October 12, 2007
El Danubio


One night, craving seafood as Mainers often do, we went to the Danubio on Uruguay Street. According to the guide book, some consider it the best seafood in the D.F., and the seafood soup we had there was really good. The Danubio's walls are lined with framed, autographed napkins, some with drawings. We wondered if they had been signed by famous people or just longtime customers of the restaurant, so we took a closer look. Opposite us was one signed by Gabriel García Márquez (Nobel for Literature, 1982 ) and another with the autograph of Carlos Fuentes. My old students at Hampden should recognize Fuentes as the author of El Espejo Enterrado (The Buried Mirror), a quincentennial look at the transatlantic link between Spain and Latin America. Just above us was a napkin signed by Octavio Paz (Nobel for Literature, 1990). So we concluded that they must be famous. I recommend this restaurant to those of you who appreciate great literature and fine seafood.