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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.
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PueblanCentro Historico
Antojitos Tomy on 5 Poniente is where Puebla eats cemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas at one counter, from nine in the morning until nine at night.
OrderOne cemita poblana and one order of chanclas, split between two people.
TipChanclas here run about 55 pesos and are milder than the version at Comal, which drowns them in more guajillo.
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Street foodCentro Historico
Antojitos Acapulco is a narrow 5 Poniente counter in Puebla frying molotes and pelonas, plus tacos de canasta, from mid-morning until eleven at night.
OrderMolotes with tinga, and a pelona while you wait for them to fry.
TipPelonas here cost around 30 pesos and are fried to order, so expect a short wait at the counter rather than a rack of them.
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TaqueriaCentro Historico
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.
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TaqueriaAnalco
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.