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
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Centro Histórico
Pre-Hispanic fare is the specialty of this cantina-style restaurant where you can sample maguey (agave) worms, chapulines (grasshoppers) and escamoles …
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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…
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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)…
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Centro Histórico
Tasty, though tiny, tortas de pavo (turkey sandwiches) with avocado are served hot off the griddle at this old-school greasy spoon.
