Cemitas El Gordo is a street-food stop in El Carmen, Puebla.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Avenida 13 Oriente 403, El Carmen, 72530 Puebla
Cemitas America opens at six in the morning on 2 Norte in Puebla, which makes it the breakfast cemita of choice for anyone starting work early.
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TipSix in the morning is an unusual opening hour for a cemita, and it makes this the breakfast option on 2 Norte.
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.
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TipAround 35 pesos a cemita on 5 Sur, a plain counter that trades on price rather than on any kind of decor.
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.
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TipMolotes and pelonas are fried to order here, so expect a short wait rather than a rack of them sitting warm.
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.
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TipA hatch rather than a shop, selling only molotes, and it closes when the masa runs out rather than at a fixed hour.
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.
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TipAsk for them con queso, and note the 2 Poniente branch is the original rather than the Mayorazgo or Humboldt ones.
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.
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TipEvenings only, closed Sundays, and the spit tends to be at its best in the first hour after opening at 17:30.
