When we visit Mexico City—as we do a couple times a year—we tend to stay in Roma or Condesa, lazy-cool neighborhoods laden with parks and streets that seem to be made for blissfully tripping around both literally and figuratively the cracked and hole-filled sidewalks in CDMX require watching your step.
However, there is so much more to Mexico City than this rather bougie list of places to eat, drink and sleep. Hey, we're bougie! There is a ton of great street food, great art museums and galleries, spectacles like Danza de los Voladores which you can watch by the amazing Anthropology Museum, cool vintage shops and pretty much everything we love.
At the same time, if you just went to these spots we recommend alone, you would leave Mexico City very full and very happy. Her pretty, charmingly cramped Parisian-Mexi spot includes exposed brick walls, a wrought iron balcony for taking in a birds-eye view and a leafy patio.
At breakfast, diners sit at the counter overflowing with lovely pastries order the guava. Egg dishes from chilaquiles to more Frenchy options are served. El Cardenal Centro This revered, white-table-cloth, old-school spot Mexican restaurant has existed in Mexico City in different incarnations since At their Hilton location in Centro, the luxurious brunch is buzzing with business folks and ladies who lunch.
Combine a visit here with a stop at the Museo de Arte Popular right around the corner. Enchiladas Natalie Portman are smothered in a bright, tangy salsa roja see pic above. Coffee is strong. Service is nice. The vegan tacos from Por Siempre Vegana. El Califa Condesa There are a few of these full-service taco joints, but our heart belongs to the one in Condesa. Back in , the tacos here provided some of the initial inspiration for Tacolicious.
