Antojitos Acapulco is a street food restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Molotes filled with tinga, plus a pelona for around 30 pesos.
Tip: It is a narrow hole-in-the-wall on 5 Poniente with a handful of stools, so expect to eat standing at busy hours.
Address: Avenida 5 Poniente 114, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Fonda Tipica la Poblana cooks mole poblano and chalupas on 8 Norte in Puebla, a plain fonda that opens at half past eight and runs until eight at night.
Order: Mole poblano at 150 pesos, with rice and hand-made tortillas.
Tip: Open from 08:30 to 20:00 daily, so the mole is freshest between one and four in the afternoon.
Clementina Cocina Poblana keeps a short mole and pipian list on 6 Oriente in Puebla, a daytime kitchen a block from the Calle de los Dulces.
Order: A mole or pipián plate between 139 and 195 pesos.
Tip: Sits on 6 Oriente, the sweet street, so the natural order is lunch here then camotes two doors down.
Cemitas y Tortas La Poblanita cooks a mole poblano worth ordering alongside its cemitas, at the corner of 5 Oriente and 4 Sur in central Puebla.
Order: A cemita, then the mole poblano at around 158 pesos.
Tip: One of the few cemita counters in Puebla that also cooks a mole worth sitting down for, at the 5 Oriente corner.
Don Pastor works two spits on 16 de Septiembre in Puebla, al pastor and arabe, alongside alambres, cemitas and a queso fundido, running until half eleven.
Order: A taco arabe and a taco al pastor, ordered together for comparison.
Tip: Tacos run about 32 pesos each here, dearer than the barrio spits, but the location on 16 de Septiembre is unbeatable.
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Order: Weekend mole poblano at 135 pesos, or pipián on the same days.
Tip: Barrio de los Remedios is a taxi ride from the Zocalo, which is exactly why the queue is local rather than visiting.
Fonda Tipica la Poblana cooks mole poblano and chalupas on 8 Norte in Puebla, a plain fonda that opens at half past eight and runs until eight at night.
Order: Mole poblano at 150 pesos, with rice and hand-made tortillas.
Tip: Open from 08:30 to 20:00 daily, so the mole is freshest between one and four in the afternoon.
La Ververa cooks chalupas, memelas and mole poblano at neighbourhood prices in Arboledas de Guadalupe, Puebla, on Saturdays and Sundays only.
Order: Chalupas at 35 pesos the order, or the mole poblano at 89.
Tip: Open Saturday and Sunday only, from nine until six, so this is a weekend lunch rather than a dinner.
Clementina Cocina Poblana keeps a short mole and pipian list on 6 Oriente in Puebla, a daytime kitchen a block from the Calle de los Dulces.
Order: A mole or pipián plate between 139 and 195 pesos.
Tip: Sits on 6 Oriente, the sweet street, so the natural order is lunch here then camotes two doors down.
Cemitas y Tortas La Poblanita cooks a mole poblano worth ordering alongside its cemitas, at the corner of 5 Oriente and 4 Sur in central Puebla.
Order: A cemita, then the mole poblano at around 158 pesos.
Tip: One of the few cemita counters in Puebla that also cooks a mole worth sitting down for, at the 5 Oriente corner.
Don Pastor works two spits on 16 de Septiembre in Puebla, al pastor and arabe, alongside alambres, cemitas and a queso fundido, running until half eleven.
Order: A taco arabe and a taco al pastor, ordered together for comparison.
Tip: Tacos run about 32 pesos each here, dearer than the barrio spits, but the location on 16 de Septiembre is unbeatable.
