After visiting Mexico City twice over the last few years, there's many places I've locked down as some of my favorite places in the world. From food, to museums to vintage shopping and everything inbetween!
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Good Eats
Fire open air restaurant with fauna all over and amazing food
BOTANICO Restaurant - Ciudad de México, CDMX
wow, just wow, such a cool space in coyoacan, their coffee is just so unique
Café Avellaneda
A must go to in the Centro neighborhood. You can ask the mariachi band to sing any song you want and they sang my parents favorite song from when my mom was still around. Amor Eterno by Rocio Durcal.
Café De Tacuba
Such a good lil spot for everything you could want, go for a morning cafe, an afternoon drink, yummy food, all of it, ambiance is great too
Café Trucha (@cafetrucha) · Mexico City
Chicken soup shop
Caldos de Gallina Luis: The Hen House
Airy, easygoing restaurant offering a full bar with cocktails alongside classic Mexican fare.
Cantina Salón Ríos
My fav coffee shop. They have pastries/coffee. You can sit outside.
CASA BRUNA CONDESA, Mexico City - Restaurant Reviews, Photos & Phone ...
Our favorite taco spot, arrechera tacos and pollo burritos go so hard
Chinampita Reforma
Aesthetic Churros ✨
Churrería El Moro
The place is perfect for a weekend brunch with bloody marys or casual dinner with vermouth on the rocks. Chef Ana Paula “Pavi” Ancheta created a menu with Mediterranean accents, focusing on ingredients sourced from local farms with sustainable practi...
CIENA
Best acai bowl and coffee is yum
Constela Café
Bougie seafood
Contramar
Incredible coffee
CUCURUCHO CAFÉ
Super cute spot, order tacos
El Parnita
Tasting menu at Em relies heavily on quality sourcing and playfully engages with different traditions: Mexican, Japanese, French, Italian, and everything in between. Dishes can change according to availability, but the grilled fish with miso and chil...
Em
The restaurant receives guests on its own terms: There’s no menu, and techniques and dishes rotate daily according to ingredient availability. Seats at most 10 people and there are no reservations, so showing up early is the only secret for making it...
Expendio de Maiz Sin Nombre
Beautiful brunch sot
Lardo
Japanese Mexican Fusion restaurant upstairs, vintage clothing downstairs - order Chocin Obake Gin and matcha cocktail
Loose Blues
LOVELY breakfast spot, rustic vibes. Corn husk light pendants, chonky wood tables, everything served on handmade clay dishes. Their homemade salsas (5 diff ones) all had unique flavors, one was a sesame paste! I don’t drink coffee but the coffee that...
Maíz de Cacao
Casual mix of Mexican and Indian cuisines. Beautiful space
Mari.Gold.mx
Orb lights, vibes, greenery, outdoor seating, dinner - burgers, soup, white people food
Marmota
Indian Mexican fusion, also beautiful
Masala y Maíz
Please don’t sleep on this place. Very cute, open and airy interior. Feels like your uncles backyard with folding chairs and metal tables. Inviting, familiar, amazing seafood.
Mi compa “Chava” (@micompachava)
Favorite meal - ordered the huitlacoche tacos and the avocado tacos that came with a cream sauce made purely from pureed onions. The flavors, colors, textures were so fun and satisfying!! The fermentado del dia also rocked my whole world, it was a co...
Molino “El Pujol”
Touristy, hype-y place. Almost didn’t go here. But… we were on the way to airport and needed to bring something to eat. We ordered the rosemary focaccia, prosciutto, tomato, and arugula sandwich. SO SIMPLE BUT SO HEAVENLYYYYYY.
PANADERIA ROSETTA, Mexico City - Cuauhtémoc District - Restaurant ...
These were my favorite tacos in the city. Ordered a bunch, they were all good. Can’t go wrong here but the rotisserie chicken one was my fav. Sat on the sidewalk and ate, while marveling at the antique bookstore next door.
POLLOS PONCHO
YUM YUM YUM. Loud music inside, lots of greenery everywhere, very attentive and helpful waiters. They give you a card with multiple kinds of tuna belly cuts, had 4 different kinds and they were all very good. Also nice cocktails.
Ryoshi
Server made the whole experience, tamales were good but the pollo tomatillo was a little dry, outdoor seating area is nice and green, was too hot to sit inside
Tamales Madre
Shopping
Well known vintage shop
Back to Life Vintage Clothing
Introduced by a friend who knows the owner. After coming away with some gems and getting great customer service during our visit in 2023, we had to come back. The employees recognized me from instagram and even remembering the items we purchased when...
ERRE VINTAGE
A three story vintage store with highly organized curated capsules of clothing. Vintage tees, madras shirts, denim, military wear.. everything you can think of!
Vintage Boutique (@goodbyefolk) · Instagram photos and videos
Cool streetwear shop. Very interestingly designed.
Headquarter
Fun colorful clothing and accessories
Hi-BYE (@hibye.world) · Mexico City
Carries 15A jewelry, cool cerulean homewares, open Sunday and Tuesday
Marsella68
super cool local artist gallery and clothing shop
MOONI | Art Gallery
small independent streetwear
Tony Delfino
Amazing vintage shop full of 50s-90s clothing and antiques. This didn’t come up when searching for vintage and thrift shops in the area, just happened to walk past it, but it’s not to be missed.
a vintage pit (@tusbesosfrios) · Mexico City
Sightseeing
Potentially view of the city from outside, otherwise SUPER COOL bookstore and cafe.
Cafebrería El Péndulo Roma
Super cool spot, go early right when they open before it gets hot
Chapultepec Castle
Need tickets ahead of time. Her childhood home. Near Coyoacán. Have to go to this neighborhood regardless of museum.
Frida Kahlo Museum
Saw on a YT video, looked cool. Cathedral built over pyramids.
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
Pottery, jewelry, home goods
IKAL Store
It’s 10 Costcos. Animals, food, flowers. Flower area coolest in the back. Energy, colors. Great for photos. Don’t walk around area outside of the market. Don’t wear your chains.
Floreria Mercado Jamaica
No tickets needed, not as busy. Frida’s studio + adult home. Near San Ángel. Worth it to walk around San Ángel.
Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
Lush, central oasis, lovely for a walk or a place to drink your coffee and watch all the dogs.
Parque Mexico
Didn’t go inside but since we were in the area, stopped by to see the outside, really remarkable detail on all of the tiles surrounding the entire building
