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TaqueriaAnalco
Mi Puebla Antigua Tacos y Cemitas keeps a small Analco dining room in Puebla, building cemitas to order in three sizes for well under a hundred pesos.
OrderA cemita, sized small, medium or large from 33 pesos up.
TipClosed Mondays and shut by 18:30, and the Analco location keeps it well outside the Centro tourist run.
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PueblanCentro Historico
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
OrderEnchiladas de tres moles: pipián verde, pipián rojo and mole poblano.
TipBreakfast starts at eight and the kitchen runs to midnight, which makes Comal the one Centro address that covers both ends of a day.
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PueblanCentro Historico
Antojitos Tomy on 5 Poniente is where Puebla eats cemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas at one counter, from nine in the morning until nine at night.
OrderCemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas ordered as one round.
TipThe cemita poblana here is genuinely large, so order one between two before adding the chalupas.
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Street foodCentro Historico
Antojitos Acapulco is a narrow 5 Poniente counter in Puebla frying molotes and pelonas, plus tacos de canasta, from mid-morning until eleven at night.
OrderMolotes filled with tinga, plus a pelona for around 30 pesos.
TipIt is a narrow hole-in-the-wall on 5 Poniente with a handful of stools, so expect to eat standing at busy hours.
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PueblanLos Remedios
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.
OrderWeekend mole poblano at 135 pesos, or pipián on the same days.
TipBarrio de los Remedios is a taxi ride from the Zocalo, which is exactly why the queue is local rather than visiting.
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PueblanCentro Historico
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.
OrderMole poblano at 150 pesos, with rice and hand-made tortillas.
TipOpen from 08:30 to 20:00 daily, so the mole is freshest between one and four in the afternoon.