Restaurants in East Of Mexico City
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La Terraza
This family-run restaurant – with bright, lemon-lime-painted walls decorated with photos of the town’s annual festivities – is extremely popular with locals for its large selection of breakfasts, mariscos (seafood), quesadillas, platillos de la región, and crawfish (in season).
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Las Ranas
A true local institution, this is the place to try one of Puebla’s great dishes: the taco árabe (Arabic tacos). At Las Ranas, you’ll find unbelievably moist al pastor (shepherd-style) pork. Marinated and spit-grilled, then rolled in fresh, slightly charred Middle Eastern–style flat bread, these tacos are as simple as they are unforgettable. Both the main restaurant and its annex across the street, El Patio de Las Ranas, are perpetually full, but the food – especially at this price – is worth the wait.
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Fonda de Santa Clara
main branch (Av 3 Pte 920); second branch (Av 3 Pte 307) This classic poblano restaurant, founded in the 1960s, focuses on local seasonal specialties, from maguey worms to grasshoppers. If you’re not of the bug-eating persuasion, there’s plenty of standard comida poblana on offer, including enchiladas and chicken mole. The main branch of this growing chain (there are now restaurants in DF and Tampico) is housed in a well-restored colonial mansion.
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La Zanahoria
This entirely meat-free godsend for vegetarians is a great place for lunch, moments from the zócalo and the Museo Amparo. The restaurant is split into two – the express service area (including a juice bar and a health food shop) in the front and the more relaxed service of the spacious interior colonial courtyard where everything from veggie hamburguesas to nopales rellenos (stuffed cactus paddles) are served up.
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Restaurant Sacristía
Set in the delightful colonial patio of the Mesón Sacristía de la Compañía, this is an elegant place for a meal of authentic mole and creative twists on rich poblano cuisine, or a cocktail or coffee and dessert in the intimate Confesionario bar. Live piano and violin soloists lend a romantic ambience most nights from around 9pm. If you like what you taste, inquire about the small-group cooking classes.
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Vinos y Piedra
A true wine bar, complete with spittoons at each table and a broad selection of both domestic and imported vinos, this hangout for Tlaxcala’s elite serves tapas-style small plates, with an emphasis on highfalutin’ ingredients (think Iberian ham, filet mignon, grapes rolled in blue cheese and pistachios). At the back of the restaurant, check out the see-through floor and basement wine cellar.
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El Mural de Los Poblanos
Set back from the street in a gorgeous, plant-filled colonial courtyard, El Mural de los Poblanos serves excellent, traditional poblano dishes in an elegant setting. The house specialty is five kinds of mole. Other favorites include the smoky goat-cheese-stuffed ancho chile relleno (dried Poblano chili) and the trilogy of cemitas.
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Fonda del Convento
This unassuming home-style restaurant has been a local favorite for four decades. The menu focuses on traditional Tlaxcalteca cuisine, including guisanos (maguey worms), escamoles (ant larvae), mole poblano, rabbit in pulque and a family-recipe pipián (green pumpkin seed sauce).
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La Lonja Restaurant Bar
La Lonja Restaurant Bar is an inelegant but beloved sidewalk café, where crowds of well-to-do tehuacanenses come as much for socializing and drinking cocktails as they do for the extensive, but unexciting, selection of chalupas, enchiladas, tortas (sandwiches) and tacos.
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La Matraca
Set in the attractive courtyard of a former colonial mansion, La Matraca is popular for its all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast (M$39), filling lunches and a dinner menu featuring poblana classics. The food here is nothing special, but the buffet is so easy and so cheap it’s easy to see the budget appeal.
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Güero’s
Decorated with antique photos of Cholula, this lively, family-friendly hangout has been a Cholula institution since 1955. Besides pizza, pasta and burgers, hearty Mexican choices include pozole,cemitas and quesadillas, all served with a delicious salsa roja (red sauce).
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Café Avenida
The homey wooden interior of this small café feels dollhouse-like – almost too cute against the backdrop of Tlaxcala’s increasingly hip college-town vibe. But Avenida is popular with locals for its reasonably priced three-course lunch (M$50 to M$70) and location on the Plaza de la Constitución.
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Casa Puebla
This eccentric café features effigies of such luminaries as Fidel Castro, Marilyn Monroe, Gandhi and Napoleon sitting around drinking and smoking together on the walls. It's another popular place on the zócalo and does excellent breakfasts.
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Los Jarrones
Underneath the Zócalo’s attractive arcade, this casual indoor-outdoor eatery serves set breakfasts and a wide menu of good-value regional dishes. There’s a great terrace overlooking the plaza that is a favorite meeting point for young Cholulans.
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Vittorio's
Despite being somewhat pricey, this Italian bar-restaurant on the zócalo is always busy with locals and visitors alike. The pizzas are good, there's a great atmosphere and sidewalk seating, not to mention live music on Friday and Saturday.
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Restaurante del Bazar
A new addition to Tlaxcala’s eating scene, this upmarket restaurant offers dining in a gorgeous setting with stylish decor and excellent service. The menu is a large and frequently changing roll-call of Mexican favorites with a modern twist.
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Restaurant Yoloxóchitl
Beautifully decorated with plants, antiques, and ancient jukeboxes, Yoloxóchitl has views over the cathedral and a selection of salads, antojitos (tortilla-based snacks) and meat dishes, as well as wild mushrooms pickled in chipotle chili.
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Amalfi Pizzeria
It’s easy to see why this excellent pizzeria – with dim lighting, terracotta walls and wood-beamed ceilings – is a popular date spot. In addition to the fine, thin-crust pies, there’s a good selection of wine and other traditional Italian dishes.
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All Day Cafe
This café-cum-bar off the Plazuela de los Sapos serves a range of sandwiches, salads, pastries, coffees and cocktails all day long (as the name suggests). Housed in a bright courtyard, this student hangout turns into a club in the evenings.
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Comedor el Portón
The Portal is popular for its daily set menu, which includes a choice of three soups, a main course (chicken, beef or vegetables), coffee and dessert. It's set in a pleasant courtyard with a skylight and attracts locals as much as tourists.
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Las Brujas
Near Callejón de los Sapos, this fantastic hipster café is popular with local students and serves up a mean plate of tacos al pastor and an endless stream of ice-cold beers. A great hangout with good live music in the evenings.
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Tacos Tony
Follow your nose – or ring for delivery – for a torta or pan árabe taco (made with pita bread instead of tortillas), stuffed with seasoned pork sliced from a trio of enormous grilling cones.
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Restaurante Jardín Plaza
The best of the mediocre bar-restaurants competing for attention on the eastern side of the zócalo. It specializes in regional cookery such as anise-flavored tamales. There's also an espresso machine.
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Tirol
Sleek and modern, with stark white decor and attentive service, this excellent, upscale restaurant is popular for its good-value, four-course set menu (M$65 to M$90) at lunch and a swanky ambience after dark.
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Delitzia
With outdoor tables overlooking the zócalo, Delitzia dispenses tasty but casual fare – baguettes, crepes and salads – and is an appealing place to hunker down with a post-sightseeing cocktail.
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