Our Airbnb was about 10mins walk from the Cozumel ferry port and so probably in the backstreets of town. As a result there were no tourists in that part. It also meant the food places in the area were all much more local. I wanted to go Taqueria el amigo Mario but it was always closed and had no sign to say when it would be open. On this first occasion it meant looking for lunch elsewhere and the smell from this asadero was impossible to ignore.
It is Sinaloan-style chicken. I don't know what that actually means, but I recognise the name from Narcos Mexico.
The chicken is butterflied and stacked up at the counter. A continuous stream of locals come in, order their chicken, and the take it away home for family dinner (I assume). We were the only to stay in the tiny place and eat there.
For 120pesos, it's a full chicken with rice, purple slightly picked onions, nice salsa and tortillas. There's also an excellent hot sauce too. The grilled chicken is really excellent, mostly tender and full of flavour. The rice is also cooked with chicken stock or fat and is delicious. A load of tortillas were served. After needing to takeaway half remaining, they gave us extra tortillas and sauces to go with it.
Excellent and one of the best grilled chicken meals I've ever had.