Tenacatita, JaliscoGPS: 19°17.02'N 104°52.47'W)
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In the summer of 2010, Villalobos, the apparent legal owner of much of the Tenacatita beachfront property took over the area, expelled the proprietors and razed many of the structures. The highway to the beach was blocked off by police in spite of Mexican law that allows public access to all beaches. Angry residents prepare to breach the chain link gates erected across the highway in this YouTube Video. There are many videos of the confrontation in which the police used pepper spray, even on the news reporters.
There is an online Tenacatita group at CyberPueblo. CyberPueblo has released this video taken with a hidden camera illustrating the reaction of police to someone attempting to visit Tenacatita beach by boat. By Mexican law, beaches are open to the public.
And according to the January 2012 comment, access is now possible with some hassle at the checkpoint.
From a reader comment January 2012
Just inside the check point is a huge house with a bar set up for "the employees" said the person there. The police are not federales nor state, but an auxillary unit of the state police. News at Jolanda's is that the supposed owner has them in his pocket and is paying their paychecks for all of this, hoping that everyone will lose interest and he can appeal the court case he has now lost. So GO THERE!!!
From a reader comment April 25, 2011
Thanks for your great website, and hopefully soon the beach will be open again as there's been a federal order from PROFEPA to take down the gate and open the beach (which Villalobos has totally ignored).
From the November 5, 2010 Visitors' Comments:
ALL the restaurants are gone. Leveled. Only things left standing are the yellow hotel just off the beach, the big pink hotel down a ways and the newer hotel/rest. at the end under the big hill dividing this beach from the camper beach on the other side. On top of that high point was another armed observation station manned by 2 more police. They had their glasses on us and probably a rifle. Around, here and there we saw more State Police and their trucks.
What is being built are cement pads with new palapas over them. Looks like they might be snack bars or some such. There were 3-4 of those either done or under construction. I also saw, at the same end of the beach, a larger construction underway. Large tall walls....new hotel? Future maintenance sheds? No se. [Actually I think these are the former restaurants La Serenita, Chely, Cato and Chito. - Tom]
It was very sad for us. So many wonderful memories are connected with that place, and now it is gone. Stopped in Rebalsito....boy, are they hurting. Storekeeper and wife said they had no business at all. The man indicated that they were, "Getting ready"....oh, boy. Nobody's giving up, yet.
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Tenacatita is a small beachfront settlement on the Costalegre (coast of Jalisco) located about 27 miles northwest of Barra de Navidad. A 9km paved road leads from the intersection with coastal highway 200 (GPS 19°20.78'N 104°52.75'W) to Tenacatita. It's 30km from the highway intersection to Melaque. Bring your insect repellant. Just to the west is Playa La Mora.
| Tenacatita, like several other little towns in this area, has a beautiful, tranquil, gently sloping beach. On the day these pictures were taken, the winds were strong which made the waves high in other places yet it remained calm here. |
| It's spring break and there do seem to be a few people that know about this beautiful spot. The beach is about a mile long but most people congregate here at the west end where the restaurants are. |
Elsewhere in the Tenacatita bay is the Blue Bay Village Beachfront resort. Tel: (335) 1-5020. Web page: bluebayresorts.com
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Habitaciones
Due to the takeover of the property by the apparent legal owner, this accommodation information is now historic in nature. Additional accommodations are available in Tecuán, a few miles to the west and in Boca de Iguanas, to the east. Reservations are recommended for Easter week and Christmas week. During the remainder
of the high season (winter) there will normally be many vacancies although some hotels will be full at times.
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Rollo de Mar is what this dish is called. There are a number of restaurants on the beach at Tenacatita and they all serve this specialty. This one was prepared at Restaurante Chito. This is a fish filet stuffed with chopped shrimp and octopus in an almond sauce, wrapped completely in bacon and covered with more almond cream sauce. It is a rich and flavorful dish, just wonderful.
As the story goes, it was a chef, Silvestre "el gato" who had worked on a cruise ship who taught Maria del Rosario of Restaurante Sirenita how to prepare the dish. As it was very popular with the customers other restaurants began to prepare it as well. But results may vary; I had a similar dish at Seamasters in Barra de Navidad that could not compare with this one. It's worth a trip to Tenacatita just to try this.
The camarones tropicales, found at Restaurant Cato, are sprinkled with coconut, breaded and fried and come with a mango-pineapple-guava salsa.
The filete paty, also found at Restaurant Cato, is a creation of Lola's daughter Diana. It's a fish fillet stuffed with shrimp, bell pepper and cheese, breaded and fried, and served with a diablo (hot and sweet) sauce. It's big enough to be shared!
 Camarones tropicales |  Filete paty |
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