Merida is full of fantastic restaurants with a wide range cuisines but some times the place that hits the spot is the place with the causal unassuming front that serves the local comfort food in a delicious way.
We haven’t tried all the places in Merida (yet) but here are three places we will definitely return to again. These aren’t places to linger (one of them was only food to go), there’s no white table cloths, and there probably aren’t any utensils but the food is great!
Taqueria La Lupita in Parque Santiago. We ate here three times on our last trip because the first time we went for the Lechon but they had run out so we tried some tacos & empanada, the second time we got the torta lechon and fell in love, and the third time was love & hunger. Lechon is a roasted marinated pork that’s served with a generous piece of the crispy skin. It comes piled on a soft bread roll and I recommend trying La Lupita’s habanero salsa (it’s hot but a wonderful contrast to the pork). The place is open until 1:30pm but, as we discovered, it may run out of some items. It’s also located in/near the market in Parque de Santiago which is a cool place to visit.
Taqueria Tetiz "Los Originales de Santiago“ in n Parque Santiago. This place is near La Lupita in a different hallway. Their specialty is seafood so we enjoyed a selection of fish, shrimp, and ceviche tacos. Very tasty and a nice change from the pork.
Taqueria Raza Chiapas in Parque de San Sabastian. I’ve mentioned this place before based on our visit in 2018 and we wanted to try the place again. We love this place for their great al pastor. The place lists it’s opening hours at 3:30pm but we found that may not always be the case (not uncommon for places here). I mean technically they were open but they had just started cooking when we arrived at 3:45pm and they told us it would be at least an hour before they would serve. Based on the look of meat on the sidewalk cooking spit, we felt we had longer to wait so we took a taxi to get ice creams at Pola and also find some pre-dinner drinks. When we ventured back we ordered the tortas al pastor - a roll piled with shaved al pastor. There were no tables set-up (possible covid measure) so we took our sandwiches across the street to the square and ate on a bench outside the 1889 church. The food and the ambiance was great!
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