Centro Histórico
Possibly the finest place in town for a traditional meal, El Cardenal occupies three floors of a Parisian-style mansion and has a pianist playing sweetly…
Must-see restaurants in Centro Histórico
Centro Histórico
Whipping up classic Mexican fare since 1860, Mexico City's oldest restaurant has a festive atmosphere, enhanced by live piano music. The menu offers…
Centro Histórico
Suadero (beef) tacos abound in the capital, but this always-open stand reigns supreme. Follow your nose to the bubbling vat of meats and go for the artery…
Centro Histórico
Chef Ricardo Muñoz reinvents traditional Mexican recipes such as pescado tikin xic (a grouper dish from the Yucatán with plantain and tortilla strips)…
Centro Histórico
Started in 1953 by boxer Raúl Salazar, this unpretentious establishment prepares Yucatecan fare just as it’s done in don Raúl’s hometown of Mérida. The…
Centro Histórico
Before the band there was the restaurant. Way before. A fantasy of colored tiles, brass lamps and oil paintings, this Mexican icon has served antojitos …
Centro Histórico
The menu at this hole-in-the-wall hasn't changed since the family opened its shutters more than 50 years ago; it's one of the best spots to try tacos de…
Centro Histórico
This old Spanish social center, housed in a fabulous porfiriato-era building, has a popular mesón (cantina-style eatery) downstairs, where the courses…
Centro Histórico
Housed in a 17th-century relic, Sirenas has a top-floor terrace that looks toward the Zócalo via the Plaza del Templo Mayor. It’s an ideal perch to enjoy…
Centro Histórico
So popular was this tiny round-the-clock, old-school diner that another more amply proportioned branch was opened next door. Fresh pastries, café con…
Centro Histórico
This fine restaurant overlooking the grand Plaza Tolsá boasts an encyclopedic range of Mexican fare, from pre-Hispanic ant larvae and grasshoppers to…
Centro Histórico
Nieve is a popular water-based ice cream made with fruit. Head to this chain for flavors such as mamey, guayaba (guava) and límon (lemon). Enjoy in a cone…
Centro Histórico
In a superb colonial-era mansion in the Merced textile district, Al Andalus caters to the capital’s substantial Lebanese community with old standbys such…
Centro Histórico
Pre-Hispanic fare is the specialty of this cantina-style restaurant where you can sample maguey (agave) worms, chapulines (grasshoppers) and escamoles …
Centro Histórico
Despite its austere entrance, this is a lively upstairs restaurant where a pianist plinks out old favorites. The standard meat-free menu includes a range…
Centro Histórico
This block-long building contains more than 70 kitchens preparing, among other items, Jalisco-style pozole (a broth brimming with hominy kernels and pork)…
Centro Histórico
Tasty, though tiny, tortas de pavo (turkey sandwiches) with avocado are served hot off the griddle at this old-school greasy spoon.
