Refettorio Mérida is located in the city of Mérida, within the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It was developed inside a blue and white building called Casa Santa Luisa, a historic colonial house that once belonged to the Yucatecan philanthropist Pedro Canales, an advocate for social conscience, who gifted the house to the Voluntarias Vicentinas de Yucatán AC. The house, which was fully renovated by a team of architects and designers, has a beautiful courtyard, an external dining area where guests are able to sit and enjoy lunch together, a small family chapel, and numerous other rooms where workshops, cultural activities and social programs are offered to engage the whole community.