Welcome to The Bridge Studio of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. We are an official ACBL duplicate bridge club, offering games four times a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Games start promptly at 1:30pm, so please arrive by 1:15. We welcome visitors, please stop by and see our club. See our information page for more details. Any questions, contact our board at board@smabridge.com. ♥ 

Find/Offer a Ride feature now on this web site

If you are looking for a rideshare to our game at the Ventanas Country Club, Add you name and interest to the form under the Menu item "Find a Ride to/from Ventanas".You can put in the week you are interested,which days, and contact information.There is a text box where you can elaborate: Number of seats, which part of town, whether you are offering or wanting a lift.

If you are Driving or Walking into Las Ventanas, You MUST have a Photo ID! This is for our and everyone's security.

Passengers do not need a Photo ID.

Dear Members and Friends:

At an emergency meeting held on Sunday, July 7th, the Board of Directors made the very difficult decision to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with “Mon Bistro” located at Ventanas for a period of one year with a three months early termination clause

Background

In October 2018 the Board was advised that we would have to vacate our premises on Stirling Dickenson by May 31, 2019.  It was not a complete surprise but we wondered how we would ever find another location that so completely met our needs.  The answer is we could not.

The Board began its search for a new location in earnest. Three Board members volunteered to form a Relocation Committee. They spent many hours visiting sites throughout the city.  They followed up on every lead, suggestion and recommendation. Two of the locations they visited early on were the Bordello and Ventanas, a golf club located on Carretera Dolores. Initially Ventanas was eliminated as a potential site because of its location just on the outskirts of the city.  The Bordello was viewed as a possibility.   Fortunately we were given some breathing room with an extension at our current location until July 31, 2019. The search continued.

In March 2019 a newly constituted Board of Directors was established.  After a first introductory meeting in March following the AGM, an emergency Board meeting was held to review the findings of the Relocation Committee. No new location had been found. Therefore the Board passed a motion that we enter into negotiations with the owner of the Bordello with the purpose of having a lease in place by July 15, 2019. 

Unfortunately it was six long months since our initial talks with the owner of the Bordello.  Many changes were underway at that location with major renovations and the expectation that a restaurant would be leasing space adjacent to ours.  Nevertheless, negotiations continued over the next three months.  A great deal of effort and time was expended by both sides. However, there were a number of issues under discussion which we were unable to resolve. Therefore we decided to take another look at Ventanas location. We were offered space in the restaurant ‘Mon Bistro’ located within the Ventanas complex. Reports from this visit indicated that the space was large enough to accommodate 24 tables, more than sufficient to cover the winter visitors; the rent is less, the lease shorter, large storage space, parking and almost no renovation expense

After a great deal of discussion and angst, the Board decided Ventanas was the best solution at this time.  As expected, there are some negatives associated with the move. Its location would head the list. Also, we were not able to obtain the space 24/7. At this time it will be available Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday The club will provide coffee, tea and water.  We will suspend the delicious food service  provided by Sherry.  Mon Bistro will be happy to serve us. 

We are hopeful that it will turn out to be the right decision.   As you know San Miguel is booming.  Rental space is at a premium and when it is available, the rental costs are prohibitive for the Bridge Studio.  Please give the new location a chance and know that we did our best.

Brigitte Lewis, President