22 editor picks in Puebla.
22 taqueria places in Puebla we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Puebla | Taqueria across every city.
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.
OrderOne al pastor and one arabe, side by side, to taste the difference.
TipSix salsas sit on the counter and the two spits run until 23:30, which makes this the easiest late taco stop on 16 de Septiembre.
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 medium cemita, which lands between 33 and 45 pesos depending on size.
TipClosed on Mondays and shuts by half past six, so this is a lunch stop rather than an evening one in Analco.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OrderTacos árabes
TipAsk for them con queso, and note the 2 Poniente branch is the original rather than the Mayorazgo or Humboldt ones.
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 árabes
TipEvenings only, closed Sundays, and the spit tends to be at its best in the first hour after opening at 17:30.
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.
OrderTacos árabes
TipTwo tacos for roughly 30 pesos and an eleven-hour trading day, which makes this the easiest cheap arabe in the Centro.
Taqueria Katy sells tacos arabes at about 16 pesos each in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, which is why the queue starts well before the evening.
OrderTacos árabes
TipAbout sixteen pesos a taco in Los Remedios, so the barrio prices are worth the taxi if you are eating in numbers.
Taqueria El Jardin sits by the Acocota market in Puebla and sells tacos arabes at roughly 15 pesos, among the cheapest of any spit in the city.
OrderTacos árabes
TipAt roughly fifteen pesos a taco this is the cheapest spit in the city, next to the Acocota market north of the Centro.
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.
OrderTacos al pastor and árabes
TipTwo spits on 16 de Septiembre, al pastor and arabe side by side, running to half eleven, which covers most post-dinner cravings.
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.
TipClosed on Mondays, and the largest size is genuinely large, so order down unless you are sharing.
Taqueria El Jardin sits by the Acocota market in Puebla and sells tacos arabes at roughly 15 pesos, among the cheapest of any spit in the city.
OrderTacos árabes
Taqueria Katy sells tacos arabes at about 16 pesos each in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, which is why the queue starts well before the evening.
OrderTacos árabes
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.
OrderTacos árabes
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.
OrderCemita
Taqueria La Delicia on 5 de Mayo in Puebla keeps tacos at about 30 pesos, opening in the afternoon and closing late every day except Monday.
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