The counters in Puebla worth queuing for: bread, pastry, and the morning ritual.
Bakery counters in Puebla worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Panaderia El Hospicio bakes conchas and cuernitos on 2 Poniente in Puebla from seven in the morning, the everyday bread counter of the Centro.
Worth the queueConcha
TipOpens at seven in the morning, which is early enough to catch the first conchas out of the oven on 2 Poniente.
Puebla La Churreria fries churros from seven in the morning on 2 Sur in Puebla, served with the thick hot chocolate the city drinks year round.
Worth the queueChurros with hot chocolate
TipOrder the thick drinking chocolate with the churros: Puebla treats it as a breakfast rather than a dessert.
Hackl Panaderos Artesanos has baked natural-leaven bread in La Paz, Puebla, since 2001, with rye, ciabatta and viennoiserie across the counter.
Worth the queueRye sourdough
TipBaking here since 2001 and the counter also runs pan de muerto in late October, which sells out by mid-morning.
La Gran Fama opened on the Calle de los Dulces in Puebla in the 19th century as the city's first camote counter, still selling tortitas de Santa Clara.
Worth the queueCamote
TipOpened in the 19th century as the first camote counter in the city, and the tortitas de Santa Clara are the other thing to buy.
Antes Meridiano bakes on Calzada Zavaleta in Puebla and shuts at three, a morning-only room of sourdough toast, house jam and specialty coffee.
Worth the queueSourdough croissant
TipBread comes out in the morning and the doors shut at three, so there is no point arriving after lunch on Zavaleta.
Mary Barragan Helados churns dense helados, paletas and nieves on 16 de Septiembre in El Carmen, Puebla, and keeps going until ten at night.
Worth the queueNieve
TipOpen until ten at night in El Carmen, which makes it the obvious walk after a cemita at the market up the road.
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