Mexico City Restaurants

  1. Mercado De Antojitos

    Near Coyoacán's Plaza Hidalgo, this busy spot has all kinds of snacks, including deep-fried quesadillas, pozole, (boiled corn kernels served with a dollop of mayo), tamales and flautas (chicken tacos, rolled long and thin then deep-fried; garnished with lettuce and cream).

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  2. Mercado Medellín

    Features an extensive eating area with cheap and filling comidas corridas, as well as several excellent seafood restaurants.

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  3. Mercado San Camilito

    The block-long building contains over 70 kitchens serving Jalisco-style pozole (specify maciza if pig noses and ears fail to excite you). Also served are birria , and tepache .

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  4. Parrillada Bariloche

    This stall along the southern aisle of an upscale street market grills some of the least-expensive Uruguayan-style steaks and sausages in town, along with excellent side salads.

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  5. Pastelería Ideal

    Mexico's most glorious array of wedding cakes is on offer at this old-fashioned bakery: this is the place if you need a 70kg, multistory gâteau for your nuptials. Otherwise, there's a huge variety of breads and pastries with odd names like 'railroads' and 'dark rocks', whose allusions can only be guessed at. Grab a pair of tongs and stack up your steel tray, then get rung up by one of the scores of girls in blue aprons.

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  6. Tianguis De Pachuca

    The food section at the north end of the weekly Condesa street market offers many tempting options, but none so mouthwatering as the mixiotes, steamed packets of seasoned mutton, whose contents may be rolled into thick tortillas and garnished with fiery chiles de manzana (very hot, yellow chili peppers).

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  7. Tostadas Coyoacán

    Inside Coyoacán's main market (between Malitzin and Xicoténcatl) an attractive array of platters here will stop hungry visitors in their tracks. Tostadas are piled high with things like seviche, marinated octopus and pig's trotters, mushrooms and shredded chicken.

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