarez, #1830 S/N
Col. Plaza Centro
Mexicali, B.C
686-566-2020/686-566-3955
Kilos and Beer
Bl. Benito Juarez, #1799
Plaza Juarez
Mexicali, B.C.
686-568-4444
cel 686-213-4277
Laguna Azul
Calz. Independencia, #823
Col. Independencia
Mexicali, B.C.
686-565-6181
La Plazita
Justo Sierra y Honduras, #377
Mexicali, B.C.
Lic. Omar Dipp Nunez
omardipp@hotmail.com
686-568-1213
Nextel 152*131916*4
Las Campañas de La Plazita
right around the corner from La Plazita; same ownership
El Merendero Manuet
Av. Pino Suarez y calle "L"
Mexicali, B.C.
686-552-5694
Mediterraneo
Plaza Lienzo
Calz. Gomez Morin y Calz. Cetys
Mexicali, B.C.
Rincon de Panchito
Bl. Benito Juárez,#1990
Jardines del Valle
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
686 567 7718
El Sume
Bl. Justo Sierra, #845
Mexicali, B.C.686-588-4465
Mon-Sat 4PM-1AM
Tacos de Guisado Panduro
Mariano Arista Esq. H 1600
Col. Nueva
Mexicali B.C.
Tel. 686-554-6179
Tacos Ferrocarriles
Ferrocarril between Lopez Mateos and De la Industria
mornings, afternoons, 'til around 3AM
Mexicali, B.C.
Trattoria La Piazza
Guillermo Prieto y Ortiz Rubio, #1B
Col. Nueva
Mexicali, B.C.
686-555-6857
This media trip was courtesy of Mexicali Tourism with input from Street Gourmet LA.
For more information about Mexicali please contact Mexicali Tourism here.