7 food markets worth the trip across Mexico, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Mexico guides.
Mercado de San Juan ★ 4.6 · Mexico City
centro-historico · Ernesto Pugibet 21, Centro Historico, Cuauhtemoc, 06000 Ciudad de Mexico
Mercado de San Juan in Mexico City is the gourmet specialty market on Ernesto Pugibet in Centro Historico, the city's only such market with exotic meats, escamoles, chapulines, ostrich eggs, mozzarella and imported cheese.
Mercado de Coyoacan ★ 4.5 · Mexico City
coyoacan · Ignacio Allende S/N, Del Carmen, Coyoacan, 04100 Ciudad de Mexico
Mercado de Coyoacan in Mexico City is the southern neighbourhood market on Ignacio Allende near the Frida Kahlo Museum, a 350-vendor traditional market with the yellow-and-orange Tostadas Coyoacan stalls at its core.
Mercado de la Merced ★ 4.4 · Mexico City
centro-historico · Circunvalacion S/N, La Merced, Venustiano Carranza, 06721 Ciudad de Mexico
Mercado de la Merced in Mexico City is the 1957 mega-market east of the Zocalo, the largest retail market in the city with 88,000 sq m and 5,525 vendors spread across seven buildings.
Mercado Roma ★ 4.3 · Mexico City
roma-norte · Queretaro 225, Roma Norte, Cuauhtemoc, 06700 Ciudad de Mexico
Mercado Roma in Mexico City is the Roma Norte gourmet food hall on Queretaro, a three-floor market with 50-plus vendors covering Mexican, Italian, Venezuelan, Japanese and Spanish kitchens plus a rooftop biergarten.
Mercado Jamaica ★ 4.3 · Mexico City
venustiano-carranza · Guillermo Prieto S/N, Jamaica, Venustiano Carranza, 15800 Ciudad de Mexico
Mercado Jamaica in Mexico City is the 24-hour flower-and-food market east of the Centro, the 1957 institution with 1,100 vendors selling flowers, esquites, tamales and the city's deepest fresh-flower hall.
Mercado Medellin ★ 4.3 · Mexico City
roma-norte · Campeche 101, Roma Sur, Cuauhtemoc, 06760 Ciudad de Mexico
Mercado Medellin in Mexico City is the Roma Sur Latin American import market on Campeche, the pan-Latin grocery hall with Cuban, Colombian and Argentine vendors plus a strong fonda lunch counter trade.
Central de Abasto ★ 4.0 · Mexico City
iztapalapa · Canal Rio Churubusco S/N, Central de Abasto, Iztapalapa, 09040 Ciudad de Mexico
Central de Abasto in Mexico City is the colossal Iztapalapa wholesale market that feeds nearly all 22 million capital residents, a 327-hectare hall that handles roughly 30 percent of Mexico's wholesale produce.