📍 Portales Norte, Mexico City

A neighborhood bar on Monrovia in Portales Norte, a residential colonia in Benito Juárez well south of the tourist core. The name points to a cocktail-forward room, and it pulls a ...

A neighborhood taquería on Canarias in Portales Norte, drawing a steady local crowd for tacos. It runs as a counter spot with strong word-of-mouth ratings.

A casual cocina del mar in Colonia Portales, opened in 2006 to fill the neighborhood's gap for quality mariscos. The kitchen runs the coastal-Mexican playbook of shrimp cocktails, ...

A neighborhood Mexican restaurant in Portales Norte, in Benito Juárez. It draws a steady local crowd in a residential pocket south of the center.

A Mexican fonda on Municipio Libre in Portales Norte, Benito Juárez, turning out home-style cooking for the local lunch crowd. It's a no-frills neighborhood kitchen built around da...

An antojitos counter on Avenida Víctor Hugo in Portales Norte, named for the huarache — the long, sandal-shaped masa base it builds on. A plain Benito Juárez neighborhood spot for ...

A Yucatecan kitchen on Calzada Santa Cruz in Portales Norte, Benito Juárez, cooking the food of the peninsula with products sourced from Yucatán under chef Roberto Tostado. Open da...

A Sonora-style taquería on Bélgica in Portales Norte, Benito Juárez, bringing northern-Mexican grilling to a southern-CDMX corner. The format leans on carne asada and flour-tortill...