El Patio y Las Ranas is a taqueria restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: Avenida 2 Poniente 105, Centro, 72000 Puebla
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.
Order: Two tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 21:30 every day, which is the widest window of any taco arabe counter inside the Centro Historico.
Cemitas La Colonial sells its cemitas at about 34 pesos on 2 Poniente in Puebla, the cheap Centro fallback for when market queues get too long.
Order: A cemita at about 34 pesos, the cheapest in the Centro.
Tip: Prices here are roughly half what the market counters charge, which is the trade-off for a smaller build.
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.
Order: Two tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
Tip: Open 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.
Order: A camello, which is the taco arabe rebuilt with melted cheese.
Tip: A 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand out in Azcarate, closed on Sundays, and cheap enough that two people eat for under 200 pesos.
Semitas Beto took a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla for the flaky-crumbed semita it bakes and fills every day out in the Barrio de la Luz.
Order: A semita with the flaky crumb that earned the Bib Gourmand.
Tip: Barrio de la Luz is north of the Centro and the counter shuts at five, so go before the afternoon runs out.
Super Cemitas El As de Oros works a stall inside the Mercado de Sabores in Puebla, stacking milanesa super cemitas that comfortably feed two people.
Order: A milanesa super cemita, around 100 pesos and built for two.
Tip: Open Saturday and Sunday plus Monday and Tuesday only, so check the day before you cross town to the Mercado de Sabores.
Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.
Order: Milanesa cemita with papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche.
Tip: It sits inside Mercado El Carmen rather than on the street, so walk into the market hall and follow the queue.
Cemitas La Colonial sells its cemitas at about 34 pesos on 2 Poniente in Puebla, the cheap Centro fallback for when market queues get too long.
Order: A cemita at about 34 pesos, the cheapest in the Centro.
Tip: Prices here are roughly half what the market counters charge, which is the trade-off for a smaller build.
