Culinary Backstreets Mexico City

12/06/2024

Spotted in the wild: Santiago Muñoz, with his copy of our new book (!!) at Maizajo! It’s one of the places we cover in our book.

Get your key to the city here: https://hubs.la/Q02Bw76r0

10/06/2024

Set on an unassuming street in Mexico City’s Azcapotzalco neighborhood, Nicos Restaurant is a decided detour from the regular gastro-tourism trail that snakes through Mexico City’s Roma, Polanco and Condesa neighborhoods. But owner Gerardo Vázquez Lugo says the restaurant’s hyper-locality has developed into one of its most important characteristics – and it’s certainly one of the things that we love the most about it!

It’s part of why we featured this neighborhood favorite in our brand new guidebook! Find your key to Mexico City here: https://hubs.la/Q02B3wx80

And if you’re based in the city and want to help us celebrate the release, join us on Thursday for a fun, food-filled launch party! Find out more: https://hubs.la/Q02B3xb60

08/06/2024

We’ve got big news!! We’ve got a brand-new guidebook out now. It’s all about where to eat and drink in Mexico City, and it’s filled with gems uncovered by our guides and contributors throughout the years.

And to celebrate, we’re throwing a party, complete with snacks, drinks, music, and more. Come to Cantina La Montañesa on June 13, 6:30 PM. Want to join us? RSVP here! https://hubs.la/Q02B0QzG0

29/01/2024

How many different pan dulces can you name? At Panadería Díaz, you’ll find an extensive list: conchas, violines, quesadillas, tortugas, pastelitos, banderillas, donas, polvorones, ojos de pancha, tacos, ojos, cemitas, pastel de pañuelo, cuernos, chamucos, alas, tostadas, orejas, rehiletes, gusanos, pechugas, pan de mu**to, hojaldras, sapos, piedras, bisquets and - yes, really - more.

Get the details about this bakery: https://hubs.la/Q02hZQM20

03/01/2024

“You can’t call yourself Mexican if you don’t eat rosca de reyes,” jokes Rafa Rivera, head baker and owner of Forte Bread and Coffee in Mexico City.

Read more about rosca de reyes: https://hubs.la/Q02f7RGB0

Rafa Rivera of Forte Bakery & Coffee brings us into his kitchen as he meticulously whips up a fresh batch of Rosca de Reyes ahead of Día de Reyes (Ephiphany) on Jan 6.

27/12/2023

2023 was such an incredibly busy and exciting year for the Mexico City food scene. It felt like every single week, two or three new restaurants or bars were opening their doors. Sometimes, we admit, it even felt like a challenge to keep track – which is a happy problem, to be sure. At the same time, our favorite haunts and timeless classics beckoned, reminding us that, despite the inevitable change, quality will always stand the test of time.

Find out what we loved in 2023: https://hubs.la/Q02dN9Jf0

Our local CDMX team takes a look back at their favorite meals and moments of 2023, from icy treats in the historic city center to maguey worms – a delicacy found in Texcoco.

13/12/2023

In Mexico, Epiphany, celebrated on January 6, offers an opportunity to extend the Christmas season. The traditional way to celebrate this holiday is by eating rosca de reyes, an anise-scented, ring-shaped cake or sweet bread decorated with slices of candied fruit.

Read more about this bread: https://hubs.la/Q02cX28-0

On Jan. 6, many Mexicans celebrate Epiphany by sharing a rosca de reyes, a ring-shaped cake with candied fruit; here's where to find them in Mexico City.

24/11/2023

Deep in the trenches of one of the oldest union strongholds in Mexico City, there’s a deeply democratic taquería that manages to bring together office workers, blue-collar workers, locals and tourists alike. When you walk by this place, chaos seems to reign. However, once you step into the current you realize there’s a system that keeps the flow of people, tacos, and drinks under control.

Find this taquería: https://hubs.la/Q029Z80p0

Taquería El Progreso has two stations: one cooks up fillings like beef head and tripe, while the other serves tacos with a different roster of ingredients.

04/06/2023

There’s no better weekend brunch plan than chilaquiles - and when you’re in Mexico City, that means Chilakillers.

🖊️: Lydia Carey
📸: PJ Rountree

18/04/2023

El Vilsito is a taquería in the Narvarte neighborhood that does double duty as an auto repair shop, and slings some of the best tacos al pastor we’ve had in Mexico City. https://hubs.la/Q01Ls1W20

16/12/2022

Mouth watering piece by Lydia Carey and Paco de Santiago.
Enjoy our México City Best Bites of the year!

From vegan tacos to traditional sandwiches in Puebla, our Mexico City contributors rounded up their best restaurants and bites from CDMX and on the road.

27/11/2022

Our México City Lead Guide Paco de Santiago is joining this fantatic trip to Galicia next year.
Join Paco to explore and enjoy this land full with beautiful lansdcapes, History and the best seafood, but of course!

On this week-long seafood pilgrimage, we’ll delve deep into the world of barnacle hunters, oyster fisherman, lobster trap builders, razor clam-diggers, and net menders, along with the local chefs who are harnessing the incredible offerings of their coast, transforming Galician cuisine into somethi...

17/08/2022

With newfound fame after being featured on Netflix’s La Divina Gula, neighborhood spot La Chubechada delights customers with crazy concoctions sold out of their convenience store window.

27/05/2022

https://culinarybackstreets.com/cities-category/mexico-city/2022/el-cardenal/

19/02/2022

Our guide to the best local and neighborhood eats and restaurants in New Orleans. Check out our NOLA walking food tour as well.

10/02/2022

A very interesting story around one of the most well known Barbacoa from Hidalgo restaurants by Lydia Carey:

From Friday to Sunday, the Rodriguez family makes the two-hour drive to Mexico City to dish out some of the best barbacoa you can find.

20/12/2021

México City Trip DEC 9 to 14
The Album

15/12/2021

Our group has arrived to Oaxaca. In the photo you can admired Santo Domingo Convent and the various artists street exhibition around the shape and colors of the watermelons (sandías).

14/12/2021

On our 5th. day of activities, we went to Xochimilco.
We visited a chinampa or floating garden. We saw so many crops. From corn to beads, parsley, purslane, chard and many more.
Culinary Backstreets México City Trip.

13/12/2021

Echando cuetes en San Pedro Atocpan
Día de la virgen de Guadalupe
Grupo de Culinary Backstreets
Viaje a la Ciudad de México

11/12/2021

A wonderful market and cooking experience with our México City Group at Aura Cocina Mexicana in Colonia Roma!

10/12/2021

Tonight we have our México City Trip Welcome Dinner at Limosneros.
Second course of the menu was a delicious Sopa de Tortilla.
Tomorrow's activities include a Walking City Tour and... mucha comida, but of course!

18/11/2021

We recently spoke with Mexican chef Pati Jinich about her new cookbook, Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets (Mariner Books; November, 2021). Pati is host of the James Beard Award winning and Emmy nominated public television series Pati’s Mexican Table and has published two other cookbooks on Mexican cuisine – the first also called Pati’s Mexican Table (Mariner Books; March 2013) and the second, Mexican Today (Mariner Books; April 2016). She is also the host of the new PBS Primetime special La Frontera, where she travels along the Texas-Mexico border to explore its food and culture.

Our interview with noted Mexican chef Pati Jinich about her new cookbook, Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets.

26/10/2021

INVITATION
To join this interesting Talk (In Spanish) about Tacos Acorazados between Mr. Tacopedia Alejandro Escalante and our México City Tour Leader Francisco De Santiago Lázaro.

15/10/2021