Hand-pressed oval cakes of blue or yellow corn masa stuffed with frijol refrito or requeson, cooked on a comal and topped with nopales, queso fresco, salsa verde and chopped onion. Pre-Hispanic street food.
Tlacoyos are a Pre-Hispanic dish dating to the Aztec era, originally made on the comal griddle from nixtamalised corn masa stuffed with the same wild beans, fava beans or chickpeas. The name comes from the Nahuatl tlatlaoyo (corn cake). The blue-corn version comes from the heirloom maize varieties of Tlaxcala and Estado de Mexico that still survive at Mercado de San Juan and Tlacoyos Dona Jose. Modern restaurants like Expendio de Maiz have built modern Mexican cuisine around this canonical dish.
4 editor picks for Tlacoyos in Mexico City, ranked by editorial score. All Mexico City signature dishes · Tlacoyos across every city.
Expendio de Maiz Sin Nombre ★ 4.6
roma-norte · Yucatan 84, Roma Norte, Cuauhtemoc, 06700 Ciudad de Mexico
Expendio de Maiz in Mexico City is chef Jesus Salas' tiny no-reservations heirloom-corn counter in Roma Norte, the kitchen that built its name on native masa from Oaxaca and Tlaxcala.
Molino El Pujol ★ 4.6
condesa · Sinaloa 217, Hipodromo Condesa, Cuauhtemoc, 06170 Ciudad de Mexico
Molino El Pujol in Mexico City is Enrique Olvera's Condesa heirloom-corn cafe on Sinaloa, the daytime molino that grinds native maize for tlacoyos, tortillas and tamales open to the public.
Mercado de Coyoacan ★ 4.5
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.
Tlacoyos Dona Jose ★ 4.3
roma-norte · Calle Cordoba 17, Roma Norte, Cuauhtemoc, 06700 Ciudad de Mexico
Tlacoyos Dona Jose in Mexico City is the Roma Norte breakfast comal on Cordoba, the comal-griddle counter that puts out blue-corn tlacoyos filled with frijol or haba most weekday mornings.