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Table for one · Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca's markets and mezcalerías make eating alone easy and sociable.
In the market's smoke hall, buy your meat, then a vendor sells tortillas and salsa.
Centro · 20 de Noviembre 512
A spot on the shared benches in the smoke hall
Lunch
Get: Tasajo and chorizo from the grills
The smoke corridor lets you choose exactly how much you want.
Walk in
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Reforma · Avenida Belisario Domínguez 513
A seat at the shared table
Breakfast
Get: Tetelas and a hot chocolate
A tortilla house built around native corn, with shared tables where you eat next to whoever arrived before you.
Walk in
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Centro · Porfirio Díaz 207
A seat in the courtyard
Breakfast
Get: Shakshuka and a pastry
A bakery with a quiet courtyard where a coffee and breakfast alone is the best way to start a market day.
Walk in
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Centro · Avenida José María Morelos 511
A stool at the bar
Evening
Get: A flight chosen by the bartender
A mezcal bar with hundreds of bottles where the owner, Ulises Torrentera, likes guiding one curious drinker.
Walk in
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Centro · Reforma 506
One of the tasting seats
Book a tasting
Get: A guided tasting
A small tasting room where a guide walks one person through rare mezcals; book a seat.
Book ahead
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Picked from Oaxaca's food guides and critics' lists and looked up on October 29, 2026. "When to walk in" is our advice; hours change, so check before you go. Places change; if one has, tell us at hello@chefamazing.com.
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