Don Pastor is a taqueria restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Calle 16 de Septiembre 203, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
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.
OrderTwo tacos arabes con queso, from the spit that started in 1933.
TipBagdad 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.
OrderTacos arabes at about 24 pesos, carved straight off the spit.
TipOpens 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.
OrderTacos arabes with the house salsa, from a spit running since 1942.
TipSaturday 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.
OrderTacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
TipThis is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
El Taco Poblano on 9 Oriente in Puebla runs one of the cheapest taco arabe deals in the Centro, two tacos for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
OrderTwo tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
TipOpen 10:30 to 21:30 every day, which is the widest window of any taco arabe counter inside the Centro Historico.
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.
OrderTwo tacos arabes con queso, from the spit that started in 1933.
TipBagdad 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.
OrderTacos arabes at about 24 pesos, carved straight off the spit.
TipOpens 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.
OrderTacos arabes with the house salsa, from a spit running since 1942.
TipSaturday 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.
OrderTacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
TipThis is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
El Taco Poblano on 9 Oriente in Puebla runs one of the cheapest taco arabe deals in the Centro, two tacos for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
OrderTwo tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
TipOpen 10:30 to 21:30 every day, which is the widest window of any taco arabe counter inside the Centro Historico.
Taqueria Los Camellos took a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla for its tacos arabes and camellos, the cheese-filled version, out in Azcarate.
OrderA camello, which is the taco arabe rebuilt with melted cheese.
TipA 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand out in Azcarate, closed on Sundays, and cheap enough that two people eat for under 200 pesos.
