A Week in Mexico City
Everything we ate & drank
Everything we Ate & Drank
I recently got back from a beautiful week spent in Mexico City, and wanted to round up everywhere we went. Starting off with drinks: most of the bars we found ourselves at were pretty dark so I didn’t get many photos of those, but still wanted to recommend a few. Bar 686 was our collective favorite—we went in through a speakeasy sort-of kitchen to a spiral staircase entrance where the kitchen staff all turned to greet us and it was so cute: the drinks were perfect and it turned out to be one of my favorite bars I’ve been to in general. Cicatriz was an excellent last spot of the night, and Gypsy had our other favorite drinks of the trip. As far as restaurants went, I feel like we hit most of the classic spots! None of us had spent much time in Mexico City before and really wanted to try everything that we’d been hearing about.
Tartare at Hugo — highly recommend for small plates and natural wine
Pastries at Panadería Rosetta — ended up coming back for breakfast multiple days in a row
Crudo at Hugo
Honey jelly, brown butter ice cream and vanilla at Rosetta
Seared octopus at Contramar
Drinks at Loup Bar
Scallops at Rosetta
Confit veal sweetbreads, yogurt, pomegranate and za’atar at Rosetta
Lemon cream ravioli at Rosetta
Didn’t get any real photos of the food but we liked Tetetlán for the interior and a snack before driving back into the city
Octopus at Hugo
Breakfast at Panadería Rosetta
Fennel and citrus salad at Rosetta
Espresso martini at Hugo
Corn tamales, celeriac and smoked cream at Rosetta
Soft boiled eggs with chive butter at Panadería Rosetta
Tuna tostadas at Contramar
Quail at Rosetta
Some of the best tacos I’ve ever had — at Carinito
Honeycomb Panacotta at Hugo