A full weekend's worth of delicious eats, with a good mix of well-known and off the beaten path spots.
Breakfast/Brunch: Cafe Tacuba
Cafe Tacuba is an unbelievably gorgeous and historic place. One of the oldest restaurants in the city, this restaurant has been featured various times, including by Food and Wine. Before it was a full restaurant, it was a psychiatric hospital run by nuns, which eventually turned into a panaderia, and then a full-service restaurant.
You can find stained glass windows, Talavera, and waitresses dressed as old-school nurses.
The food ranges from breakfast to traditional dishes, homemade pan, hot chocolate, coffee, and freshly squeezed juices. A large menu makes the stomach and eyes wide. I had the green salsa chilaquiles. The green juice had the perfect balance of sweet and tart and gave you the fresh feel that you can only feel in Mexico.
Mario opted for the tamales and a side of the mole. If we only knew the tamales were the size of piñatas, we would've only ordered one!
The food was delicious, including the warm and fluffy bread dunked in decadent, silky hot chocolate. This place has big portions, so if you don't want to waste or have leftovers, you might want to share at least your pan dulce.
Address: Tacuba 28, Col. Centro Historico, Deleg, Cuauhtémoc, 06010 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Lunch: El Garnachero Express
We learned that one of our friends recently opened a delivery-only restaurant but also has eat-in and to-go options. El Garnachero Express treated us well because we literally tried half the menu (not even kidding). Traditional food made with fresh ingredients did not compromise the taste but enhanced it.
Breakfast options like crepes and a variety of options for lunch make this place a great pit stop to refuel, especially because the food was...
delicious. Crispy gorditas, crunchy quesadillas, steak tacos with fresh, spicy guacamole, salsas with just enough kick, and jamaica agua fresca had me questioning whether I had even had real Mexican food like this before (besides my family's, of course).
However, the star of the show was the pambazo, which we had never tried before. A pambazo is almost like a torta but the bread is dipped and fried in guajillo filled with cheese, potatoes, chorizo, and lettuce. If you don't eat pork, you may be able to ask for potatoes only. When I tell you this was FLAVORFUL and not greasy at all! I would've eaten two more if I hadn't already eaten half the menu.
Address: Guillermo Prieto 20, Cuajimalpa, Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 05000 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Phone: 55 4965 5981
Delivery through Uber Eats & Didi Food
Dinner: Taqueria Orinoco
If you're craving tacos but don't want to risk it with what's on the streets, head to Taqueria Orinoco. With locations all around the city and some in Monterrey, you can find a small menu but full of variety.
You order at the counter and if you order the "sueltos" tacos, you pick your meat and the vessel, with options for corn or flour tortilla or a tostada.
There's outdoor and indoor seating and the food was given to us very quickly.
Head to their website for all their locations: http://www.taqueriaorinoco.com/
Dessert: El Moro
El Moro, like Cafe Tacuba, is a Mexico City staple. Their churros are light, crispy, and can be dipped in chocolate, cajeta, or condensed milk. They also have coffee, milkshakes, and teas, and even a churro sandwich!
We went to the Parque La Mexicana location, but they have 11 other locations you can choose from. To find them, head to their website https://elmoro.mx/churrerias/
Late Night Snack: Pasteleria La Esperanza
If you're craving some delicious pan dulce, cake, or custard for a night snack or for breakfast the next day, head to one of Pasteleria La Esperanza's dozens of locations dispersed all throughout the city.
The special things about the location we visited was that it was under a bridge. What a great way to use unused space in what is the largest city in North America.
Polvorones, flan, tres leches, bolillos, cookies, and cheesecakes or just one of the many sweets you can find here.
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