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By Eduardo<\/strong> | @cazadordelomejor<\/em><\/p>\n

There are so many places to eat tacos al pastor<\/em> in Mexico City and each one is unique. El Huequito\u2019s original location on Ayuntamiento, a busy street in Mexico City\u2019s downtown, has been serving tacos al pastor<\/em> for almost 60 years. You order off the street and eat on the other side of the sidewalk at an aluminum high-top table with a variety of spicy salsas and freshly cut limes.<\/p>\n

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Pastor <\/em>is crispy shavings of vertical spit-roasted pork marinated with dried chiles and spices. Very similar to shawarma or doner kebab, pastor<\/em> was influenced by the strong Lebanese migration that occurred in Mexico in the early 1940\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In 1959, Guillermo Buend\u00eda and Amelia Gonz\u00e1lez started the business in a one-by-one-meter location. Due to the size, clients would refer to the taco shop as a “huequito<\/em>,” meaning a very small space in Spanish.<\/p>\n

The tacos al pastor<\/em> at El Huequito are different than all the rest in Mexico City. No pineapple and no cilantro here. Just freshly shaved pastor meat wrapped in a tortilla with a little green salsa, chile de \u00e1rbol<\/em> salsa and onion, then straight back on the grill to seal in the flavor.<\/p>\n

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If you visit one of El Huequito\u2019s newer locations, like the one in Condesa neighborhood, you\u2019ll experience a longer menu with classics such as the especial \u2014<\/em>\u00a0a mountain of pastor <\/em>topped with corn tortillas, onion and green salsa, so you can make your own tacos.<\/p>\n

A couple tacos al pastor <\/em>with an ice-cold agua de horchata<\/em> is probably one of the best combinations that exists in Mexico City\u2019s street food scene today.<\/p>\n

El Huequito<\/a>,\u00a0Ayuntamiento 21, Colonia Centro, Centro, 06050 Ciudad de M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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