4 Legit Puebla Dishes to Eat on Cinco de Mayo

For those of you struggling with social media feeds full of overpriced carne asada tacos, margarita deals and racist themed parties that make you just want to lose all hope for humanity: hang in there. There is a bright side.

Whether or not you celebrate Cinco de Mayo, truth is Puebla, Mexico is a culinary gift from beyond. Mexico’s city of angels (The city of Puebla’s official name is Puebla de los Angeles) is the birthplace of chiles rellenos, cemitas, mole Poblano and tacos Arabes just to name a few. Too often this day is celebrated with carne asada tacos, nachos or burritos. No tea no shade, we all know those are great but let’s be real eating a bean burrito is not really celebrating the true spirit of la batalla de Puebla (which is not to be confused with Mexican Independence day), the day when all Mexican food is fair game.

If you really feel like celebrating Puebla, here are a few places you can celebrate some of it’s culinary gems in California’s City of Angels.