Street food$el-carmenDaily 09:00-19:00
Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.
Order: Milanesa cemita with papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche.
Tip: It sits inside Mercado El Carmen rather than on the street, so walk into the market hall and follow the queue.
Street food$centro-historicoDaily 09:00-19:00
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.
Street food$centro-historicoDaily 11:00-20:00
Antojitos Las Gueras works the comal on 5 Norte in Puebla, turning out chalupas in red and green salsa for a mostly local lunchtime crowd every day.
Order: Chalupas, red and green, straight off the comal on 5 Norte.
Tip: Chalupas are fried to order here rather than held warm, so give the counter a few minutes at busy times.
Taqueria$analcoTue-Sat 11:00-18:30; Sun 11:00-18:00
Mi Puebla Antigua Tacos y Cemitas keeps a small Analco dining room in Puebla, building cemitas to order in three sizes for well under a hundred pesos.
Order: A cemita, sized small, medium or large from 33 pesos up.
Tip: Closed Mondays and shut by 18:30, and the Analco location keeps it well outside the Centro tourist run.
Pueblan$$centro-historicoDaily 08:00-24:00
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Order: Enchiladas de tres moles: pipián verde, pipián rojo and mole poblano.
Tip: Breakfast starts at eight and the kitchen runs to midnight, which makes Comal the one Centro address that covers both ends of a day.
Pueblan$centro-historicoDaily 09:00-21:00
Antojitos Tomy on 5 Poniente is where Puebla eats cemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas at one counter, from nine in the morning until nine at night.
Order: Cemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas ordered as one round.
Tip: The cemita poblana here is genuinely large, so order one between two before adding the chalupas.