14 editor picks in Mérida.
Street food is where Merida's everyday eating happens, from marquesitas crepes by the plazas to panuchos, salbutes and cochinita pibil sold at market loncherias. The scene fills Centro Historico's squares and the Santa Ana and Santiago markets. Marquesitas El Tony Plaza Grande in Centro Historico and the panuchos counters at Mercado Santa Ana show the range, while Doña Mary Cochinita Pibil keeps the morning cochinita tradition going in the historic centre.
14 street food places in Mérida we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Mérida · Street Food across every city.
Try Marquesitas (Edam, Nutella, cajeta)
Marquesitas El Tony rolls Edam-and-Nutella crepes on Plaza Grande Mérida from a portable cart, the signature Yucatán street sweet on the Sunday plaza closure.
Try Marquesitas (queso de bola, chocolate)
The marquesita carts on Parque Hidalgo Mérida sell queso de bola, chocolate and cajeta-rolled crepes from 18:00 through midnight every night of the year.
Try Cochinita pibil torta
Doña Mary in Mercado Lucas de Gálvez Mérida slow-roasts pork in banana leaves overnight for cochinita pibil tortas, the morning stall on the meat side.
Try Panuchos and salbutes
Mercado Santa Ana stalls Mérida run panuchos and salbutes with shredded turkey, pickled red onion and habanero from 06:00 through late morning.
Try Pastor negro al trompo
Taquerías Kisín on Calle 16 Mérida turns pastor negro on the trompo, the city's Bib Gourmand taqueria served with nine house salsas and pulled pineapple.
Try Castakán tacos and chaya eggs
Wayan'e in Itzimná Mérida is the city's morning Yucatecan taco stand, castakán, chaya eggs and chilibuul running from 06:30, lines down the block by 09:00.
Try Cochinita pibil and lechón al horno
Lonchería La Lupita inside Mercado de Santiago Mérida runs cochinita pibil and lechón al horno from a counter stall, Netflix Salt Fat Acid Heat featured.
Try Salbutes y panuchos
Doña Tina's stall in Mercado de Santa Ana Mérida turns out salbutes and panuchos with turkey, breakfast-only for Centro before the lunch service.
Try Esquites con limón y chile
The esquite carts on Plaza Grande Mérida sell corn-and-mayonnaise cups with cheese, lime and chile from 17:00 through late evening near the Cathedral steps.
Try Cochinita tacos
The cochinita pibil stalls inside Mercado de Santiago Mérida wrap tacos in tortilla and banana leaf with pickled onion, an early-morning Yucatán institution.
Try Cochinita and pavo tortas
Loncheros Pan on Calle 57 Mérida is the Santiago barrio's torta counter, cochinita and pavo en escabeche stuffed into birote loaves for Plaza walk-ups.
Try Panuchos and salbutes Yucatecos
La Lonchería Castillo inside Mercado Santa Ana Mérida is one of the stall row's most-recommended panucho and salbut counters, cochinita fillings.
Try Tacos al pastor and lengua
Tacos Don Armando on Calle 70 Mérida runs the trompo from 19:00, al pastor and lengua tacos with chorizo, a late-night Centro standby for taxistas.
Try Tortas árabes Yucatecas
Shaarawi on Calle 59 Mérida is a Lebanese-Yucatecan torta stand, pita flatbread with shawarma pork, late-night legacy of the 1900s migration wave.
