Carnitas El Cherán

Family-run taquería serving Michoacán-style carnitas tacos prepared confit, with crispy bits clinging to tender, rosy pork. Don Richard Godínez cooks the carnitas at home and his crew sells from a pickup truck out front.

Legendary downtown taquería that helped introduce tacos al pastor to Mexico City in 1959, serving its signature spit-roasted pork bathed in chile de arbol sauce from a tiny street-side window.

Beloved Yucatecan institution in Mexico City's Centro since 1953, famous for cochinita pibil tacos and sopa de lima, served with live folkloric music.

Casual Mexican spot in La Romita known for chilaquiles, tortas ahogadas with carnitas, barbacoa tortas, and strong micheladas.