Needed business in GTO - a bakery and ?

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I agree with Don, the Duck and el GURU.....I would NOT like Guanajuato to be another SMA or anything like it, although it has changed quite a bit in the 8 years I've been here, and for the worse, except the beautiful paving of some streets and callejones around el centro. You can get excellent whole wheat bread from UNICORN AZUL, the tienda naturista close to Plaza Baratillo, and also, from Restaurante ABUE, just above the same Plaza. Both have excellent breads. Also, both Comercial Mexicana and MEGA have a selection of different breads cooked fresh daily, including dark rye, garlic, integral, olive and nut bread are the main ones ( at MEGA ), and cheap. My fav is the nut bread, not sweet but thick and chewy.

I'd LOVE to be able to pop into a COSTCO here in GTO and get some of my fav goodies, cheap even, and go to a Thai, Italian, Greek, Korean, Japonese. a GOOD ITALIAN PIZZA PLACE or other ethnic GOOD restaurant, but generally, the locals do NOT support them and the restaurants flop here often. Besides, I would really dislike GTO becomming even MORE americanized. If I want American, I'd just move there. I love MEXICO and the MEXICAN lifestyle here, easy going and pacific. Rent is cheap, people are generally happy and friendly, the fresh fruit and vegetables are inexpensive and the crime rate here is very low compared to every city I've been to in the USA. There is a lot of JUNK sold all over MEXICO, you just have to be more careful about buying anything.

My suggestion for an EX-PAT business that would really take off here: A used everything CHEAP store ( except clothes ). You can pick up LOTS of stuff from DF, San MIguel and other cities that are sold on the street, like one day a week, and bring them here for resale at GOOD prices and you will have people continually coming in and buying. NOTHING LIKE THAT HERE., although the "pawn shops" here do sell used stuff, they usually ask TOP prices for some very used stuff.