Lago Algo is a remarkable restaurant and sometime cultural center on the edge of the Lago Mayor in the Second Section of Chapultepec Park. The building represents a great opportunity to experience the gigantism of the 1960s, and especially the hyperbolic paraboloid architecture of the period. There’s waterfront dining, but also an interior that seems intended to be enjoyed.
The building opened as the “Restaurante del Lago” in 1964. It continued to operate over the next 50 years. Lago Algo reopened only in 2022 with a renewed focus on the natural environment, the history of modern architecture, and other aspects of arts and culture. Lago is the restaurant. The gallery and cultural space, Algo, is managed by the Galería OMR. They’ve collaborated, most prominently, with joségarcía,mx. Both are among the leading contemporary art galleries in Mexico City. And so the cultural side of things is notably heavy duty.
