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Modern MexicanCentro Historico
Santoua works a grand Centro building on 2 Sur in Puebla, running Pueblan regional plates and international dishes from a nine-in-the-morning start.
OrderBreakfast from nine, before the Centro tour groups reach 2 Sur.
TipThe dining room is grand enough for an occasion but the nine-in-the-morning start makes it a workable everyday breakfast too.
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SteakhouseAngelopolis
Mochomos Puebla cooks Sonoran-style beef and seafood in Angelopolis, pouring from a list of more than 120 wine labels beside the carne asada tacos.
OrderCarne asada tacos, cut from the same Sonoran beef as the rib eye.
TipThe cellar runs past 120 labels, which is the deepest wine list in Puebla, and the kitchen serves until 02:00 at weekends.
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PueblanLos Remedios
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.
OrderMole poblano or pipián, but only at the weekend when both are cooked.
TipPozole and mole de panza cover the weekdays; the mole and pipián are Saturday and Sunday only, from one in the afternoon.
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PueblanCentro Historico
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.
OrderMole poblano at about 150 pesos, served with rice and tortillas.
TipThis is a plain fonda rather than a restaurant, so come at lunch when the mole has been on the heat for a few hours.
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PueblanCentro Historico
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.
OrderA mole plate between 139 and 195 pesos, the cheapest sit-down mole nearby.
TipIt sits one block from the Calle de los Dulces, so finish lunch here and walk straight into the camote shops.
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PueblanArboledas De Guadalupe
La Ververa cooks chalupas, memelas and mole poblano at neighbourhood prices in Arboledas de Guadalupe, Puebla, on Saturdays and Sundays only.
OrderChalupas, then a mole plate that lands under 100 pesos.
TipArboledas de Guadalupe is residential rather than touristy, and the kitchen only opens on Saturday and Sunday, nine until six.