La Catrina de Alcala ranks amongst the city’s finest restaurants, rather unusual since most other restaurants within two blocks of the Oaxaca’s zocalo manage to get by with cafeteria-style atmosphere, mariachis and marimbas, and mediocre food. But owner/artist Rolando Rojas took the plunge, and the gamble has paid off: both quality Oaxacan, and unique continental fare in a tasteful courtyard setting, in the heart of the Centro Historico.