Tacos in Mexico City / Yeshua tacos
Tacos Yeshua is not your ordinary taqueria. It's a place where you venture into offal that has been forgotten by other taco vendors. Here, tripe isn't just a preference, it's an obligation.
Photos courtesy of: Social media Yeshua Tacos
In 1925, Cine Goya opened its doors on Calle del Carmen in the Historic Center of what was then the Federal District. No one could have imagined that this would be the beginning of one of the most well-known porras (cheers) in the country, that of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The students from the National Preparatory School would never have imagined that across from their favorite cinema, since the 1970s, one of the most famous taquerias in the area would stand.
Tacos Yeshua was inaugurated in 1965 by Luis Ayala. Its founders, originally from La Piedad, Michoacán, had to honor the tradition of boiling oil, of carnitas. But they would do it with tacos of new inventiveness, from a new school.
The long line that takes over the narrow sidewalk warns us about the notes of flavor. It's a warning: if the line is long, so is the promise. Upon entering, the aromas are different, so is the menu. Here, they serve tacos that are endangered. Those made from forgotten and poorly understood viscera. The tripe is prepared in a huge pot of boiling oil that struggles to build bubbles. Bubbles that will later reveal the treasure that is being prepared under its heat. Well-browned tripe is the main star. The viscera need their time, their temperature, at Yeshua Tacos they know this. Then comes the difference. If you ordered soft tripe, the creamy sensation; if you ordered it well-browned, the crunch that releases streams of lard in your throat. And to top it off, what has me puzzled: pajarilla, which, in scientific terms, is the spleen of the cow. Yeshua Tacos claims the right of viscera to coexist in a taqueria with eternal cuts like steak and suadero. A monument to the lost taqueria in the Historic Center of eternal CDMX.
- Address: Calle del Carmen 43, Historic Center
- Opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Ideal for: lunch and dinner
- Type of cuisine: Mexican
- Payment: cash and cards
- Accessibility: no
- Parking: no
- Reservations: not necessary
- Contact info: 5621416562
- Nearby public transport: Zócalo metro station
- Pet friendly: no
- Suitable for children: yes
- Vegan options: no
