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Cemitas de Los Angeles keeps prices near 35 pesos on 5 Sur in Puebla, a small counter that trades on volume rather than on any kind of decor.
TryCemita
TipAround 35 pesos a cemita on 5 Sur, a plain counter that trades on price rather than on any kind of decor.
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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.
TryMolotes and pelonas
TipMolotes and pelonas are fried to order here, so expect a short wait rather than a rack of them sitting warm.
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Molotes La Ventanita is a hatch on 10 Poniente in Puebla selling nothing at all but molotes, Monday to Saturday, until the masa runs out at eight.
TryMolotes
TipA hatch rather than a shop, selling only molotes, and it closes when the masa runs out rather than at a fixed hour.
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Tacos Arabes Bagdad has folded spit-roast pork into pan arabe in Puebla since 1933 and has worked the 2 Poniente counter since 1945, one of two claimants.
TryTacos árabes
TipAsk for them con queso, and note the 2 Poniente branch is the original rather than the Mayorazgo or Humboldt ones.
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Tacos Beyrut opens only in the evening on 5 Poniente in Puebla, carving pork off the vertical spit into warm pan arabe for around 24 pesos a taco.
TryTacos árabes
TipEvenings only, closed Sundays, and the spit tends to be at its best in the first hour after opening at 17:30.
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El Taco Poblano on 9 Oriente in Puebla runs one of the cheapest taco arabe deals in the Centro, two tacos for roughly 30 pesos, all day long.
TryTacos árabes
TipTwo tacos for roughly 30 pesos and an eleven-hour trading day, which makes this the easiest cheap arabe in the Centro.