Mérida: Flavors of Yucatan Cooking Class & Market Tour
Visit Mérida’s market to taste local breakfast and buy ingredients. Then join a hands-on class in a local home to cook and enjoy a traditional 3-course Yucatecan meal.
Mercado Slow Food Mérida Norte in Colonia Cordemex is the Saturday-morning sister of the Centro Earth Market, sourdough, cheese and Yucatán farm produce.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Visit Mérida’s market to taste local breakfast and buy ingredients. Then join a hands-on class in a local home to cook and enjoy a traditional 3-course Yucatecan meal.
Discover Mérida’s culinary scene on a guided food tour. Explore local markets, savor Yucatán classics like cochinita pibil, and enjoy 13+ tastings across 8 local spots.
Taste your way through Mérida on a 3-hour food tour. Explore the downtown areas of the city and savor authentic Mexican specialities.
Address: Calle 75 x 46 y 48, Colonia Cordemex, 97310 Mérida, Yucatán
Mercado de San Benito on Calle 67 Mérida is the secondary Centro market next to Lucas de Gálvez, fresh produce, achiote paste and Yucatán cured meats.
Mercado de la Mejorada on Parque de la Mejorada Mérida is a small neighborhood market beside Pancho Maíz, loncherías and Yucatán produce stalls, lunch-only.
Mercado Lucas de Gálvez on Calle 65A Mérida is the city's main 1887 market with 2,000 vendors, Doña Mary cochinita and a top-floor street-food court.
Mercado Santa Ana on Calle 47 Mérida is the small Yucatecan breakfast market with La Lonchería Castillo and panucho row, one block off Paseo de Montejo.
Mercado de Santiago on Calle 57 Mérida is the Santiago Apóstol neighborhood market, Lonchería La Lupita's cochinita and the breakfast cochinita stalls.
Mercado Fresco Slow Food on Calle 33-D Mérida is the Saturday Earth Market with 53 producers, cerdo pelón pork, goat cheese and immigrant-community plates.