Antes Meridiano is a cafe in Zavaleta, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Everything shuts at 15:00, so this is a breakfast and mid-morning address rather than an afternoon one on Zavaleta.
Address: Calzada Zavaleta 910, Santa Cruz Buenavista Norte, 72150 Puebla
Pasticel Cafe pairs its own pastry with specialty coffee on the Antiguo Camino Real a Cholula in Puebla, a Zavaleta room built for long mornings.
Signature drink: Latte
Tip: Out on the Antiguo Camino Real a Cholula, so pair it with the Zavaleta bakeries rather than a Centro walk.
Atta Salon Cafe works only with specialty coffee on 5 Sur in Puebla, balancing espresso against alternative methods and its own pastry counter.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: Works only with specialty coffee and bakes its own pastry, which makes 5 Sur the tidiest coffee stop south of the Zocalo.
Senorita Caruso bakes in house on 3 Sur in Puebla and serves light lunches beside the coffee, a quiet room a few streets south of the Zocalo.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Pastry is baked in house and the lunch plates are light, so this works as a second breakfast rather than a full meal.
Black Cat, Black Rabbit roasts its own beans on 6 Oriente in Puebla and mixes coffee with mezcal in drinks you will not find elsewhere in the Centro.
Signature drink: Mezcal coffee
Tip: It roasts its own beans and then mixes them with mezcal, which is not a combination on offer anywhere else on 6 Oriente.
Mi Amigo Cafe keeps a small 7 Poniente counter in Puebla, pouring Veracruz Jiribilla coffee beside bagels and a CBD menu a few steps off the Zocalo.
Signature drink: Cafe con Jiribilla
Tip: Small enough that two tables count as busy, a block west of the Zocalo, and the drinks card runs to CBD as well as coffee.
Pasticel Cafe pairs its own pastry with specialty coffee on the Antiguo Camino Real a Cholula in Puebla, a Zavaleta room built for long mornings.
Signature drink: Latte
Tip: Out on the Antiguo Camino Real a Cholula, so pair it with the Zavaleta bakeries rather than a Centro walk.
Profetica Casa de la Lectura pairs a 16th-century courtyard in Puebla with a cafe bar, a bookshop and a literature library open six days a week.
Signature drink: Aeropress filter
Tip: The courtyard is the quietest place to work in the Centro Historico, and the cafe bar opens an hour before the bookshop.
