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TaqueriaCentro 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.
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.
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TaqueriaCentro Historico
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.
OrderTacos al pastor served in pan arabe rather than tortillas.
TipThis is the crossover order in Puebla: pastor marinade, Lebanese bread, and it explains how one taco became the other.
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TaqueriaCentro Historico
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.
OrderTwo tacos arabes for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
TipOpen 10:30 to 21:30 every day, which is the widest window of any taco arabe counter inside the Centro Historico.
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TaqueriaAzcarate
Taqueria Los Camellos took a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla for its tacos arabes and camellos, the cheese-filled version, out in Azcarate.
OrderA camello, which is the taco arabe rebuilt with melted cheese.
TipA 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand out in Azcarate, closed on Sundays, and cheap enough that two people eat for under 200 pesos.
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Street foodBarrio De La Luz
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.
OrderA semita with the flaky crumb that earned the Bib Gourmand.
TipBarrio de la Luz is north of the Centro and the counter shuts at five, so go before the afternoon runs out.
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Street foodHistoriadores
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.
OrderA milanesa super cemita, around 100 pesos and built for two.
TipOpen Saturday and Sunday plus Monday and Tuesday only, so check the day before you cross town to the Mercado de Sabores.