


There are tacos, tortas, tasting menus, and tamales. It covers longtime buzzing neighborhoods like Roma and Condesa, as well as newer destination districts like San Miguel Chapultepec and Juarez. It includes the obvious and the overexposed it also includes hidden gems. Yet this list - 38 restaurants, dishes, and culinary experiences that define Mexico City’s gastronomic identity - should offer a comprehensive starting point for any visitor. It would take several lifetimes to get to know all of the street stands, holes in the wall, neighborhood favorites, and high-end destinations in this city. It’s densely populated and patchworked with distinct neighborhoods, each with its own culinary identity. The first thing any visitor to the Mexican capital will take in - probably while staring out the window in awe as their airplane descends over the intense, urbanity-on-steroids sprawl - is the sheer size of this town, 573 square miles in total.
