Campeche 322 (Ometusco), Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
Mexican Restaurant · Hipódromo · 148 tips and reviews
Julia Steele: Try the huevos encamisados, eggs cooked on a griddle inside a puffy tortilla, served with tasty bean stew (ask for salsa roja, a piquant sauce of tomato and guajillo chiles).
Anillo de Circunvalación, Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal
Market · 164 tips and reviews
Julia Steele: a staggering maze of vegetables, fruit, meat, piñatas, sweets, hardware — you name it — that occupies something like four football fields near the city center.
Hidalgo 45 (Esq. con Valerio Trujano), Cuauhtemoc, Distrito Federal
History Museum · 343 tips and reviews
Julia Steele: Mayer, a German-born financier, left a collection of decorative arts spanning three centuries in trust to the Bank of Mexico. gorgeous 18th-century building with a quiet cloister.
Julia Steele: They don't take reservations either, but if you arrive early for dinner (around7:30pm), you should be able to secure a seat. I recommend the clafoutis.