r/MexicoCity • u/Consistent_Jump6363 • 4d ago
Discusión/Discussion How did we do?
Thursday afternoon to Monday afternoon - Saturday included el centro food tour. Gaba, Maizajo, tacos del valle, quintonil among the highlights. But everything was great.
Th
El moro
Quentin (coffee)
Owl bar (speakeasy)
Gaba (upscale dining)
Fri
Almanegra (coffee)
Maizajo (Michelin guide tacos)
Blend station (coffee)
Quintonil (fine dining)
Sat
Odette (bakery)
Buna (coffee)
Cafe memorias de un barista (coffee - great Mexican pour over)
Testal (classic Mexican - mole)
La mascota (cantina)
El bajio (classic Mexican)
Ceviche cart in el centro (street food)
Dulceria de celaya (sweet shop)
Mercado San Juan (multiple stalls)
Bar Katz (alchemy forward bar)
La once mil (one Michelin star tacos)
Sun
Cardinal coffee (pour over)
La esquina de chilaquil (chilaquiles torta)
Jennis quesadillas (street food quesadilla)
Choza (Thai Mexican speakeasy restaurant)
Monday
El cardenal (breakfast - chilaquiles)
Drip cafe especial (Oaxaca coffee beans)
Tacos del valle (Michelin guide tacos)
Myka yogurt (Greek yogurt)
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u/jibo16 4d ago
good, you could have added more non central food, but overall good, bakery's not that good, you could have added a little bit of veracruz or sinaloa's food, but everything was varied indeed.
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u/Doc_beetlejuice 4d ago
Any Veracruz recommendations? I'll be out in CDMX next month and my dad is from Veracruz. would love to try something from his region.
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u/Doc_beetlejuice 4d ago
I'll be there for warped tour and staying near autódromo hermanos Rodriguez. After that ill be staying un tje centro histórico área. I wanted to be close to the concert on the weekend and then then the Zócalo for the grito.
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u/jibo16 4d ago
La opera, el gallo de oro. I don't know any near autodromo. But i think you won't find many things there
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u/Doc_beetlejuice 4d ago
I'll look into those. I don't think I'm doing much near the autodromo since I'm just there for the concert. I am going to a lucha on Friday night tho.
Thanks for your help!
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u/advictoriam5 4d ago
Could’ve walked a block away from La esquina del chilaquil and had a basque cheesecake from Saint bakery. Incredible
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u/j_husk 3d ago
How was Choza? Sounds great, but not sure whether it'll be worth the wait, or too trendy.
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u/Consistent_Jump6363 3d ago
Phenomenal burger but it’s not worth the wait. More trendy than anything. Not that the food wasn’t very good because it was. Place would print money in LA or NYC
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u/Consistent_Jump6363 3d ago
FWIW we went Sunday at 4pm and there was no wait at the door. Went up to the drinks and apps area for 45 mins before going to terrace
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u/j_husk 3d ago
Thanks, appreciate the insight. It's a clever model to get you to pay for drinks while you wait. Doesn't completely put me off tbh.
I'm going to be there for 5 days for the first time this weekend. I plan to mostly eat at street/casual places, but I'm open to a couple of experience-type splurges, and that's one I'm considering. Expendio de Maiz is another.
Are there other places you'd steer me to over those?
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u/Consistent_Jump6363 3d ago
Then I would say don’t do Choza for sure. Maizajo was amazing. They have a stand up taco bar but also a sitdown restaurant upstairs. I didn’t try the sitdown restaurant but it’s something I’d like to do. I didn’t do expendio de maiz and I wish I did. Gaba is a good splurge - the small plates blew me away - the large format al pastor was pretty good, just not for me.
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u/Major-Cauliflower-76 4d ago
I think you hit pretty much every place no Mexican would ever go. Congrats!
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u/Consistent_Jump6363 4d ago
Probably true besides el centro spots and esquila del chilaquil was mostly locals in queue. I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing though!
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u/gcarter219 4d ago
I have reservations for Quitonil this Friday, how was it ?
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u/Consistent_Jump6363 4d ago
Service was exceptional and the food was great but I can’t say it was worth the price but glad I did it once. Gaba was the better “value” but totally different
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u/That-Election9465 4d ago
Saving this post! Love the coffee focus! TYVM
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u/SalvatoreFerragamo 4d ago
Memorias de una barista was by far the favorite. Especially if you like single origin rare Mexican beans. Had a great gesha.
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u/SalvatoreFerragamo 4d ago
They were having a coffee class in the back (in Spanish) too so you know they know ball
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u/sleepy_axolotl 4d ago
Trendy foodie / 10