Down the street is the ritzy new Casa Natalia for those who want more upscale digs. In San Jose, you'll find a bit of fine shopping and see such scenes from modern Mexican life as teenage boys practicing their skateboarding skills in front of the white wrought-iron gazebo in the town park. In San Jose, you're more likely to find home cooking, Mexican style. Alfonso Iriarte, owner of La Cenaduria, serves a scrumptious chicken mole, dark with flavors cooked for three days until they meld into the perfect sauce. Originally from Mazatlan, he uses his mother's recipe.
Tourists come back for it night after night.
There is no indigenous cuisine to Baja, but every menu seems to revolve on the abundant seafood found in the surrounding ocean. Night life in San Jose is more low-key than in its sister city, but several nightclubs offer live music most nights. San Jose is more for the locals. At one time, San Jose was eclipsed by Cabo, but more people are coming our way again. People who are looking for a more authentic Mexico.