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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.
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PueblanArboledas De Guadalupe
La Ververa cooks chalupas, memelas and mole poblano at neighbourhood prices in Arboledas de Guadalupe, Puebla, on Saturdays and Sundays only.
OrderChalupas at 35 pesos the order, or the mole poblano at 89.
TipOpen Saturday and Sunday only, from nine until six, so this is a weekend lunch rather than a dinner.
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PueblanCentro Historico
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.
OrderA mole or pipián plate between 139 and 195 pesos.
TipSits on 6 Oriente, the sweet street, so the natural order is lunch here then camotes two doors down.
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PueblanCentro Historico
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.
OrderA cemita, then the mole poblano at around 158 pesos.
TipOne of the few cemita counters in Puebla that also cooks a mole worth sitting down for, at the 5 Oriente corner.