18 cheap eats rooms in Oaxaca, editor-picked. the best low-budget rooms in Oaxaca — the places editors actually return to. All Oaxaca food.
Itanoni Flor del Maiz ★ 4.7
reforma · Av Belisario Dominguez 513, Colonia Reforma, 68050 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Itanoni on Belisario Dominguez is Amado Ramirez Leyva and Gabriela Fernandez Orantes's criollo-corn tortilleria since 2001, a room that nixtamalizes rainbow maize on the comal.
Itanoni Flor del Maiz ★ 4.7
reforma · Av Belisario Dominguez 513, Colonia Reforma, 68050 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Itanoni on Belisario Dominguez is Amado Ramirez Leyva and Gabriela Fernandez Orantes's criollo-corn tortilleria since 2001, where rainbow maize lands on the comal in Reforma.
Tlayudas Libres ★ 4.7
centro-historico · C. de Los Libres 212, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres is Oaxaca's canonical late-night tlayuda stand, with cooking fires on the street and tasajo, chorizo and quesillo.
Lechoncito de Oro ★ 4.7
centro-historico · C. de Los Libres S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Lechoncito de Oro on Calle de Los Libres is Oaxaca's most famous lechon stand, with suckling-pig tacos, tostadas and tortas with pierna or chicharron.
Pasillo de Humo (Mercado 20 de Noviembre) ★ 4.6
centro-historico · Calle 20 de Noviembre S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Pasillo de Humo inside Mercado 20 de Noviembre is the smoke-alley grill where vendors over wood coals char tasajo, cecina enchilada and chorizo to order.
Itanoni memelas counter ★ 4.6
reforma · Av Belisario Dominguez 513, Colonia Reforma, 68050 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Itanoni's outdoor comal in Reforma sells memelas, tetelas and tlayudas hot off the wood-fired griddle with criollo-corn masa stone-ground in-house since 2001.
Memelas Dona Vale (Mercado de Abastos) ★ 4.6
centro-historico · Mercaderes 3, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Memelas Dona Vale at Mercado de Abastos is the famous comal counter with thick masa memelas topped with morita-chile sauce, asiento (pork lard) and quesillo.
Tlayudas Las Animas ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Mariano Matamoros 203, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Tlayudas Las Animas on Mariano Matamoros is the Thursday-to-Saturday-only tlayuda stand near Carmen Alto, a quieter neighbour to the Libres counter nearby.
Nieves Manolo ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Calle Macedonio Alcala 706, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Nieves Manolo on Macedonio Alcala is the 1953 stand for leche quemada, tuna and sorbete sorbets, scooped to order by the Velasco-Cuevas family generation.
Mercado Benito Juarez chapulines row ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle Miguel Cabrera S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
The chapulines row outside Mercado Benito Juarez on Miguel Cabrera lines a dozen vendors selling grasshoppers fried with garlic, salt and chile to take home.
Tamales oaxaquenos at Mercado Sanchez Pascuas ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle Porfirio Diaz 719, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
The tamal counter inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas runs banana-leaf tamales oaxaquenos (mole negro, amarillo, rajas) from 6am, the Oaxacan breakfast standard.
Tejate vendors at Mercado Benito Juarez ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Las Casas S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Tejate stalls at Mercado Benito Juarez whisk the maize, cacao, mamey seed and cacao flower into a foamed prehispanic drink, served cold from gourd bowls.
Chocolate de agua at Mayordomo ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Francisco Javier Mina 219, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Chocolate Mayordomo's counter on Mina mills cacao on demand and pours chocolate de agua (water-mixed) into ceramic mugs with pan de yema for dunking.
Empanadas de amarillo street vendors ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Plaza Llano, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
The empanada-de-amarillo vendors at Plaza Llano fold thin masa around mole amarillo with quesillo and hierba santa, the late-afternoon Oaxacan classic.
Chiles de agua stuffed at Mercado 20 de Noviembre ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Calle 20 de Noviembre S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
The comedor counters at Mercado 20 de Noviembre stuff chiles de agua (a milder Oaxaca-only chile) with quesillo and serve them fried in a tomato-garlic broth.
El Volador (Plaza de la Danza) ★ 4.1
centro-historico · Jardin Socrates, Plaza de la Danza, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
El Volador in the Jardin Socrates lake plaza is one of the tejate stands serving foamed prehispanic cacao-and-maize drink with totopos by the bandstand.
Comedor Yolis (Mercado Sanchez Pascuas) ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Calle Porfirio Diaz 719, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Comedor Yolis is one of the slate of fondas inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas (Lupita, Nelly, Chonchita), with the freshest morning memelas and tlayudas.
Esquites and elotes Zocalo carts ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Plaza de la Constitucion, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
The Zocalo evening carts roll out esquites (cups of corn with mayo, queso fresco, chile) and elotes on the cob, the canonical Oaxacan plaza-evening snack.