Guidebook for Mexico City

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Guidebook for Mexico City

Food Scene

The Acai Bowl is a must. Great smoothies, juices and sandwiches.
303 locals recommend
Ojo de Agua
23C Citlaltépetl
303 locals recommend
The Acai Bowl is a must. Great smoothies, juices and sandwiches.
My fave taco place! Good quality, good prices.
57 locals recommend
El Faraón
93 Av Oaxaca
57 locals recommend
My fave taco place! Good quality, good prices.
Cute little coffee shop.
97 locals recommend
Chiquitito Café
232 Alfonso Reyes
97 locals recommend
Cute little coffee shop.
Great coffee and pastries!
7 locals recommend
Boulangerie41
41 Pl. Popocatépetl
7 locals recommend
Great coffee and pastries!
Excellent sea food. The tuna tostadas are to die for! Open for lunch, gets crowded.
338 locals recommend
Contramar
200 Calle de Durango
338 locals recommend
Excellent sea food. The tuna tostadas are to die for! Open for lunch, gets crowded.
My favorite restaurant in the City. Fancy but not pretentious. Delicious food.
289 locals recommend
Máximo Bistrot
65 Bis Av. Álvaro Obregón
289 locals recommend
My favorite restaurant in the City. Fancy but not pretentious. Delicious food.
A hidden gem, great coffee and the best bread and pastries in town!
486 locals recommend
Panadería Rosetta
179 Colima
486 locals recommend
A hidden gem, great coffee and the best bread and pastries in town!
My favorite tacos de guisado in the City! Tacos de guisado = chile relleno, tinga, tuna, zucchini, sausage, etc...
45 locals recommend
Tacos Hola
135 Amsterdam
45 locals recommend
My favorite tacos de guisado in the City! Tacos de guisado = chile relleno, tinga, tuna, zucchini, sausage, etc...
Great coffee shop with tasty food, beautiful terrace with artistic and cultural events.
43 locals recommend
Frëims
62B Amsterdam
43 locals recommend
Great coffee shop with tasty food, beautiful terrace with artistic and cultural events.

Drinks & Nightlife

Swanky speak-easy with live jazz bands playing some nights. Diner-style food on the front (that you can get inside the lounge. Make reservations!
151 locals recommend
Parker & Lenox
100 C. Milan
151 locals recommend
Swanky speak-easy with live jazz bands playing some nights. Diner-style food on the front (that you can get inside the lounge. Make reservations!
Huge warehouse with High-N-R-G music playing. Friday nights only! Closes promptly at 3am. Cheap cover and beer. People there take dancing seriously, and it's a spectacle for all!
110 locals recommend
Patrick Miller
17 Merida
110 locals recommend
Huge warehouse with High-N-R-G music playing. Friday nights only! Closes promptly at 3am. Cheap cover and beer. People there take dancing seriously, and it's a spectacle for all!
Good gay club. Spacious, mixed crowd, affordable.
20 locals recommend
Kinky Bar
1 C. Amberes
20 locals recommend
Good gay club. Spacious, mixed crowd, affordable.

Parks & Nature

Great park to walk and jog. Also has an outdoors gym.
607 locals recommend
The Local Way, Parque México
18 C. Laredo
607 locals recommend
Great park to walk and jog. Also has an outdoors gym.
Cute little plaza with some nice restaurants and cafés around it. Not very touristy. Good for a date.
77 locals recommend
Plaza Río de Janeiro
Plaza Río de Janeiro
77 locals recommend
Cute little plaza with some nice restaurants and cafés around it. Not very touristy. Good for a date.
Park next to Bellas Artes, recently renovated and nice to walk around.
338 locals recommend
Alameda Central
s/n Avenida Hidalgo
338 locals recommend
Park next to Bellas Artes, recently renovated and nice to walk around.

Arts & Culture

Great theater with lots different shows available. Currently "Rent" is playing there (a/o Jan 2017). They also have a smaller, black-box theater upstairs with smaller shows.
61 locals recommend
Teatro Milan, Forum Lucerne
64 C. Lucerna
61 locals recommend
Great theater with lots different shows available. Currently "Rent" is playing there (a/o Jan 2017). They also have a smaller, black-box theater upstairs with smaller shows.
Some of the best independent theater in the City. Five different venues for different sized shows. (There's one exclusively for dance). Government subsidized so not too expensive.
48 locals recommend
Centro Cultural Del Bosque
s/n Av. Paseo de la Reforma
48 locals recommend
Some of the best independent theater in the City. Five different venues for different sized shows. (There's one exclusively for dance). Government subsidized so not too expensive.
Amazing Castle-turned-museum, great views of the City.
1163 locals recommend
Chapultepec Castle
1163 locals recommend
Amazing Castle-turned-museum, great views of the City.
The architecture of this library is breath-taking.
140 locals recommend
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
S/N Eje 1 Nte.
140 locals recommend
The architecture of this library is breath-taking.
Not a well known spot, with a great variety of exhibitions, a film and theatre spaces and a great building.
93 locals recommend
Museo Universitario del Chopo
10 Calle Dr. Enrique Gonzalez Martinez
93 locals recommend
Not a well known spot, with a great variety of exhibitions, a film and theatre spaces and a great building.

Essentials

Small and crowded, but has the necessary stuff to survive.
243 locals recommend
Superama Michocán
38 Av Michoacán
243 locals recommend
Small and crowded, but has the necessary stuff to survive.
If you need to buy a SIM card.
22 locals recommend
Telcel
53 C. Ometusco
22 locals recommend
If you need to buy a SIM card.

Getting Around

Closest subway stop to the apartment.
66 locals recommend
Metro Patriotismo station
66 locals recommend
Closest subway stop to the apartment.

Entertainment & Activities

Awesome place with a good selection of independent, non-commercial movies. Outdoors screenings, occasionally.
282 locals recommend
Cineteca Nacional de Mexico
389 Av. México Coyoacán
282 locals recommend
Awesome place with a good selection of independent, non-commercial movies. Outdoors screenings, occasionally.
This is the place for famous Lucha Libre!
197 locals recommend
Arena Mexico
189 Dr. Lavista
197 locals recommend
This is the place for famous Lucha Libre!