Cafe Conquistador

Guanajuato


Delightful hole-in-the-wall cafe where most of the space is taken up by a huge coffee roaster and grinder and there's only just room to squeeze in a couple of chairs around it. It offers an array of brews and unlike most Mexican coffee it's actually strong.


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