A talented husband-and-wife team run this inviting Zapotec restaurant and gallery where you can stop for traditional mole negro or mole estofado (stewed ribs in mole) and shop for colorful wool rugs and handbags made on-site. Offers cooking and weaving classes too.
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Teotitlán del Valle
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