The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near El Califa de León

  1. A narrow counter in San Rafael has stood for fifty years, turning out tacos built on restraint: beef filet seared thin, salted and limed, folded into fresh corn tortillas. The pork chops and ribs rotate through with the same austere logic. Two house salsas complete a philosophy that says nothing should distract from the meat and fire.


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    Avenida Ribera de San Cosme 56, San Rafael, 06470 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Miguel E. Schultz 7-C Colonia San Rafael 06170 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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  3. Rank 3. Kaito del Valle

    Japanese Cocktail Bar


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    Hamburgo 70B, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  4. A corner taqueria in San Rafael where the suadero—best ordered late, after hours of braising in its own fat—draws a crowd that eats standing up, perched on curbs and car hoods. The al pastor is reliable, and the small tacos demand quantity; aim for three or four per person. Efficient and perpetually festive.


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    Calle Joaquín García Icazbalceta 36, San Rafael, 06470 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
  5. A cramped Centro dining room where Norma Listman and Saqib Keval splice Indian, African, and Mexican traditions into something genuinely new: samosas stuffed with suadero, Veracruz prawns grilled hard and finished with vanilla butter, chilpachole reimagined with softshell crab. The cooking is confident and unselfconscious, more interested in flavor than fusion credentials.


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    Calle Articulo 123 116, Centro, 06040 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Amberes 65, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  7. Rank 7. Hanky-Panky

    Cocktail Bar


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    Calle Turin 55 Juárez 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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  8. Rank 8. Pink Rambo

    Contemporary

    A muscular Jesus flexing above the kitchen sets the tone at this Santa María la Ribera cantina, where the cooking is just as irreverent as the décor. Empanadas, shrimp dumplings, fried chicken, and crispy oyster brioche tumble across a small-plates menu with genuine surprise in each bite; the tostadas are deceptively simple, the flan textbook-perfect. Personality without pretense.


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    Calle del Cedro 66, Santa María la Ribera, 06400 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Liverpool 9, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  10. Rank 10. Makan

    Singaporean


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    Calle Emilio Dondé 68, Centro, 06040 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Manuel María Contreras 35, San Rafael, 06470 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  12. Rank 12. Taverna

    Mediterranean


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    Calle General Prim 34 Juárez 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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  13. Rank 13. Supplì

    Roman Italian


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    Avenida Bucareli 69, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Doctor Atl 238, Santa María la Ribera, 06400 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  15. Rank 15. BAJEL

    Contemporary Mexican

    Inside the Sofitel, Bajel pairs an open kitchen with tasting menus that merge French technique and Mexican ingredients, notably a 25-ingredient white mole. The dining room commands views of Reforma while the chef orchestrates both clarity and vegetarian refinement with equal precision.


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    Paseo de La Reforma 297, 06500 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  16. Rank 16. La Polar

    Jalisco Mexican


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    Calle Guillermo Prieto 129, San Rafael, 06470 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  17. Rank 17. Fugaz

    Mexican

    Fugaz trades theatricality for restraint: a bright-green storefront in Roma Norte where Chef Giuseppe Lacorazza builds dishes from a Mediterranean foundation and Mexican soil, heavy on vegetables. Raw fish meets white beans and almond-brown butter puree; gnudi float in onion broth. A cafe that thinks like a serious kitchen.


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    Calle de Orizaba 3, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Versalles 113, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Marsella 53, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  20. Rank 20. Lempicka Bistro

    Mexican/French


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    Calle General Prim 63, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  21. A stainless-steel corner counter in Roma Norte where Chef Lucho Martinez's seafood menu spans raw preparations and pastas, anchored by a blue corn tostada with shrimp and a clam chowder that demands every spoonful. The lobster roll, when it appears, tastes like the work of someone who understands that restraint and quality catch make the argument better than flourish.


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    Calle de Mérida 21, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  22. Rank 22. Cananea

    Sonoran Mexican


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    Calle Marsella 28, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  23. Rank 23. Almara

    Fusion Mexican


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    Calle Hamburgo 195, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Paseo de La Reforma 222, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Paseo de La Reforma 380, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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  26. Rank 26. Martínez

    Contemporary

    A small bistro named for its owner, Martínez channels Paris through Mexico City with a concise menu that moves between Mexican, French, and Japanese influences. Young and bustling, it's a place to order at the bar and watch the kitchen work while eating grilled chicken that lands.


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    Calle de Puebla 90, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Avenida Chapultepec 2 - 275, Bosque de Chapultepec I, 11580 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Calle Doctor Mora 9, Centro (Área 5), 06050 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Calle Tabasco 149, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Calle Río Lerma 94, Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  31. Rank 31. CANA

    Contemporary Mexican

    Natural light floods a modest dining room where contemporary Mexican cooking unfolds against crisp white walls and the gentle murmur of other tables. A menu that pivots on seasonal produce—from salt cod croquetas to duck breast with farro—suggests a kitchen more interested in clarity than grandeur.


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    Calle Liverpool 9 - 4, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  32. Rank 32. El Minutito

    Italian-Inspired Wine Bar


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    Calle Londres 28, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Londres 31, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Av. P.º de la Reforma 390, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Abraham González 93, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Paseo de La Reforma 439, 06500 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  37. Rank 37. Tlecān

    Mexican


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    Avenida Álvaro Obregón 228 Roma Norte 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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    Havre 77, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  39. Rank 39. Sarde

    Contemporary

    In a Roma Norte townhouse, Sarde pursues the sea with methodical care: kampachi and mackerel cut in the Japanese style, fish and chips remade with contemporary restraint. The exposed brick dining room and compact bar suggest a place more interested in the quality of what lands on your plate than in announcing itself, which is exactly the point.


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    Calle de Puebla 109, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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  40. Rank 40. Rosetta

    Creative Mexican

    Elena Reygadas's Rosetta in Roma Norte draws crowds craving Mexican cooking remade through global technique—cabbage tacos with pistachio puree and a sweet potato tamal with buttermilk sauce exemplify her appetite for unlikely flavor pairings. Dishes arrive meant for sharing, each one a small argument about what Mexican food could become.


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    Calle Colima 166, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Avenida Juárez 70, Centro, 06050 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Paseo de La Reforma 439, 06500 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Havre 64, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  44. Rank 44. Máximo

    French-influenced Mexican

    Chef Eduardo Garcia's French-inflected Mexican cooking unfolds in a soaring Roma Norte space of white brick and tile, where a tasting menu pivots between caviar-topped beet tartare and abalone tostada with restraint and creativity. Desserts like black truffle ice cream and caviar flan signal a kitchen unafraid of savory flourishes.


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    Av. Álvaro Obregón 65 Bis Roma Norte 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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    Paseo de La Reforma 439, 06500 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Plaza de Río de Janeiro 56, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Chihuahua 135, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  48. Sartoria's industrial space fills nightly with young couples drawn to carefully plated Italian pastas, especially delicate tortellacci crowned with creamy burrata. The modest menu prizes ingredient quality over ambition, finishing reliably with tiramisu.


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    Calle de Orizaba 42, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    San Luis Potosi 37 Roma Norte 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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  50. Rank 50. Quintonil

    New-wave Mexican

    Jorge Vallejo's dining room in Polanco hums with youthful energy, its modest entrance opening onto a space where Oaxacan herbs and insects arrive with both subtlety and showmanship. Seasonal tasting menus pivot between guajillo-glazed mussels and playful finales—coconut sorbet studded with caviar—where tradition and technique coalesce into something genuinely generative.


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    Calle Isaac Newton 55 Polanco 11560 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Puebla 289, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  52. A busy Roma street hosts this seafood-focused restaurant where chef Gabriela Cámara has maintained momentum since 1998. Raw scallop tostadas in salsa macha and pulpo a la Gallega—octopus with potato, olive oil, paprika—set the table before pescado a talla, its dual-sided spice rubs marking the kitchen's signature approach. The dessert trolley rounds out a meal that demands reservations.


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    Calle Durango 200 Colonia Roma 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Colima 179, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  54. Rank 54. Em

    Contemporary Mexican

    An intimate ground-floor room where Chef Lucho Martinez treats Mexican seafood and produce with contemporary refinement: young corn grilled and dressed in coffee-browned butter and yuzu, a tostada layered with Veracruz fish stew and caviar, a mamey dessert composed as Swiss roll and frozen tartlet. Bold flavors arrive with precision, the kind of cooking that rewards a quiet evening for two.


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    Calle Tonalá 133, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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  55. Rank 55. Pujol

    Mexican

    Enrique Olvera's kitchen marries Mexican tradition with restless invention through a seasonal tasting menu that builds toward mole madre, a dish of historical weight. Sharp service and a curated wine list of regional producers complete the experience in this polished, perpetually animated room.


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    Calle Tennyson 133, Polanco IV Sección, 11560 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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  56. In the Centro Histórico, amid salvaged fountains and Puebla talavera, Limosneros resurrects old recipes with contemporary restraint. The tasting menu moves through precisely executed dishes that honor tradition without genuflection; the taco progression—savory through sweet—is the more adventurous choice for those willing to follow the kitchen's logic.


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    Calle Allende 3, Centro Histórico, 06010 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  57. Rank 57. Paris 16

    European-Inspired


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    Paseo de la Reforma 368, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Puebla 90, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Puebla 90, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  60. A courtyard ringed by ancient trees opens onto a cantina where ivy climbs stone columns and the kitchen works visible behind the bar. The empanadas arrive golden and fat with smoked fish and pressed pork; the octopus stew crackles with chicharrón and menudo. Creative without artifice—a place that knows its ingredients and trusts them to speak.


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    Calle de Colima 159, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Tonalá 23, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Calle República de Uruguay 3, Centro, 06000 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Av. P.º de la Reforma 509-Piso 38, Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
  64. Rank 64. La 89

    Mexican

    A narrow taquería on a Roma Norte side street where carne asada hits the grill to order, emerging with a dark crust and restrained seasoning. Quesabirria arrives crisp-edged and tender, the consommé optional but welcome; tortas are built with equal care on bread that tastes like it matters. Plastic stools and a no-frills room mean you're here for the work, not the comfort.


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    Calle de Colima 134, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Av. Álvaro Obregón 124, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle de Jalapa 17, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Avenida Álvaro Obregón 65, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  68. Rank 68. Siembra

    Modern Mexican


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    Avenida Isaac Newton 300 Polanco 11560 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Orizaba 37, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  70. Rank 70. Propio

    Northern Mexican


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    Avenida Álvaro Obregón 182, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  71. Rank 71. Tenampa

    Mexican


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    Peatonal Plaza Garibaldi 12, Centro (Área 2), 06010 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  72. Rank 72. Nadefo

    Korean Barbecue


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    Calle Liverpool 183, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Orizaba 39, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Londres 209, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Calle Guillermo Marconi 2, Centro (Área 2), 06010 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle 5 de Mayo 10, Centro Histórico, 06000 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    San Luis Potosí 37, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Tolstói 9, Anzures, 11590 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  79. At a cauldron near the front counter, a chef breaks down meat with balletic efficiency as the dining room—cavernous and perpetually packed—fills with the smell of decades-old cooking. Cabeza arrives tender enough to melt, al pastor charred and alive, both finished tableside with lime and salsa; suadero, if you arrive late enough to catch it properly braised, is reason alone to stay.


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    Calle José Simón Bolívar 57 - 6, Centro (Área 1), 06000 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
  80. A cramped corner counter in the Centro Histórico where Toluca-style chorizo—handmade, variable—takes center stage: the obispo sausage arrives with a whisper of char, the tamarindo chorizo with diced texture and subtle sweetness. Few seats mean standing, but two decades of relocation prove the tacos are worth it.


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    Calle López esq. Vizcainas 103 06070 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Colima 150, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Calle Palma 23, Centro Histórico, 06000 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  83. Rank 83. Galea

    Italian

    A corner room lined in warm wood, softened by terra-cotta light and the murmur of neighborhood regulars. Galea's Italian menu stays lean—focaccia, handmade pastas offered in half portions, a daily fish in beurre blanc—but each dish carries intention. The panna cotta arrives with a subtle Mexican touch, a small gesture that defines the place: rooted in tradition, alert to where it is.


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    Calle 2a. de Sinaloa 67, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  84. Rank 84. Pizza Félix

    Neapolitan Pizza


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    Avenida Álvaro Obregón 64, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Óscar Wilde 9, Polanco III Sección, 11540 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  86. Rank 86. Rayo

    Cocktail Bar


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    Calle de Salamanca 85, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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  87. Rank 87. Chuan Bai Wei

    Sichuan Chinese


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    Calle Hamburgo 234, Juárez, 06600 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Sudermann 156, Polanco V Sección, 11570 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Avenida Álvaro Obregón 228 - Local 2, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle Zacatecas 172, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  91. A rooftop in Condesa draped in greenery hosts Chef Ana Dolores González's tasting menu, plated for two with confident technique and personality. The daily fish arrives in green mole with plantain and fava beans; a masa tamal harbors chile-tinged fish with salsa macha. Reservations demand persistence.


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    Calle Fernando Montes de Oca 86, Condesa, 06140 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  92. Rank 92. Baldío

    Mexican

    Chef Max MacLean's zero-waste kitchen in Condesa sources from chinampas farms and local fisheries, purifies its own water, and prints on recycled corn husks—but the cooking is what commands attention. Fluke crudo arrives shingled with jicama and star fruit in leche de tigre; heirloom tomatoes meet sikil pak, a Yucatán sauce of toasted pepitas and charred chiles.


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    Calle Antonio Sola 26, Condesa, 06140 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  93. Rank 93. Lorea

    Mexican

    A quiet, multilevel room of pale wood and clean lines in Roma Norte where Chef Oswaldo Oliva channels his Spanish past through a single seasonal tasting menu that borrows from Mexico but roams further afield—fried chilies stuffed with eggplant and blue cheese, baby corn in cream with caviar. The counter seat, overlooking an immaculate kitchen, is where the evening reveals itself most clearly.


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    Calle 2a. de Sinaloa 141, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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  94. A retro diner setup of bar stools and mirrors frames this Roma Norte taqueria's straightforward mission: meat cooked on the trompo, spun near open flame until charred outside and tender within, then plated on corn tortillas for you to dress with three salsas in squeeze bottles. Other tacos arrive more elaborately garnished, but the stripped-down versions reveal the craft.


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    Avenida Álvaro Obregón 130, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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    Calle de Durango 280, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Tonalá 110, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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    Córdoba 115, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City

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    Calle Francisco Petrarca 254, Polanco V Sección, 11560 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX, México · Mexico City
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  99. Rank 99. Gonzalitos

    Northern-style Mexican

    In a modest storefront on Calle de Colima, this taqueria executes northern Mexican technique with precision: beef barbacoa arrives juicy and deeply flavored, best ordered dorado-style in a crisped tortilla, though machacado con huevo and tempura chile rellenos prove equally assured. Diners perch at sidewalk counter or cramped indoor tables, watching the small kitchen work.


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    Calle de Colima 76, Roma Norte, 06700 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
  100. Rank 100. Maizajo

    Mexican

    Upstairs from a standing-room taqueria, Maizajo's dining room pairs industrial chic—I-beams and rebar furniture—with Santiago Muñoz Moctezuma's precise corn cookery, announced by house tostadas and habanero salsa. A blue corn tostada crowned with tuna and black sesame oil sits alongside a poblano tamal sweet with achiote and stewed greens, each plate revealing the grammar of the kernel.


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    Calle Fernando Montes de Oca 113, Condesa, 06140 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico · Mexico City
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