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Food Police Editor's note on the situation in Gaza

En los cuarentas, el señor Romero, militar y habitante del barrio de Coyoacán en la Ciudad de México, decidió que su hijo mayor iba a llamarse Hitler.

Nota de la editora de Food Police sobre la situación en Gaza

The foundational myth of the taco al pastor.

Several media outlets on the internet became an echoing chamber intent on bringing forth the sole creator of tacos al pastor, their messiah and inventor; two stories were shouted repeatedly by various authors.

"Guide to Cantinas in Mexico City / Cuchilleros, a Young Legend."

With its recently attained legal drinking age, Cuchilleros is quickly on its way to becoming a legend in Mexico City.

Guía de cantinas en CDMX/ Cuchilleros, una leyenda joven.

Guide to Cantinas in Mexico City / La Colonial, Nearly 100 dishes to choose from for free with your drink.

Facing Alameda de Tacubaya, on the corner of Avenida Revolución and Mártires de la Conquista, stands a yellow building dolled up to disguise its age.

Guía de cantinas en CDMX/ La Colonial, casi 100 platillos gratis a elegir con tu bebida

Bygone places / El Nivel, What is lost when a cantina closes?

"History? No. The hard data is still there and holds meaning: we know that the El Nivel cantina was founded in 1857 and was the first to obtain a license for alcohol sales, signed by President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada."

Guía de lugares que ya no existen / El Nivel, ¿qué se pierde cuando cierra una cantina?

Guide to food festivals in Mexico / Juárez Food and Wine Festival

There are cities like Ciudad Juárez that remain waiting for the type of traveler who looks outside the obvious, who knows that there is a world beyond the Riviera Maya, Oaxaca, Mérida and the same old destinations.

Guía de festivales gastronómicos en México / Juárez Food and Wine Festival, comida y vino en la frontera

Guide to cabarets in CDMX: Barba Azul, when the light goes out, modesty is superfluous

The Barba Azul, founded on May 5th, 1950, is a representative that breathes everything we imagine when we think of "cabaret". With over seventy years accumulated on the dance floor, no one would think that it started as a small brewery and that, before the brewery, it was a coal yard —one of those where oil was sold for lamps and stoves.

Guía de cabarets en CDMX / El Barba Azul, cuando la luz se apaga el pudor sale sobrando

Guide of cantinas in CDMX: La Dominica, a seriously classic cantina

The folding doors call to us, as if in the swing of their hinges they uttered the mantra that allows us to access a space frozen in time or, perhaps, a place where time becomes the turtle we need it to be.

Guía de cantinas en CDMX: La Dominica, una cantina clásica en serio

Guide to Understanding the Michelin Guide in Mexico

"El laberinto de la soledad", Octavio Paz outlined a Mexican idiosyncrasy imbued with deep and complex feelings, where the perception of the other plays a crucial role.

Guía para comprender la Guía Michelin en México

Old Money Restaurants in Mexico City / The Palm, an iconic American steakhouse with impeccable service.

To fully appreciate the origins of The Palm, it is essential to travel back in time to 1926, when this restaurant opened its doors in New York's Little Italy neighborhood.

Guía de restaurantes old money en CDMX / The Palm, un clásico steakhouse americano con servicio impoluto.

Old Money Restaurants in Mexico City / Morton's Steakhouse, prime dry-aged meat cuts, and top-notch wine.

The story of Arnie Morton is closely linked to the history of the Playboy empire.

Guía de restaurantes old money en CDMX / Morton's Steakhouse, cortes de carne prime dry-aged y vinos de primera.

Old Money Restaurants in Mexico City / Loma Linda, a Steakhouse with a Hundred Years of History.

What started as a cafeteria and dance hall in the first half of the 20th century transformed in March 1956 into the classic steakhouse we know today.

Guía de restaurantes old money en CDMX / Loma Linda, un steak house con cien años de historia.

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