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PueblanLa Noria
Restaurante La Noria works the grounds of an old hacienda in Puebla, cooking mole, pipian and huazontles, plus chiles en nogada from July to September.
OrderHuazontles in season, or the house mole poblano any month of the year.
TipChiles en nogada run from July to September here, and the kitchen also teaches a workshop on how the nogada is made.
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PueblanAnalcoChef Liz Galicia
Salon Mezcalli sits in Barrio de Analco in Puebla, matching manchamanteles con lechon and mixiote de cordero with a wall of artisanal agave distillates.
OrderManchamanteles con lechón, with a Puebla mezcal poured alongside it.
TipAnalco is a fifteen-minute walk east of the Zocalo, so allow for the crossing if you are coming from the cathedral.
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PueblanCentro Historico
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
OrderBlue-corn chilaquiles at breakfast, chanclas in guajillo salsa after dark.
TipThe upstairs tables look straight at the cathedral, and they are the first to go on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
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InternationalAngelopolisChef Ángel Vázquez
Intro is chef Angel Vazquez's international room on Atlixcayotl in Puebla, moving between Moroccan, Thai and French plates and a long breakfast service.
OrderBreakfast, which starts at 08:30 and is the best value on the menu.
TipIntro sits out on Atlixcayotl rather than in the Centro, so budget twenty minutes each way by taxi from the Zocalo.
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PueblanCentro Historico
Attico 303 crowns Hotel Casa Rosa in Puebla with a cathedral-level terrace, pouring cocktails beside Spanish plates and contemporary Pueblan cooking.
OrderA cocktail on the terrace at sunset, with the cathedral domes at eye level.
TipFriday to Sunday the bar runs to 02:00, and weekend reservations are worth making because the terrace is small.
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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.