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MexicanCentro Historico
Suculenta on Porfirio Diaz is Paulina Garcia Hernandez and Daniel Lopez's food gallery, with hand-crafted jellies and wild Sierra Norte mushrooms.
SignatureHand-crafted condiments, Sierra Norte mushroom plates
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MexicanValle De Tilcajete
Almu in San Martin Tilcajete (the alebrijes village south of Oaxaca) is the open-air, open-fire countryside kitchen in the 2025 Michelin Guide.
SignatureMemelas, Enmoladas, Tlayuda al comal
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Modern OaxacanCentro Historico
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.
SignatureMole oaxaqueno, Sopa de hierba santa, Pescado a la talla
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Mezcaleria With FoodCentro Historico
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.
SignatureTlayuda, Tetelas, Mezcal cocktails
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Istmeno (tehuano)Centro Historico
Zandunga Sabor Istmeno is Oaxaca's Tehuantepec-isthmus room on Garcia Vigil, the kitchen that ships banana-leaf tamales and garnachas to the centro.
SignatureGarnachas istmenas, Tamales tehuanos, Pescado a la talla
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Istmeno (zapotec)Reforma
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.
SignatureTotopos istmenos, Chile relleno de marlin