Dine At San Miguel Allende's Most Precious Culinary Gem

Condé Nast Traveler anointed San Miguel de Allende, a pleasant and colorful artists' and American retirees' community in the state of Guanajuato, northwest of Mexico City, as the top city in the world a couple of years ago — leaving such burgs as Barcelona, Paris, and Sydney in the dust. 

Well, all right. But San Miguel is certainly an engaging and eye-catching place, and one of its great attractions — and a rare example of contemporary architecture in the city — is the Hotel Matilda, a comfortable and alluring hostelry graced by an excellent restaurant, Moxi. Moxi is under the direction of Enrique Olvera, of Mexico City's unparalleled Pujol and the hot new Manhattan entry Cosme. 

Moxi is not only one of the best restaurants in Latin America, but was also named to The Daily Meal's list of the101 Best Hotel Restaurants in the World for 2014.