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Oaxaca 2023 - Trip Planning and Itinerary
Restaurants
Our food and drink options for Oaxaca - reservations recommended, especially for the “fancy” dinner options
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Breakfast
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La Atolería Masea
Corn-based drink is ideal in the morning or on cold nights, and it’s filling, delicious, and nutritious
$$
2
Boulenc
third-wave coffee; incredible pastries; house-made jams, pickles, and other preserves; plus sourdough pizzas, fancy toasts, croissant or concha, shakshuka or a pile of waffles
$$
Coffee/Bakery
3
2
Rito Chocolatería & Tienda
Situated across from one of the busiest markets in town, the shop sells packaged chocolate as well as agua de chocolate, fruit-filled pastries, and other ready-to-eat treats. It’s also where Heras holds small workshops where visitors can learn everything about chocolate, from the raw ingredients to the process to its history and cultural significance to the Oaxacan people.
$
2
Café Brújula
Oaxacan coffee mini-chain working exclusively and directly with small, local coffee producers around the region of Pluma Hidalgo near the coastal town of Puerto Escondido. Aside from excellent coffee, Brújula carries sugar cookies, Pepe Limón, a fresh lime juice smoothie, or anything else from the large roster of drinks and pastries
$
1
Chocolate Mayordomo
A pretty commercial place for chocolate but nonetheless probably the most popular and delicious. Bought a 500g box of their chocolate for $60 MXN. You can watch the workers process the chocolate and you may try free samples of anything on offer. There is also a little bar in the back where you can order drinks or even tamales and other goodies.
Lunch
2
1
Tortas La Hormiga
This cart has been a staple for more than 25 years on the corner of Jardin Conzatti, where it prepares puffy, loaded tortas in every combination you can imagine: quesillo, picadillo, pork milanese, tasajo, ham and pineapple, plus breakfast versions with egg and chorizo. The pickled peppers and fresh vegetables put each sandwich over the top.
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Memelas Doña Vale
In Abastos Market sits a bright blue stand named Memelas Doña Vale. Memelas that are so renowned, they earned her a spot on Netflix’s Street Food. Memelas are a Oaxacan signature dish: a small corn tortilla that’s given a pinched rim while cooking to hold myriad toppings, whatever you choose. The stars of this place are the giant molcajetes where she prepares two very different and astoundingly nuanced salsas: one dark, smoky salsa made with chile morita and miltomate (green tomatillo), and another red tomato and green chile salsa. Order a couple of memelitas and ask for grilled tasajo, eggs cooked on the comal, or pork ribs on the side.
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Lunch
Normal Dinner
3
3
Terraza Istmo
simple traditional food from Oaxaca’s Isthmus region, about six hours east of Oaxaca City. Excellent versions of garnachas (small fried masa discs with various toppings), molotes (filled pockets of fried masa dough), and other traditional dishes from the region. A rooftop patio offers unbeatable views of the city
$$
2
Restaurante Coronita
This is one of the best places in town to enjoy the traditional seven moles from Oaxaca, with a special mole tasting flight that’s available every day. Don’t skip the caldo coronita, a chicken soup with the bonus of a whole chile pasilla.
$$
Fancy Dinner
4
3
Restaurante Casa Oaxaca
Salsa mixed tableside and warm Mexican hospitality are the trademarks of this critically acclaimed restaurant from chef Alejandro Ruiz. Find mole negro, coloradito, and manchamanteles (three of Oaxaca’s most iconic dishes) cooked from scratch with ingredients sourced from eight of Oaxaca’s own distinct culinary regions.
$$$$
1
Levadura de Olla Restaurante
Soups, Tamales
$$$
3
Criollo
Restaurant’s six-course tasting menu changes daily, but maintains a consistent emphasis on iconic regional Mexican flavors, and a particular focus on Oaxaca. Criollo’s outstanding traditional tamales, tostadas, moles, and stuffed chiles are prepared with a contemporary, produce-driven twist and paired with an enviable selection of Mexican wine, mezcal, and craft beer.
$$$$
3
Origen
food is definitely Oaxacan but presented in a fine dining context. Although there’s an à la carte menu—with options like fish in coconut sauce with peanuts, mushrooms and chepil sofrito, and enmoladas of duck confit—the tasting menu is the best way to experience Origen.
$$$$
Bar
7
2
Selva Oaxaca Cocktail Bar
Cocktail bar - The focus here is on local ingredients traditionally used in Oaxacan healing, with those aromas, flavors, and textures playing into the rotating menu of drinks — heavy on mezcal
$$$
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