One of the oldest barrios in Puebla, across the old river line, with a produce market, a mezcal dining room and far fewer visitors than the Zocalo.
Salon Mezcalli sits in Barrio de Analco in Puebla, matching manchamanteles con lechon and mixiote de cordero with a wall of artisanal agave distillates.
Signature: Manchamanteles con lechón, Mixiote de cordero, Chiles en nogada
Order: Manchamanteles con lechón, with a Puebla mezcal poured alongside it.
Tip: Analco is a fifteen-minute walk east of the Zocalo, so allow for the crossing if you are coming from the cathedral.
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.
Signature: Cemitas, Tacos árabes
Order: A medium cemita, which lands between 33 and 45 pesos depending on size.
Tip: Closed on Mondays and shuts by half past six, so this is a lunch stop rather than an evening one in Analco.
Salon Mezcalli sits in Barrio de Analco in Puebla, matching manchamanteles con lechon and mixiote de cordero with a wall of artisanal agave distillates.
Tip: Budget 500 to 600 pesos a head, and let the bar pour the agave flight rather than ordering mezcal by the label.
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.
Order: A cemita, sized small, medium or large from 33 pesos up.
Tip: Closed Mondays and shut by 18:30, and the Analco location keeps it well outside the Centro tourist run.
Mercado de Analco serves one of the oldest barrios in Puebla from 10 Sur, a big neighbourhood market of produce, antojito comedores and craft stalls.
Tip: Serves one of the oldest barrios in Puebla, and the antojito comedores rather than the craft aisles are the reason to cross the river line.
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.
Try: Cemita