Restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City

If you are wondering which restaurants to visit to celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico City, you have come to the right place, as this humble tour guide will tell you the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City. Keep reading until the end.

Secret places only insiders know

In this tour we took a street trip to visit to pass through the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City. I take you to the best places only natives and real connoisseurs know and prepare the best dishes for the Day of Death celebration.

Are you ready to immerse yourself in this adventure where I take you travelers to visit the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City? 

Centro histórico de Ciudad de México (Historic Center of Mexico City)

The Historic Center of Mexico City, known for being the largest and most emblematic in Latin America, is one of the most important tourist centers in the world and the main destination for cultural tourism in the country.

This place is where I take all travelers to visit the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City. Since this place is full of different stalls where people sell the typical foods of the country and this unique celebration. Learn more about typical dishes of the Day of the Dead.

What will you eat in the restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City placed in the Historic Center of Mexico City?

Tacos al pastor

Centro histórico de Ciudad de México (Historic Center of Mexico City) counts with the best restaurants to celebrate day of the dead in Mexico City eating the famous Tacos al pastor.

It consists of tacos made with spit-grilled pork. The famous taco al pastor is believed to be actually an adaptation of the traditional shawarma, an Arabic bread stuffed with spiced lamb meat, which appeared in Mexico in the early 1920s thanks to the arrival of Lebanese migrants. Its birth can be said to have been in Puebla, specifically in the Taquería Bagdad.

Its cooking method is based on marinated, roasted meat, served in thin slices on small corn tortillas, the meat can be a combination of pork and beef, although the most common is that it is only pork.

In addition, the meat is prepared with a traditional Mexican marinade called adobo, which is made with achiote, spices and ground red chili peppers, which gives the meat its characteristic reddish color. The tacos al pastor are accompanied with a variety of sauces, coriander, onion and pineapple. 

They are easy to find in places ranging from gourmet restaurants to street stalls. In some stalls in Mexico City, you can find a cola-based preparation, adding a sweeter touch. Definitely, tacos al pastor is a popular street food that you must taste if you visit Mexico!

Coyoacán 

Another place we visit during our tour through the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City is Coyoacán.

This is one of the 16 territorial demarcations of Mexico City and is a site with a high concentration of cultural and tourist infrastructure.

The best churros in Coyoacán

Through the busy streets of Coyoacán we visit the restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City where we will find the best churros in the country. They are stalls that have a great variety of stuffed churros. The great thing is to see how they put the filling in at the moment.

Mercado de Jamaica (Jamaica Market)

Mercado Jamaica is one of Mexico City’s traditional public markets where various vendors sell their wares in an established location, and another destiny we visit during our tour through the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City.

The market was inaugurated in September 1957 and has more than a thousand stores that offer more than 5 thousand specimens of plants and flowers, as well as food.

Visiting the Jamaican market is great during the days of the Day of the Dead, since there is a great variety of flowers that people buy to decorate their altars, and right there they also sell the so famous pas del muerto, a popular food for these dates.

Learn more about Mercado de Jamaica in my blog Best place to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City. 

Pan de muerto (Dead bread)

The Dead bread or “Pan del muerto” is a ceremonial style of bread that is placed on altars arranged to honor the memory of loved ones, and one you must try when visiting the best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City. Depending on the region, the doughs and shapes of the bread vary: human beings, dolls or half moons, or rounds decorated with bones made from pieces of dough. 

It is a very tasty bread that we can find in Jamaica Market while we enjoy the vibrant colors and huge variety of flowers that decorate this market. Learn more about pan del muerto (dead bread) and other traditional dishes from the Day of the Dead in Mexico City celebration: Food tours for the day of the dead in Mexico City.

The best restaurants to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City

During our tours, we visit the best spots in Mexico City to taste traditional dishes for the Day of the Dead. 

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