Almu is an open-fire oaxacan restaurant in Valle De Tilcajete, Oaxaca.
Almu in San Martin Tilcajete (the alebrijes village south of Oaxaca) is the open-air, open-fire countryside kitchen in the 2025 Michelin Guide.
Signature dishes: Memelas, Enmoladas, Tlayuda al comal
Address: Carretera San Martin Tilcajete, Progreso S/N, 71506 San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca
Hierba Santa on Independencia is a Centro Oaxacan kitchen that runs around the namesake leaf, with a mole program and a Pacific-catch second course.
Signature: Mole oaxaqueno, Sopa de hierba santa, Pescado a la talla
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil is the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio mezcaleria with a strong kitchen of Oaxacan plates and a 200-bottle mezcal cocktail bar.
Signature: Tlayuda, Tetelas, Mezcal cocktails
Zandunga Sabor Istmeno is Oaxaca's Tehuantepec-isthmus room on Garcia Vigil, the kitchen that ships banana-leaf tamales and garnachas to the centro.
Signature: Garnachas istmenas, Tamales tehuanos, Pescado a la talla
Yu Ne Nisa (Land and Water in Zapotec) on Amapolas runs Ofelia Jimenez's Istmo cooking in a quiet Reforma residential strip, with cocina de autor.
Signature: Totopos istmenos, Chile relleno de marlin
La Teca in Reforma is Deyanira Aquino Pineda's 30-year Istmo institution, a five-table room where garnachas and tamales arrive on banana leaves.
Signature: Garnachas istmenas, Tamales de mole tehuano, Estofado
Itanoni on Belisario Dominguez is Amado Ramirez Leyva and Gabriela Fernandez Orantes's criollo-corn tortilleria since 2001, a room that nixtamalizes rainbow.
Signature: Memelas de criollo, Tetelas de frijol, Tlayuda con asiento