Zandunga Sabor Istmeno ★ 4.4
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
Mezcalogia (kitchen) is a mezcaleria with food restaurant in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
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 dishes: Tlayuda, Tetelas, Mezcal cocktails
Address: C. de Manuel Garcia Vigil 509, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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
Origen is Rodolfo Castellanos's Benito Juarez flagship since 2011, a Michelin-Guide selected room where modern technique meets criollo corn.
Signature: Duck enchiladas in mole, Catch of the day with clam risotto, Mezcal sour
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
Ancestral Cocina Tradicional in Xochimilco is a thatched-roof grove on Lopez Alavez, the seven-moles tasting platter room since 2017 in the weaving district.
Signature: Mole tasting, Tetelas, Sierra meats
Origen is Rodolfo Castellanos's Benito Juarez flagship since 2011, a Michelin-Guide selected room where modern technique meets criollo corn.
Signature: Duck enchiladas in mole, Catch of the day with clam risotto, Mezcal sour