Cleveland is our neighbor to the west (about two hours away from our home in Pittsburgh), and we love visiting this city as much as possible.
But the more we visit, the more things to do in Cleveland we find. In fact, there is so much to do in this Ohio city that you can barely begin to scratch the surface in a single visit.
That being said, when visiting Cleveland for the first time, we highly recommend checking out some very important spots!
We firmly believe you can get to know a city best through its food, and that is especially true of Mexico City- the country’s capital and one of the largest cities in the world.
As visiting Mexico City can be, in a word, daunting (even for the most experienced traveler), we decided to take a food tour of the Centro Historico with Culinary Backstreets on our very first day in the city (check it out here). Part of this was to get a feel for the bustling historic center and, more importantly, to start our trip off right with an absurd amount of food.
It was the best decision we made in Mexico.
So in this one, we thought we’d share more about what this food tour was like. To start, we need to set the stage for one rule you need to know upfront: go hungry. You won’t be wanting to eat the rest of the day after this one.
We were told that in Mexico City, anything can be a taco. It didn’t take long after arriving to find out how true that was.
Apart from enjoying meals at dedicated taquerias, it seemed like tortillas just came out everywhere we dined the way bread comes out in other countries. Want to make a taco out of your vegetables? You can do that. Want to make a taco out of your protein? Yep, that too.
In fact, I can probably count on one hand the number of meals we had in Mexico City where tortillas didn’t come out, and that really speaks to how prevalent the taco is in this city.
So I went on a quest to eat as many tacos as possible in our nine-day visit and ended up with a final tally of 61.5 tacos (Angie and I split one). So in this one, I wanted to share a few taco styles you absolutely cannot miss when visiting Mexico City and, when applicable, give a few great restaurant recommendations as well!
There are many cities in the world where you can get a great feel for what it they’re about while checking out a decent cross-section of highlights in three or four days.
Mexico City is not one of those places.
As a city of close to nine million (a metro of about 21 million) and a hub of cuisine from all corners of Mexico, we knew that this was the kind of place we would regret going shorter rather than longer. In fact, after spending nine days in the capital of Mexico, we only really felt like we were just starting to understand the city as a whole and could’ve just as easily spent even longer exploring more.
So in this one, we thought we would discuss how many days in Mexico City are a minimum, and how many you need to truly get a great feel for the city.