40 mid-range places in Puebla, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Puebla, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Puebla food.
Profética Casa de la Lectura ★ 4.6
centro-historico · Calle 3 Sur 701, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Profetica Casa de la Lectura pairs a 16th-century courtyard in Puebla with a cafe bar, a bookshop and a literature library open six days a week.
Tip: The courtyard is the quietest place to work in the Centro Historico, and the cafe bar opens an hour before the bookshop.
Profética Casa de la Lectura ★ 4.6
centro-historico · Calle 3 Sur 701, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Profetica Casa de la Lectura pairs a 16th-century courtyard in Puebla with a cafe bar, a bookshop and a literature library open six days a week.
Miel de Agave ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Avenida 7 Poniente 110, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Miel de Agave keeps more than 170 artisanal mezcal labels on 7 Poniente in Puebla, plus fresh pulque and Pueblan snacks, until two on weekends.
Tip: More than 170 artisanal labels sit behind the bar, so hand the choice to the bartender rather than reading the list.
Miel de Agave ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Avenida 7 Poniente 110, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Miel de Agave keeps more than 170 artisanal mezcal labels on 7 Poniente in Puebla, plus fresh pulque and Pueblan snacks, until two on weekends.
Tip: The kitchen keeps going as long as the bar does, so a late mezcal here comes with something more than peanuts.
Comal ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 311-B, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Tip: The upstairs tables look straight at the cathedral, and they are the first to go on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Comal ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 311-B, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Tip: Breakfast starts at eight and the kitchen runs to midnight, which makes Comal the one Centro address that covers both ends of a day.
Clemente Café ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Avenida 2 Sur 1103, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Clemente Cafe opened on 2 Sur in Puebla in 2020 with a steady espresso bar, molletes and the Cosme sandwich of brie, gouda, pesto and honey.
Tip: It closes on Mondays and Saturday hours shift, so a Tuesday to Friday morning is the safest window for a long sit.
Espíritu Café ★ 4.4
san-manuel · Boulevard 14 Sur 5352-B, Jardines de San Manuel, 72570 Puebla
Espiritu Cafe roasts its own crop in Jardines de San Manuel, Puebla, and offers sixteen filter methods plus an espresso tonic worth the detour.
Tip: Sixteen filter methods sit behind the bar, so tell the barista what you like rather than reading the whole list.
Espíritu Café ★ 4.4
san-manuel · Boulevard 14 Sur 5352-B, Jardines de San Manuel, 72570 Puebla
Espiritu Cafe roasts its own crop in Jardines de San Manuel, Puebla, and offers sixteen filter methods plus an espresso tonic worth the detour.
Tip: The owners grow and roast their own crop, so ask which lot is on the bar rather than which blend they serve.
Bilderberg Taproom Centro ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Avenida 5 Oriente 402, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Bilderberg Taproom Centro pours six rotating lines on 5 Oriente in Puebla, from a rice lager to a Russian imperial stout, brewed over in Cholula.
Tip: Six lines rotate, brewed in Cholula, and the range runs from a five per cent rice lager to a twelve per cent imperial stout.
Bilderberg Taproom Centro ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Avenida 5 Oriente 402, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Bilderberg Taproom Centro pours six rotating lines on 5 Oriente in Puebla, from a rice lager to a Russian imperial stout, brewed over in Cholula.
Tip: Six lines rotate through dubbel, saison, rice lager, IPA and a Russian imperial stout that runs to twelve per cent.
Comal ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 311-B, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Tip: The kitchen runs to midnight seven days a week, which is unusual for a Centro dining room of this quality.
Comal ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 311-B, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Clemente Café ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Avenida 2 Sur 1103, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Clemente Cafe opened on 2 Sur in Puebla in 2020 with a steady espresso bar, molletes and the Cosme sandwich of brie, gouda, pesto and honey.
Hackl Panaderos Artesanos ★ 4.3
la-paz · Calle Teziutlán Norte 53-A, La Paz, 72160 Puebla
Hackl Panaderos Artesanos has baked natural-leaven bread in La Paz, Puebla, since 2001, with rye, ciabatta and viennoiserie across the counter.
Tip: Baking here since 2001 and the counter also runs pan de muerto in late October, which sells out by mid-morning.
Café Cultura ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle 4 Sur 503, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Cafe Cultura works high-altitude Mexican beans on 4 Sur in Puebla across several brew methods, and hangs work by local artists on the walls.
Tip: Opens late on Sunday at 15:00, and the walls double as a rotating show of work by artists based in Puebla.
Atta Salón Café ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle 5 Sur 705, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Atta Salon Cafe works only with specialty coffee on 5 Sur in Puebla, balancing espresso against alternative methods and its own pastry counter.
Tip: Works only with specialty coffee and bakes its own pastry, which makes 5 Sur the tidiest coffee stop south of the Zocalo.
Atta Salón Café ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle 5 Sur 705, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Atta Salon Cafe works only with specialty coffee on 5 Sur in Puebla, balancing espresso against alternative methods and its own pastry counter.
Café Cultura ★ 4.3
centro-historico · Calle 4 Sur 503, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Cafe Cultura works high-altitude Mexican beans on 4 Sur in Puebla across several brew methods, and hangs work by local artists on the walls.
Antojitos Mellos ★ 4.2
los-remedios · Avenida Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 2008, Barrio de los Remedios, 72377 Puebla
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Tip: Pozole and mole de panza cover the weekdays; the mole and pipián are Saturday and Sunday only, from one in the afternoon.
Antojitos Mellos ★ 4.2
los-remedios · Avenida Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 2008, Barrio de los Remedios, 72377 Puebla
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Tip: Barrio de los Remedios is a taxi ride from the Zocalo, which is exactly why the queue is local rather than visiting.
Antes Meridiano ★ 4.2
zavaleta · Calzada Zavaleta 910, Santa Cruz Buenavista Norte, 72150 Puebla
Antes Meridiano bakes on Calzada Zavaleta in Puebla and shuts at three, a morning-only room of sourdough toast, house jam and specialty coffee.
Tip: Bread comes out in the morning and the doors shut at three, so there is no point arriving after lunch on Zavaleta.
Antes Meridiano ★ 4.2
zavaleta · Calzada Zavaleta 910, Santa Cruz Buenavista Norte, 72150 Puebla
Antes Meridiano bakes on Calzada Zavaleta in Puebla and shuts at three, a morning-only room of sourdough toast, house jam and specialty coffee.
Tip: Everything shuts at 15:00, so this is a breakfast and mid-morning address rather than an afternoon one on Zavaleta.
Caléndula ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Avenida 2 Oriente 412, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Calendula pours cocktails and pulque a step from El Parian in Puebla, including a kale, cucumber and mezcal build that reads greener than it drinks.
Tip: A step from El Parian, and the kale, cucumber and mezcal build is the one to order if you want something other than pulque.
Utopía Belgian Beer & Bistro ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 1-B, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Utopia Belgian Beer & Bistro has stocked Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente in Puebla for two decades, in a dark room that also sells beer to take home.
Tip: Twenty years old, cash-preferred, and it also sells bottles to take away from the shop attached to the bar.
Utopía Belgian Beer & Bistro ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 1-B, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Utopia Belgian Beer & Bistro has stocked Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente in Puebla for two decades, in a dark room that also sells beer to take home.
Tip: Two decades of stocking Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente, with a retail shop attached for taking beer home.
Utopía Belgian Beer & Bistro ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 1-B, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Utopia Belgian Beer & Bistro has stocked Belgian bottles on 9 Oriente in Puebla for two decades, in a dark room that also sells beer to take home.
Tip: Cash is the safer bet here, and the bistro plates are a better late order than they have any right to be.
Antojitos Mellos ★ 4.2
los-remedios · Avenida Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 2008, Barrio de los Remedios, 72377 Puebla
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Tip: Mole and pipián are cooked on Saturday and Sunday only, so a weekday visit gets pozole and mole de panza instead.
Antes Meridiano ★ 4.2
zavaleta · Calzada Zavaleta 910, Santa Cruz Buenavista Norte, 72150 Puebla
Antes Meridiano bakes on Calzada Zavaleta in Puebla and shuts at three, a morning-only room of sourdough toast, house jam and specialty coffee.
Destilado Urbano ★ 4.1
centro-historico · Calle 6 Sur 304, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
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.
Tip: A guided flight of three with a chaser starts around 250 pesos, which is the cheapest structured tasting in the Centro.
Destilado Urbano ★ 4.1
centro-historico · Calle 6 Sur 304, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
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.
Tip: Book the guided flight of three with a chaser from around 250 pesos rather than ordering blind off the shelf.
Fonda Típica la Poblana ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Calle 8 Norte 402, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Fonda Tipica la Poblana cooks mole poblano and chalupas on 8 Norte in Puebla, a plain fonda that opens at half past eight and runs until eight at night.
Tip: This is a plain fonda rather than a restaurant, so come at lunch when the mole has been on the heat for a few hours.
Fonda Típica la Poblana ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Calle 8 Norte 402, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Fonda Tipica la Poblana cooks mole poblano and chalupas on 8 Norte in Puebla, a plain fonda that opens at half past eight and runs until eight at night.
Tip: Open from 08:30 to 20:00 daily, so the mole is freshest between one and four in the afternoon.
Black Cat, Black Rabbit ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Avenida 6 Oriente 413, 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.
Tip: It roasts its own beans and then mixes them with mezcal, which is not a combination on offer anywhere else on 6 Oriente.
Black Cat, Black Rabbit ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Avenida 6 Oriente 413, 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.
Tip: Roasting happens on site on 6 Oriente, and the bar list crosses coffee with mezcal in a way no other roaster here does.
Licorería San Pedrito ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 16, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Licoreria San Pedrito mixes mezcal cocktails on 9 Oriente in Puebla in a small retro room with a dance floor that fills fast after midnight.
Tip: Small, retro and loud once the dance floor fills, on the same block of 9 Oriente as the Belgian beer bar.
Mayahuel ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Avenida 5 Poniente 332, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Mayahuel is the small mezcal bar inside Hotel Marques del Angel on 5 Poniente in Puebla, strong on Pueblan bottles and cured pulques, with Friday music.
Tip: Inside Hotel Marques del Angel on 5 Poniente, strong on Puebla bottles and cured pulques, with live music on Fridays.
Licorería San Pedrito ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 16, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Licoreria San Pedrito mixes mezcal cocktails on 9 Oriente in Puebla in a small retro room with a dance floor that fills fast after midnight.
Tip: Small enough that it feels full by midnight, with a dance floor that takes over once the cocktails have done their work.
Black Cat, Black Rabbit ★ 4.0
centro-historico · Avenida 6 Oriente 413, 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.
Tip: Come for the coffee-and-mezcal builds rather than a straight espresso, which is what the bar is actually built around.
Clementina Cocina Poblana ★ 3.9
centro-historico · Avenida 6 Oriente 411, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Clementina Cocina Poblana keeps a short mole and pipian list on 6 Oriente in Puebla, a daytime kitchen a block from the Calle de los Dulces.
Tip: It sits one block from the Calle de los Dulces, so finish lunch here and walk straight into the camote shops.