Tlayudas Libres
- ★ 4.7
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tlayuda
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.
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Tlayudas Las Animas
- ★ 4.4
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tlayuda
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.
Lechoncito de Oro
- ★ 4.7
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tacos de lechon (suckling pig)
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.
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Pasillo de Humo (Mercado 20 de Noviembre)
- ★ 4.6
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tasajo, cecina enchilada, chorizo
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.
Mercado Benito Juarez chapulines row
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Chapulines
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.
Itanoni memelas counter
- ★ 4.6
- $
- Reforma
Try Memelas and tetelas
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
Try Memelas with morita chile
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.
Tamales oaxaquenos at Mercado Sanchez Pascuas
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tamal de mole negro
The tamal counter inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas runs banana-leaf tamales oaxaquenos (mole negro, amarillo, rajas) from 6am, the Oaxacan breakfast standard.
Comedor Yolis (Mercado Sanchez Pascuas)
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Memelas, tlayudas, tamales
Comedor Yolis is one of the slate of fondas inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas (Lupita, Nelly, Chonchita), with the freshest morning memelas and tlayudas.
Tejate vendors at Mercado Benito Juarez
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tejate (maize-cacao drink)
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.
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El Volador (Plaza de la Danza)
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Tejate
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.
Nieves Manolo
- ★ 4.4
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Nieve de leche quemada
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.
Esquites and elotes Zocalo carts
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Esquites and elotes
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.
Chocolate de agua at Mayordomo
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Chocolate de agua
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.
Chiles de agua stuffed at Mercado 20 de Noviembre
- ★ 4.2
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Chiles de agua rellenos
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.
Empanadas de amarillo street vendors
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Centro Historico
Try Empanada de mole amarillo
The empanada-de-amarillo vendors at Plaza Llano fold thin masa around mole amarillo with quesillo and hierba santa, the late-afternoon Oaxacan classic.
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