Fonda Típica la Poblana is a pueblan restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Calle 8 Norte 402, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
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.
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.
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.
OrderA taco arabe and a taco al pastor, ordered together for comparison.
TipTacos 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OrderA taco arabe and a taco al pastor, ordered together for comparison.
TipTacos 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.
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.
