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Stories by Andy Hume

  • Restaurant mascot Pancho Vegan welcomes guests to Roma's best new restaurant.

    Fat Vegan bellies up to the Mexico City meatless table

    Fat Vegan, a new plant-based restaurant in Mexico City, slings comfort food, eschewing the notion that vegetarian food should necessarily be ‘health food.’

    March 2
  • Micheladas Lupillo is one of the many hot-spots at Tianguis el Tepito.

    The market in Tepito, one of Mexico City’s most feared neighborhoods

    El Tianguis de Tepito is a trip. It’s a strange market “netherverse” that will keep your hands in your pockets and your feet on your toes.

    August 14
  • Temple and volcano view atop Cerro de la Estrella National Park.

    How to escape Mexico City without actually leaving it

    The city is so big it has multiple national parks, which is fortunate because they give residents some respite from its hustle and bustle. Here are two.

    August 7
  • There are a number of impressive original artworks mixed in with the antiques.

    Mexico City’s Tianguis La Lagunilla is a flea market on steroids

    Tianguis La Lagunilla, considered the best among Mexico City flea markets, attracts many of the best antiques and collectibles dealers in the city.

    July 31
  • Salón Covadonga is an enormous domino-players' heaven.

    Mexico City’s best cantinas: the stylish, the eccentric and the historical

    It’s debatable as to what makes a proper cantina. Some are salons; some are bars. But in general, they’re classic, large rooms where you can kick back.

    July 24
  • Turns out the banana varieties go quite deep at the Central de Abasto.

    Central de Abasto, Mexico City’s wholesale market, is a city unto itself

    The biggest market in Mexico City provides an estimated 80% of its food and it can be an overwhelming but exciting experience to watch its controlled chaos.

    July 17
  • Juan Jamarillo is the most perfectly preserved mummy in Guanajuato's famous mummy museum.

    Guanajuato’s beautiful and terrifying mummies: a truly Mexican experience

    Colonial architecture, winding alleys, wandering musicians—and mummies, these are among the attractions of Guanajuato city.

    July 10
  • Modern pop, like Gorillaz, mixes with darker favorites, like Burzum at El Chopo.

    Black Saturdays at the Punk Market: Tianguis Cultural del Chopo

    Every Saturday morning, just outside the Buenavista subway station, darkness converges on the semi-rough streets of near-north Mexico City.

    July 3
  • “La industrialización del campo” by Marion Greenwood, 1935, on the stairway at Mercado Abelardo Rodríguez.

    At this market are Mexico City’s best murals, which almost no one visits

    One of Mexico City’s best mural collections by students of Diego Rivera can be viewed in mellow market serenity away from the tourist crowds. 

    June 26
  • Walk across the 50-plus seating area at Cha-Cha-Cha for views from above into Mercado de Medellín.

    Mexico City’s Mercado Medellín, Colonia Roma’s best old-school market

    In the middle of Roma resides a market to harken at least a few decades back in the history of Mexico City, even if it’s not entirely Mexican.

    June 19
  • Bumper boys ready to make a deal

    This mega thrift market said to be the biggest street market in Latin America

    ‘SanFe’ is a massive marketplace of car parts, used clothing, housewares, refrigerators, furniture and antiques and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors.

    June 12
  • Crayfish, corn husk smoked fish and cleaned and cured chicken intestines at the pre-Hispanic food stand.

    How to find your way through the massive Mercado de la Merced

    The market was completed in 1957 and is second in size only to Central de Abasto, yet still considered the largest “retail market” in Mexico City.

    June 5
  • No one knew how to use these giant ice chests that were for sale at the Portales Antiques Market.

    From knick-knacks to treasure maps at Portales Antiques Flea Market

    Trinkets, knick-knacks, curios, bric-a-brac, junk or simply stuff are the talk around Tianguis de la Portales in Mexico City’s Colonia Portales.

    May 29
  • You'll find pulque by the liter at La Frida, one of the attractions at the Martínez de la Torre market.

    Mercado Martínez de la Torre one of the best food markets in Mexico City

    You can safely get lost wandering the abundance of delicious flavors, but we’ve picked out some particular culinary gems at Mercado Martínez de la Torre.

    May 22
  • Some of the beautiful pieces by Ceramicas de Tonalá that can be found at the Saturday Bazaar.

    Choose your adventure of history, gastronomy or art at Saturday Bazaar

    Saturdays are busy days on the beautiful cobblestones of Colonia San Ángel in Mexico City as tourists flock, flaunt and ogle their way to El Bazaar Sábado.

    May 15
  • Life-sized, Huichol beaded deer at Artesanías Morett.

    Collected artistic traditions of Mexico are under one roof at this city market

    Mexico City’s artisan market in Colonia Centro gathers the handmade crafts and traditions of the entire country.

    May 8
  • The author's rug, purchased at the antiques market in Colonia Doctores.

    Sharpen your bargaining skills at the best little antiques market

    The merchandise ranges from cheap trinkets to genuine treasures, such as an Italian rug whose purchase reveals the author’s own bargaining skills.

    May 1
  • Doña Lupita holds court at Follajes Lupita

    Mexico City’s most colorful market is Mercado Jamaica, the flower market

    When you find yourself in the doghouse at 3:00am, take comfort in knowing there’s a 24-hour flower market in Mexico  FULL STORY

    April 24
  • The entrance to the best seafood and barbacoa in Coyoacán – Mercado Coyoacán.

    You’ll find art at Mercado Coyoacán, but the main attraction is food

    Everything can be a bit more expensive, but when it comes to seafood and barbacoa in particular, it’s worth its weight in pesos.

    April 17
  • mercadoroma

    MercadoRoma, a Mexican public market reimagined for the 21st century

    The market opened its doors in 2014 as the first gourmet market in Mexico City, where product, quality, food, and architecture coexist.

    April 10
  • Everyone’s a rock star. Felipe Reyes poses with his guitar.

    Tuesdays in Taxqueña, the flea market of musical brotherhood

    The Bazar Músico Cultural de Taxqueña is Mexico City’s mecca for used instruments and musical paraphernalia.

    April 3
  • Keep your hands off the avocados at El Regreso de Jr. Díaz, says the sign: they're not stones.

    Escandón Market is quintessential middle-class CDMX neighborhood market

    Right at the center of the blissful, upper-middle-class, family-oriented neighborhood of Escandón, just below Jardín Morelos Park, sits Mercado Escandón.

    March 27
  • La Condesa’s only permanent market, Mercado Michoacán.

    A walk through the Mexico City markets of Colonia La Condesa

    If you like to explore or shop in Mexico City’s numerous and diverse markets, the Condesa neighborhood offers three.

    March 20
  • Fancy some lion for dinner? You can find it at the San Juan market.

    The San Juan market, Mexico City’s epicenter for culinary inquisition

    Fruits, vegetables, cheeses and cured meats, dried insects, skinned rabbits and goats, mountains of obscure sauces and an entire ocean of fish.

    March 13
  • Montgomery Knott's film, Leyenda de mi Sobrina, from inside the cube.

    Beloved Mexico City chef serves five-course perfection inside a cube of cinema

    Monkey Town is a unique sensory experience: a culinary creation from one of Mexico’s most beloved chefs and a two-hour program of film and performance.

    February 13
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