Eat in El Carmen, Puebla

Cemitas Las Poblanitas ★ 4.4

Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.

Order: Milanesa cemita with papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche.

Tip: It sits inside Mercado El Carmen rather than on the street, so walk into the market hall and follow the queue.

Mary Barragán Helados ★ 3.8

Mary Barragan Helados churns dense helados, paletas and nieves on 16 de Septiembre in El Carmen, Puebla, and keeps going until ten at night.

Tip: Open until ten at night in El Carmen, which makes it the obvious walk after a cemita at the market up the road.

Worth the queue: Nieve

Cemitas Las Poblanitas ★ 4.4

Cemitas Las Poblanitas builds its cemitas inside the Mercado El Carmen hall in Puebla, papalo, quesillo and cauliflower escabeche on sesame-crusted bread.

Try: Cemita poblana

Tip: Inside Mercado El Carmen, and the cauliflower escabeche is what separates this counter from the ones on the street.

Cemitas El Gordo ★ 3.9

Cemitas El Gordo builds milanesa cemitas on 13 Oriente in El Carmen, Puebla, opening early at the weekend and running through to the evening.

Try: Milanesa cemita

Tip: Opens at nine on Saturday and eight on Sunday, which is earlier than most cemita counters in El Carmen.

Mercado El Carmen ★ 4.4

Mercado El Carmen is the cemita market of Puebla, with sweets, produce and pinatas filling the aisles around the sandwich counters in the hall.

Tip: Known city-wide as the cemita market, with Las Poblanitas the counter most locals recommend first.

Cemitas El Gordo ★ 3.9

Cemitas El Gordo builds milanesa cemitas on 13 Oriente in El Carmen, Puebla, opening early at the weekend and running through to the evening.

Why locals love it: An El Carmen cemita counter on 13 Oriente that most visitors walk past on their way to the market.

Tip: Opens earlier at weekends than the market stalls do, which makes it the better Saturday-morning cemita option.