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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.
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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.
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TaqueriaCentro Historico
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.
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TaqueriaCentro 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.
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TaqueriaCentro Historico
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.
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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.