Cafebreria El Pendulo Condesa in Mexico City is the multi-floor bookstore cafe on Nuevo Leon since 1993, the wood-floor balcony reading room with weekend.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Mexican chocolate with espresso shot; French toast with cajeta.
Address: Av. Nuevo Leon 115, Condesa, Cuauhtemoc, 06140 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Maque in Mexico City is the Condesa morning room on Ozuluama on the Parque Mexico spine, the brunch counter that pairs handmade pan dulce with chilaquiles.
Order: Chilaquiles verdes with chicken; a concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.
Lardo in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Condesa all-day room with a strong wood-fired-flatbread brunch and Mediterranean morning plates that run from 08:00.
Order: Wood-fired flatbread with eggs; Roma garden tomato salad.
Forte in Mexico City is the Roma Norte all-day bake-and-coffee room on Queretaro between Orizaba and Cordoba, a specialty-coffee counter by day that turns.
Order: Huevos turcos on house-baked bread or chilaquiles with organic eggs and a tascalate cold brew.
Maque in Mexico City is the Condesa morning room on Ozuluama on the Parque Mexico spine, the brunch counter that pairs handmade pan dulce with chilaquiles.
Order: Chilaquiles verdes with chicken; a concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.
El Cardenal Centro in Mexico City is the Briz family's 1969 traditional Mexican breakfast institution on Palma, the Sunday-morning room that built its name.
Order: Hot chocolate frothed tableside with pan de nata.
Lardo in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Condesa all-day room with a strong wood-fired-flatbread brunch and Mediterranean morning plates that run from 08:00.
Order: Wood-fired flatbread with eggs; Roma garden tomato salad.
Fonda Margarita in Mexico City is the 1948 Del Valle morning fonda on Adolfo Prieto, the open-air patio breakfast counter that has served cabbies.
Order: Huevos con chorizo with frijoles puercos; a side of cafe de olla.
Panaderia Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' Roma Norte bakery with the larger Puebla branch that supports counter brunch, the morning stop.
Order: Rol de guayaba; concha de vainilla; cafe de olla.
