A month into the new year, I'm already revising my list of 2009's best new restaurants. Yelapa Playa Mexicana, an ambitious Mexican fusion spot that opened last fall, has the exuberance and charm to ...

The water taxi ground gently onto the beach, and we hopped over the side into warm, knee-deep surf. It was an appropriate way to arrive in Yelapa, a sunny, secluded oceanfront enclave about 15 miles ...

What’s better than sipping a good paloma while relaxing to the sounds of the sapphire-blue waves on a secluded beach only reachable by boat? How about a freshly baked pie made with fruit gathered just ...

The plan was to meet at Pollo Bollo, Yelapa's best restaurant. To get there, I'd have to plod through the sand, wade across a lagoon and slog uphill. But the pescado ajo would be worth it - unless I ...

After years of semi-isolation as a remote getaway on the edge of the Mexican Riviera, the indigenous village of Yelapa is dropping in on the world. In the past three years, Yelapa has paved its ...

It’s a rare occasion when you get to enjoy a favorite dish from a long-closed restaurant, prepared once again by the chef himself. But that’s exactly what took place this past Tuesday and Wednesday as ...

Over the course of the next few months, I’m counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or ...