If there is a place where you will find exotic dishes or strange combinations, it is in Mexico City. It doesn’t matter if it’s hamburger tacos or tamales with chlaquiles. Here are some street food places in CDMX that you must visit.
1. Hamburger tacos
This place stands out for two main things: for selling hamburger meat tacos and for its sauces. Every Wednesday they offer a different sauce, which is made from a seasonal fruit. There is everything from mango salsa to watermelon salsa. The place has been in existence for more than 30 years, so it is a tradition in the area. There are also steak and alambre tacos.
📍Dr. Lavista 143, colonia Doctores
📅Monday to Friday
🕛7:00 a 12:30
2. Esquites Durango
Why eat esquites the normal way when you can do it in an extraordinary way? One of the pluses of this place is that you can add different ingredients to your esquites, including fried food and chapulines. Be sure to try the tlayudas and the corn horchata water.
📍Durango corner with Tonalá, Roma neighborhood.
📅Tuesday to Sunday
🕛17:00 a 22:00
📍avenida Sonora 136, colonia Condesa
📅Tuesday to Sunday
🕛10:00 a 22:00
3. Guajolotongo
Mexico City’s traditional guajololota has digivolved into a new dish called guajolotongo, which combines tamales with chilaquiles.
Of course they come well prepared with onions, cream and cheese to taste. This dish went viral on tiktok at the beginning of 2022 and is a creation of Don Angel. You can make different combinations as they offer tamales in different flavors, as well as red and green chilaquiles.
📍Holbein and Patriotismo Avenue, Nonoalco, Benito Juarez.
📅Monday to Sunday
🕛7:00 a 12:00
4. El jarocho de las lomas
Seafood could not be missing. Here you can enjoy various cocktails, such as shrimp, octopus, crab, fish and oyster, to name a few. There are also dogfish quesadillas, tuna empanadas and even crab tostadas, all at affordable prices. All at affordable prices, what more could you ask for?
📍Iturrigaray 105, Lomas-Virreyes, Lomas de Chapultepec, alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo.
📅Monday to Saturday
🕛11:00 to 16:30 Monday to Thursday and 11:00 to 15:00 Fridays and Saturdays
5. Los Caramelos
This is one of the street food stalls in CDMX that you must visit. Here you will find Sonora style tacos. They are made with beef taco shells, refried beans and flour tortillas. We recommend ordering your taquitos with asadero cheese.
📍Bajío corner with Chilpancingo, Roma Sur.
📅Monday to Friday
🕛14:00 a 22:00