Tacos árabes is a signature dish of Mexico; we have verified places to eat it in Puebla. Pork marinated with cumin, thyme, oregano and garlic, stacked on a vertical spit, carved thin and folded into warm pan arabe with a chipotle-based salsa. Start with where to eat Tacos árabes in Puebla.
Tacos árabes · Puebla
Pork marinated with cumin, thyme, oregano and garlic, stacked on a vertical spit, carved thin and folded into warm pan arabe with a chipotle-based salsa. Puebla's own invention.
Lebanese and Syrian migrants reached Puebla in the 1920s and 1930s and brought the vertical spit with them. Tacos Arabes Bagdad on 2 Poniente dates its recipe to 1933, and the first Oriental counter on 16 de Septiembre claims the same year. Both served spit-roast pork wrapped in flatbread rather than a corn tortilla, seasoned with Levantine spices rather than achiote. That idea travelled to Mexico City, swapped the bread for a tortilla and the spices for a red chile marinade, and became the taco al pastor. In Puebla the original is still the default, and Los Camellos in Azcarate took a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand for its version.
Where to eat in Puebla:
- Tacos Árabes Bagdad
- Tacos Beyrut
- Tacos Tony
- Taquería Los Camellos
- Don Pastor
- El Taco Poblano
- Taquería Katy
Where to eat Tacos árabes in Puebla: the editor picks