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Cafés, Restaurants and Bakeries of Mexico City

Mexico City is huge and on top of that a capital. Meaning: there are HEAPS of cafés, restaurants and bakeries. I by far havent’t listed all of them here, but the ones where I’ve been and that I really liked. And neither all of these ones to be completely honest. The ones that I’ve listed here though I really did like plus found them to be okay pricewise. Still there is missing a lot which will be added step by step. 

El Péndulo

Bakery Ideal

Restaurants Mexico City

Yum Bakeries in Mexico City

El Péndulo

Basic information

What: El Péndulo
Where: Zona Rosa, Condesa and others
Opening hours: from 9 or 10 I think until probably 6 pm
Fee: depends on what you order 😀
Website: https://pendulo.com/

The Péndulo is a cafebrería – a café and librería (library) in one – and my absolute favorite café in entire Mexico City.
I was introduced to it by a Mexican who worked in the hostel where I was staying. I told him what I liked and he recommended this café to me.
Guess what? He nailed it. When you walk into a Péndulo, you are immediately surrounded by books. They are all sorted by genre, of course, and invite you to take a look. As you move past the books, you come to tables where friends, business meetings and also solo remote workers are usually sitting. Most of the time at least.
The only drawback: it’s a bit expensive. So be prepared for European prices.
Nevertheless, the atmosphere is simply unbeatable and there are enough power sockets for everyone 😊
Go or not? I personally love it! The Péndulo. It’s a great place to sit and work in a relaxed atmosphere surrounded by books. And it also is quiet enough to relax. So if you want to check out a café, go to Péndulo first 😊

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Bakery Ideal

Basic information

What: Pastelería (bakery) Ideal in Mexico City
Where: centrally located on the street leading down from Bellas Artes (not towards Reforma and not towards the outside, but towards Salto del Agua and all the other shops, a block or two after the entrance to Madero)
Opening hours: probably from 9am or so and until 6pm
Fee: depends on what you get 😀
Website: just go there 😉

Have you ever seen a whole shop full of decorated or multi-leveled cakes? In Europe, you can’t get one just like that. In Mexico City, on the other hand, there is the Pastelería Ideal. Here you can also find the normal sweet pastries of Mexico, but also large, tall cakes or cakes decorated with pictures or whatever.
When you enter the Pastelería Ideal, there is a busy atmosphere downstairs. Workers are scurrying around and filling up shelves, people are bustling around the tables and shelves with the pastries and there is a general hustle and bustle. Up the stairs on the right, you can’t believe what awaits you. The whole room is filled to the brim with cakes that either go up or have motifs such as Elsa or Coco or circus motifs or are decorated for a wedding or Halloween. Some big and flat (Coco’s was a guitar! :D) and others 3, 4 or even 5 levels high. Really really cool. My own jaw actually dropped for a moment. I mean you don’t see stuff like that every day, do you?
Go or not? Personally, I think you should. I mean it’s a ‘bakery’ in the centre that you can take a quick look at and is kinda part of Mexican culture. Mexicans are just really cheesy about a lot of things and quite sugar fanatical – just like these cakes. Apart from that, the Pastelería Ideal is famous for its cakes. So let’s go 😀

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Restaurants

Basic information

What: restaurants in Mexico City
Where: mostly central (Callejeros, Los Primos, Ikuri & Casa de Tono), the Sushi Factory is a little further out (https://maps.app.goo.gl/SdRBAzuy7g6s6mk87)
Opening times: most are open from 11am at the latest and close sometime between 6pm and 10pm
Fee: depends on what you order 😀
Website: just go there, it’s worth it 😉

I’m not a foodie – not really – but I still appreciate really good food. And so in this post I would like to introduce you to a few really good restaurants in Mexico City:

Callejeros: centrally located and a little more expensive than other taquerías. But Callejeros also offers something different and new tastewise. Meaning: here you can get tacos with fillings that you don’t necessarily get everywhere. Apart from that, the tacos I tried here were really delicious. And that’s why I think this taqueria is worth a visit. Even if it is a little more expensive.

Ikuri: centrally located and I would say in the upper average area in terms of price. Very, very tasty quesadillas that you can actually watch being made. The tortillas themselves are made purely from corn and are green – which is nothing unusual. Apart from that, there are also things here that you won’t find everywhere

Los Primos: centrally located and actually called Taquería and Torteria, but as there are trillions of them in Mexico City, the ad-on of ‘Los Primos’. I usually go here when I want quesadillas – they have some with potatoes, which I personally found really fantastic and very tasty. Unfortunately, I didn’t try anything else, but my motto is always ‘If one thing is really tasty, the rest is usually not bad or also very tasty’. So go there. Definitely normal Mexican prices here. I paid 65 pesos for my 5 quesadillas, which is 2.94 in euros, and it more than filled me up.

Casa de Tono: this chain certainly doesn’t need advertising – probably none of the restaurants do because everything is already established – but!!!! Contrary to some other chains, which are perhaps well frequented for the wrong reasons, Casa de Tono really deserves its good reputation. Because the pozole here is really fantastic! And if you don’t know what pozole is, it’s soup. But that’s all I’ll say. So just try it and let yourself be surprised 😉 (and yes, for the vegetarians and vegans among you, there’s also a meat-free version 😊)

Sushi Factory: yes it’s a sushi place and no I’m not going to advise you to eat sushi in Mexico. The only reason I’m including this place here is because I’m not a sushi fan, but I still found the place really delicious. At least this one particular vegetarian roll. And I was shown the place by a real sushi fan. Means, if any of you like sushi, you can go there and try it out if you’re in the mood. By the way, I’m not going to talk about prices here because I don’t know anything about sushi prices 😊

Go or not? Well, I think you’re missing out on the first four if you don’t try them, because they serve really delicious Mexican food. You can either go to Sushi Factory or not. (To be fair, it’s quite far out of town in a shopping centre). The Mexican restaurants on the other hand…. Delicious!!! 😊

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Yum Bakeries in Mexico City

Basic information

What: Bakeries and churrerías in Mexico City
Where: Centre (La Esperanza & Pastelería Madrid), Roma (La Bohème), Condesa/Centre (El Moro)
Opening hours: from 9 or 10 I think until probably 5/6 pm
Fee: depends on what you order 😀
Website: just go by, it’s worth it 😉

La Esperanza, La Bohème and El Moro. Well, they’re not all bakeries, but they’re definitely three places that have damn tasty tarts and damn tasty sweet pastries. There are also a few buns, but you can’t expect too much in that respect outside Germany anyway, so these three are pretty close to what you can find as bakery in Mexico 😀

La Esperanza: the bakery I go to when I need a fairly European, not too sweet yet tasty breakfast. Meaning: in addition to lots of sweet pastries, you can also get something more filling and less sweet here. 😊 There is also the Pastelería Madrid for this type of bakery. Also very tasty and with a nice large selection. A bit like Lecaroz in Coyoacán.

La Bohème: A very small but nevertheless good bakery in Roma. Here you can get small but delicious mini tarts, which are really tasty!!! and I also mean a bit of bread. Highly recommended!

El Moro: not a bakery, but a churrería. Quite famous and with several locations in Mexico City. The churros here are bathed in cinnamon and sugar and the milkshakes are really incredibly delicious! 😊

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