Pueblan$$centro-historicoDaily 09:00-19:00
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.
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.
Pueblan$centro-historicoDaily 10:00-18:30
Cemitas y Tortas La Poblanita cooks a mole poblano worth ordering alongside its cemitas, at the corner of 5 Oriente and 4 Sur in central Puebla.
Order: A cemita, then the mole poblano at around 158 pesos.
Tip: One of the few cemita counters in Puebla that also cooks a mole worth sitting down for, at the 5 Oriente corner.
Taqueria$centro-historicoDaily 11:00-23:30
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.
Taqueria$centro-historicoDaily 11:00-20:00
Tacos Arabes Bagdad has folded spit-roast pork into pan arabe in Puebla since 1933, and has worked the 2 Poniente counter since 1945, one of two claimants.
Order: Two tacos arabes con queso, from the spit that started in 1933.
Tip: Bagdad has branches in Mayorazgo, Humboldt and San Manuel, but the 2 Poniente address is the one with the history.
Taqueria$centro-historicoMon-Sat 17:30-22:00; Sun closed
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.
Taqueria$centro-historicoMon-Sat 10:00-20:30; Sun 10:00-19:00
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.