This is a traditional cafeteria right in the middle of downtown Mexico City. There are no luxuries, no fancy furniture or Hooters-like waitresses but you get very good mexican food for little money. Coffee, bread and most of the mexican dishes are delicious.

They serve domestic food, but the reason to have come here, is the coffee, you smell it, and with little bit of cream or milk, it is up to you. Besides, is an ancient build, so you feel like in the revolution time.

This is the place to go if you are intrested in real mexican atmosphere! This cafe is open since 1915 and you can really see it. They have old pictures from la révolution mexicaine as well as other important mexican events through time. You can really see that costumers come here very often to do business or eat with their... More

Go for breakfast or a late night snack. This time warp cafeteria warms me in a blanket of mid-20th C. nostalgia. This Cinco de Mayo institution serves wonderful cafe con leche, copious breakfasts, many Mexican standards moderately well prepared and provides outstanding people watching into the bargain.

This is the real deal in Mexico. Amazing people watching late at night and yummy old fashioned homemade food CHEAP!

smack in the middle of the historic centre, this cafe seems largely unchanged for several decades. the interior looks as if it came right from the sixties! we went there for lunch and not only thoroughly enjoyed the typically mexican fare, but also could have stayed there for hours on end just for people-watching. see busy and efficient white-coated waiters... More