Tamales oaxaquenos at Mercado Sanchez Pascuas ★ 4.3
The tamal counter inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas runs banana-leaf tamales oaxaquenos (mole negro, amarillo, rajas) from 6am, the Oaxacan breakfast standard.
Try: Tamal de mole negro
Memelas Dona Vale (Mercado de Abastos) is a street-food stop in Centro Historico, 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.
Address: Mercaderes 3, 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.
Try: Tamal de mole negro
Comedor Yolis is one of the slate of fondas inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas (Lupita, Nelly, Chonchita), with the freshest morning memelas and tlayudas.
Try: Memelas, tlayudas, tamales
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.
Try: Tejate (maize-cacao drink)
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.
Try: Tejate
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.
Try: Nieve de leche quemada
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.
Try: Esquites and elotes
The tamal counter inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas runs banana-leaf tamales oaxaquenos (mole negro, amarillo, rajas) from 6am, the Oaxacan breakfast standard.
Try: Tamal de mole negro
Comedor Yolis is one of the slate of fondas inside Mercado Sanchez Pascuas (Lupita, Nelly, Chonchita), with the freshest morning memelas and tlayudas.
Try: Memelas, tlayudas, tamales
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.
Try: Tejate (maize-cacao drink)
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.
Try: Tejate
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.
Try: Nieve de leche quemada
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.
Try: Esquites and elotes