Molotes La Ventanita is a street food restaurant in Centro Historico, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: A serving hatch on 10 Poniente that sells nothing but molotes and closes when the masa runs out.
Tip: Go before midday if you want the full range of fillings, because the hatch works through its masa steadily.
Address: Avenida 10 Poniente 304, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Black Cat, Black Rabbit roasts its own beans on 6 Oriente in Puebla and mixes coffee with mezcal in drinks you will not find elsewhere in the Centro.
Why locals love it: A 6 Oriente roaster that mixes its own coffee with mezcal, on a street everyone visits for sweets instead.
Tip: Come for the coffee-and-mezcal builds rather than a straight espresso, which is what the bar is actually built around.
Destilado Urbano stocks over a hundred mezcal labels on 6 Sur in Puebla and runs guided flights of three with a chaser from around 250 pesos.
Why locals love it: A hundred-label mezcal room on 6 Sur that runs structured tastings instead of selling shots to tourists.
Tip: Book the guided flight of three with a chaser from around 250 pesos rather than ordering blind off the shelf.
Cemitas El Gordo builds milanesa cemitas on 13 Oriente in El Carmen, Puebla, opening early at the weekend and running through to the evening.
Why locals love it: An El Carmen cemita counter on 13 Oriente that most visitors walk past on their way to the market.
Tip: Opens earlier at weekends than the market stalls do, which makes it the better Saturday-morning cemita option.
Mercado Xonaca trades between 22 Norte and 28 Oriente in Puebla, a barrio market of produce, comedores and mole ingredients that opens daily.
Why locals love it: A barrio market between 22 Norte and 28 Oriente where the comedores cook for neighbours rather than visitors.
Tip: Take the 19 or 24 route out, and treat the comedor plates as the reason to come rather than the produce aisles.
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.
Why locals love it: A small Analco dining room building cemitas to order in three sizes, on the wrong side of the river for tourists.
Tip: Closed on Mondays, and the largest size is genuinely large, so order down unless you are sharing.
Black Cat, Black Rabbit roasts its own beans on 6 Oriente in Puebla and mixes coffee with mezcal in drinks you will not find elsewhere in the Centro.
Why locals love it: A 6 Oriente roaster that mixes its own coffee with mezcal, on a street everyone visits for sweets instead.
Tip: Come for the coffee-and-mezcal builds rather than a straight espresso, which is what the bar is actually built around.
La Ververa cooks chalupas, memelas and mole poblano at neighbourhood prices in Arboledas de Guadalupe, Puebla, on Saturdays and Sundays only.
Why locals love it: A residential-street kitchen in Arboledas de Guadalupe serving chalupas at 35 pesos and mole poblano at 89, weekends only.
Tip: Open Saturday and Sunday only and closed by six, so this works as a weekend lunch detour rather than a weekday one.
Destilado Urbano stocks over a hundred mezcal labels on 6 Sur in Puebla and runs guided flights of three with a chaser from around 250 pesos.
Why locals love it: A hundred-label mezcal room on 6 Sur that runs structured tastings instead of selling shots to tourists.
Tip: Book the guided flight of three with a chaser from around 250 pesos rather than ordering blind off the shelf.
