Clementina Cocina Poblana is a pueblan restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: Avenida 6 Oriente 411, Centro, 72000 Puebla
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.
Tacos Arabes Bagdad has folded spit-roast pork into pan arabe in Puebla since 1933, and has worked the 2 Poniente counter since 1945, one of two claimants.
Order: Two tacos arabes con queso, from the spit that started in 1933.
Tip: Bagdad has branches in Mayorazgo, Humboldt and San Manuel, but the 2 Poniente address is the one with the history.
Tacos Beyrut opens only in the evening on 5 Poniente in Puebla, carving pork off the vertical spit into warm pan arabe for around 24 pesos a taco.
Order: Tacos arabes at about 24 pesos, carved straight off the spit.
Tip: Opens at 17:30 and closes at 22:00, and does not open on Sundays, so this is strictly an evening address.
Tacos Tony has served tacos arabes in Puebla since 1942, from a 3 Poniente counter a block off the Zocalo that fills with families on Sunday afternoons.
Order: Tacos arabes with the house salsa, from a spit running since 1942.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday afternoons bring Puebla families in numbers, so go on a weekday if you want a seat straight away.
El Patio y Las Ranas sits on 2 Poniente in Puebla and folds tacos al pastor into pan arabe, a crossover between the city's two great spit traditions.
Order: Tacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
Tip: This is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
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.
Tacos Arabes Bagdad has folded spit-roast pork into pan arabe in Puebla since 1933, and has worked the 2 Poniente counter since 1945, one of two claimants.
Order: Two tacos arabes con queso, from the spit that started in 1933.
Tip: Bagdad has branches in Mayorazgo, Humboldt and San Manuel, but the 2 Poniente address is the one with the history.
Tacos Beyrut opens only in the evening on 5 Poniente in Puebla, carving pork off the vertical spit into warm pan arabe for around 24 pesos a taco.
Order: Tacos arabes at about 24 pesos, carved straight off the spit.
Tip: Opens at 17:30 and closes at 22:00, and does not open on Sundays, so this is strictly an evening address.
Tacos Tony has served tacos arabes in Puebla since 1942, from a 3 Poniente counter a block off the Zocalo that fills with families on Sunday afternoons.
Order: Tacos arabes with the house salsa, from a spit running since 1942.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday afternoons bring Puebla families in numbers, so go on a weekday if you want a seat straight away.
El Patio y Las Ranas sits on 2 Poniente in Puebla and folds tacos al pastor into pan arabe, a crossover between the city's two great spit traditions.
Order: Tacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
Tip: This is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
