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Street foodEl Carmen
Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.
OrderMilanesa cemita with papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche.
TipIt sits inside Mercado El Carmen rather than on the street, so walk into the market hall and follow the queue.
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Street foodCentro 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.
OrderA cemita at about 34 pesos, the cheapest in the Centro.
TipPrices here are roughly half what the market counters charge, which is the trade-off for a smaller build.
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Street foodCentro Historico
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.
OrderChalupas, red and green, straight off the comal on 5 Norte.
TipChalupas are fried to order here rather than held warm, so give the counter a few minutes at busy times.
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TaqueriaAnalco
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.
OrderA cemita, sized small, medium or large from 33 pesos up.
TipClosed Mondays and shut by 18:30, and the Analco location keeps it well outside the Centro tourist run.
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PueblanCentro Historico
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
OrderEnchiladas de tres moles: pipián verde, pipián rojo and mole poblano.
TipBreakfast starts at eight and the kitchen runs to midnight, which makes Comal the one Centro address that covers both ends of a day.
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PueblanCentro Historico
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.
OrderCemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas ordered as one round.
TipThe cemita poblana here is genuinely large, so order one between two before adding the chalupas.