Marquesitas El Tony Plaza Grande ★ 4.4
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 (Edam, Nutella, cajeta)
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Marquesitas Parque Hidalgo ★ 4.3
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: Marquesitas (queso de bola, chocolate)
Doña Mary Cochinita Pibil ★ 4.6
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: Cochinita pibil torta
Panuchos Mercado Santa Ana ★ 4.5
Mercado Santa Ana stalls Mérida run panuchos and salbutes with shredded turkey, pickled red onion and habanero from 06:00 through late morning.
Try: Panuchos and salbutes
Taquerías Kisín Pastor Negro ★ 4.4
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: Pastor negro al trompo
Wayan'e Itzimná ★ 4.6
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: Castakán tacos and chaya eggs
Lonchería La Lupita Mercado Santiago ★ 4.5
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: Cochinita pibil and lechón al horno
Salbutes y Panuchos Doña Tina ★ 4.3
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: Salbutes y panuchos
Esquites Plaza Grande ★ 4.0
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: Esquites con limón y chile
Cochinita Mercado Santiago ★ 4.2
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 tacos
Loncheros Pan Tortas ★ 4.0
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: Cochinita and pavo tortas
La Lonchería Castillo Santa Ana ★ 4.3
La Lonchería Castillo inside Mercado Santa Ana Mérida is one of the stall row's most-recommended panucho and salbut counters, cochinita fillings.
Try: Panuchos and salbutes Yucatecos
Tacos Don Armando ★ 4.0
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: Tacos al pastor and lengua
Shaarawi Tortas Árabes ★ 4.1
Shaarawi on Calle 59 Mérida is a Lebanese-Yucatecan torta stand, pita flatbread with shawarma pork, late-night legacy of the 1900s migration wave.
Try: Tortas árabes Yucatecas
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