There's a story behind each meal

Stories

The Mystery of the Taco Placero

The name "placero" is more pragmatic than ontological; it serves to identify something that doesn't resemble anything else, even if we don't know exactly what it is.

Guide to Unusual and Hidden Places in Mexico City / Café La Habana, Where Che and Fidel Planned a Revolution

Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Fidel Castro Ruz, leaders of the 26th of July Movement (M-26-7) that culminated in the Cuban Revolution, met in Mexico.

Guía de lugares inusuales y escondidos de la CDMX/ Café La Habana, el lugar donde el Che y Fidel planearon una revolución.

Guide to Places That No Longer Exist / El Ranchero, Aguascalientes' Oldest Cantina

It is said that the cantina had a saying: "we will be those who are here... and those who are here will be." Today, El Ranchero is neither here nor present.

Guía de lugares que ya no existen / El Ranchero, la cantina más antigua de Aguascalientes.

"Guide to Unusual and Hidden Places in Mexico City / Zinco Jazz Club, the Temple of Jazz in Mexico"

Jazz never goes out of style; it just tires of the spotlight.

Lugares inusuales y escondidos de la CDMX/ Zinco Jazz Club, el templo del jazz en México

Guide to Cantinas in Mérida / Eladio’s Bar Centro, unlimited and free snacks.

Eran las once de la mañana y el calor empezaba a empañarnos la mirada, teníamos al frente una ciudad desconocida y un hambre que venía de muy lejos.

Guía de cantinas en Mérida / Eladio’s Bar Centro, botanas gratis e infinitas.

Bygone places / El Patio, Where José José Used to Sing

Imagine, for a moment, that you arrive at a place, are assigned a table, and notice that to your right, Diego Rivera is sitting with Frida Kahlo.

Guía de lugares que ya no existen / El Patio, donde cantaba José José

Guide to Cantinas in Mérida / El Nuevo Tucho Centro, Generous Snacks and Comedian Shows

Despite Yucatán's attempt at independence in 1848, the peninsula cannot deny that there are many things that unite us, including the cantina.

Guía de cantinas en Mérida / El Nuevo Tucho Centro, botana muy generosa y shows de comediantes

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?