Mercado Benito Juarez chapulines row ★ 4.3
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.
Try: Chapulines
Pasillo de Humo (Mercado 20 de Noviembre) is a street-food stop in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
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.
Address: Calle 20 de Noviembre S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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.
Try: Chapulines
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.
Try: Memelas with morita chile
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)
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.
Try: Chapulines
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.
Try: Memelas and tetelas
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.
Try: Memelas with morita chile
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)