No one can resist the Oaxacan delicacies, and here are some options for:

Breakfast: Start in one of the food stands at Mercado de la Mercedon Insurgentes street, eight blocks from the zocalo between Morelos and Murguía streets. Food stands here are famous for its incomparable chocolate, atole and enmoladas in addition to its wide variety of traditional breads. There are also food stands with memelitas and empanadas. You can walk back to the city center, mid-morning, and tour the Benito Juarez market, and maybe try a drink at Casilda stand or at El arte oaxaqueño, an ancient stand filled wit typical sweets. Two blocks south and you´ll find the mills for the famous Oaxacan chocolate, you can order your own blend to take home.

Lunch: at noon, the Asador Vasco located in the zocalo, never fails. It has good Mexican food and Spanish specialties. The view from the restaurant to the zocalo is fantastic! It's great its snapper fillet with olive oil and guajillo. By midafternoon go to the jardín Sócrates, next to the Basilica of Solitude to enjoy the rose petal ice cream.

Dinner: At night, we suggest you visit a quiet, elegant and cozy restaurant, where truly Oaxacan recipes are prepared, preserved from generation to generation: the restaurant Casa Crespo on Allende Street, two houses west of Santo Domingo church. Try the squash bloosoms filled with cheese or a Stone Soup, a dish of pre-Hispanic origin cooked with hot river stones and for a main dish the Fiesta Mole served with flank steak (best mole in town). Do not miss also their selection of Mexican wines or mescals. For dessert don´t miss the exquisite Oaxacan chocolate ice cream or Bu´Pu (foam in Zapotec) a recreation of a ceremonial drink made with corn and a foam made with cacao, unrefined sugar and guié cha´ chi and guié xhuba flowers . If after eating you can still walk, go to a bar to close the night with a good Tobalá mescal.