A working barrio east of the Centro built around Mercado El Carmen, which is where Puebla goes when it wants a cemita rather than a restaurant.
Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.
OrderMilanesa cemita with papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche.
TipIt sits inside Mercado El Carmen rather than on the street, so walk into the market hall and follow the queue.
Mary Barragan Helados churns dense helados, paletas and nieves on 16 de Septiembre in El Carmen, Puebla, and keeps going until ten at night.
Worth the queueNieve
TipOpen until ten at night in El Carmen, which makes it the obvious walk after a cemita at the market up the road.
Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.
TryCemita poblana
TipInside Mercado El Carmen, and the cauliflower escabeche is what separates this counter from the ones on the street.
Cemitas El Gordo builds milanesa cemitas on 13 Oriente in El Carmen, Puebla, opening early at the weekend and running through to the evening.
TryMilanesa cemita
TipOpens at nine on Saturday and eight on Sunday, which is earlier than most cemita counters in El Carmen.
Mercado El Carmen is the cemita market of Puebla, with sweets, produce and pinatas filling the aisles around the sandwich counters in the hall.
TipKnown city-wide as the cemita market, with Las Poblanitas the counter most locals recommend first.
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