Tacos Beyrut is a taqueria restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: Avenida 5 Poniente 718-A, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
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.
El Patio y Las Ranas sits on 2 Poniente in Puebla and folds tacos al pastor into pan arabe, a crossover between the city's two great spit traditions.
Order: Tacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
Tip: This is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
El Taco Poblano on 9 Oriente in Puebla runs one of the cheapest taco arabe deals in the Centro, two tacos for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
Order: Two tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 21:30 every day, which is the widest window of any taco arabe counter inside the Centro Historico.
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.
El Patio y Las Ranas sits on 2 Poniente in Puebla and folds tacos al pastor into pan arabe, a crossover between the city's two great spit traditions.
Order: Tacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
Tip: This is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
El Taco Poblano on 9 Oriente in Puebla runs one of the cheapest taco arabe deals in the Centro, two tacos for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
Order: Two tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 21:30 every day, which is the widest window of any taco arabe counter inside the Centro Historico.
Taqueria Los Camellos took a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla for its tacos arabes and camellos, the cheese-filled version, out in Azcarate.
Order: A camello, which is the taco arabe rebuilt with melted cheese.
Tip: A 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand out in Azcarate, closed on Sundays, and cheap enough that two people eat for under 200 pesos.
Semitas Beto took a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla for the flaky-crumbed semita it bakes and fills every day out in the Barrio de la Luz.
Order: A semita with the flaky crumb that earned the Bib Gourmand.
Tip: Barrio de la Luz is north of the Centro and the counter shuts at five, so go before the afternoon runs out.
Super Cemitas El As de Oros works a stall inside the Mercado de Sabores in Puebla, stacking milanesa super cemitas that comfortably feed two people.
Order: A milanesa super cemita, around 100 pesos and built for two.
Tip: Open Saturday and Sunday plus Monday and Tuesday only, so check the day before you cross town to the Mercado de Sabores.
