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Restaurante El Cardenal
Mexican
Roaming musicians and big families dressed up for celebrations set the tone at this grand, old-school Mexican restaurant in the Centro Histórico. The kitchen runs its own ranch, so anything dairy-forward carries its weight, and the seasonal menu leans into ingredients like huitlacoche that most restaurants never bother with. Formal without being stiff, the kind of place where lunch can quietly become the whole afternoon.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Three Diamonds
- MexBest Mejor Trayectoria Empresarial: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Marcela Briz
- MB100 The 35 Classic Restauraunts
- The Infatuation 21 Classic Restaurants in Mexico City
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
One number, weighted & current 91
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Escamoles
“classic Mexican dishes like escamoles (fried ant eggs) and a variety of moles”
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Chile relleno a la oaxaqueña
“Featured dishes include halibut and chile relleno a la oaxaqueña.”
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Huitlacoche
“Equally important to try are the seasonal dishes, which center on uniquely Mexican ingredients only available for short periods of time—like maguey flowers or corn fungus called huitlacoche.”
Condé Nast Traveler
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