Mexico City
Eat
- Contramar
- Popular seafood spot but worth the hour wait!
- Tuna tostadas, shrimp tacos and octopus were delicious. I would skip on fish quesadillas.
- Guzina oaxaca
- Oaxacan food in the fancy Polanco neighborhood with nice houses.
- Mole and tamales!
- Fonda Margarita
- Lowkey breakfast spot with amazing chilaquiles and live music.
- Go early and expect a line
- Molino “El Pujol”
- Mini spot to get delicious corn related food.
- I would try the funky huitlacoche taco (corn fungus) and the taco aguiacate (the leaf taco is incredible).
- Also get tamales and esquites!
- El Cardenal*
- Traditional food
- La Casa de Toño en Zona Rosa*
- Traditional food
- Tacos
- Tacos “El Capote Azul”
- Taqueria Los Cocuyos
- Taquería El Jarocho
- Beef and longanisa combo
- Taquería Orinoco
- Very greasy but delicious tacos and bean soup!
- Comal Oculto
- Nice food option near Casa Estudio Luis Barragá
- We only had the stand version and it was delicious. Especially the taco dechamorro
- Maizajo
- Trendy place with a line but the ribeye, suadero and daily tacos were all great!
- I didn’t like the lamb flauta
- Masala y Maíz*
- Indian, Mexican, North African fusion!
- Book in advance
Drink
- Tlecan
- Full of foreigners but delicious mezcal drinks and cool vibe
- Shhh
- Listening bar with chitchat and audiophile sections
Do
- Casa Estudio Luis Barragá
- The most beautiful home ever. Get tickets a couple weeks/months in advance!
- Go to Comol Oculto after for food!
- Museo Anahuacalli
- Incredible museum with cool architecture and pre-hispanic figures
- Definitely worth the 20-30m uber from the center
- Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
- Beautiful architecture and some art!
- Afterwards walk through the neighborhood to see the fancy homes and end at the courtyard of this old church.
Resources
* haven’t been myself but recommended by someone I trust!