A Year in Oaxaca

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The Thursday Lunch Gauntlet

The Thursday Lunch Gauntlet

A trip to buy chickens turns into a smorgasbord.

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Jacob Dean
Jun 28, 2025
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The front seat of our car covered in groceries.

My lunchtime shopping trip began with a roast chicken and snowballed from there.

Comedor May isn’t much different from many other rotisserie chicken shacks, and distinguishes itself primarily by keeping regular hours, having a printed menu, and being conveniently located at the intersection where Interstate 190, our stretch of the great Pan-American High…

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