El Grito

San Miguel de Allende


An oversized face above the doorway of this upscale disco surveys the fashionable young Mexican crowd queuing outside. While the club is named for Padre Hidalgo's call to arms, the shouts emanating from this busy dance floor are more likely to be due to tequila and thumping house tracks.


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