El Volador (Plaza de la Danza) ★ 4.1
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
What to order at Tejate vendors at Mercado Benito Juarez
- The dish to know
- Tejate (maize-cacao drink)
Price$
Neighborhoodcentro-historico
HoursDaily 10:00-20:00
The dishTejate (maize-cacao drink)
PaymentCash only
Location
Address: Las Casas S/N, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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Try: Empanada de mole amarillo
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El Volador (Plaza de la Danza) ★ 4.1
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 ★ 4.4
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
Esquites and elotes Zocalo carts ★ 4.0
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
Chocolate de agua at Mayordomo ★ 4.3
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.
Try: Chocolate de agua
Chiles de agua stuffed at Mercado 20 de Noviembre ★ 4.2
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.
Try: Chiles de agua rellenos
Empanadas de amarillo street vendors ★ 4.3
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Try: Empanada de mole amarillo