Only four days and nights to tackle one of the world’s richest and wildest culinary cities? No problem. Here’s the plan: start strong, end hard, rely on our smartest and most well-connected friends in the city to show us how to cook and eat and drink well, Chilango-style.
Calle Río Po 14, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 06500, Mexico
Private transfer to our home in CDMX, Casa Pani, an architectural gem designed by celebrated architect Mario Pani
Welcome wines at Casa Pani with our co-host Rocío Vasquez, one of CDMX’s most innovative travel hosts and entrepreneurs.
First night dinner at Rosetta, one of the World’s 50 Best restaurants2023, the elegant Roma jewel of chef Elena Reygadas
Joining us at dinner will be Sophie Avernin: sommelier, winemaker, writer (who also selected our unhosted bar for us at Casa Pani).
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2
Markets and More
Casa Pani
Calle Río Po 14, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 06500, Mexico
Coffee and Cacao in Condesa
Breakfast of conchas and tacos de canasta
Subway to the market
An insider’s tour through Mercado de Jamaica fresh market for a masterclass on the region’s produce and products with the female-run and -led crew of Eat Like a Local. Plus, pulque!
Siesta! Or shopping in Juárez if you’re too wired to sleep.
Happy hour hosted bar service at our house manned and planned by Limantour, perennial member of The World’s 50 Best Bars
Late-night taco and mezcal crawl with Rocio and her company Eat Like a Local
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3
CDMX Origin Story
Hacienda San Andrés
56770 Ayapango, State of Mexico, Mexico
+52 55 1973 1675
Early rise today for a glorious morning on the chinampas, the last remaining pre-Hispanic laguna landscape in CDMX. Cafe de olla at sunrise in the pre-Hispanic glory of Xochimilco
Keep heading south, to the volcanic plains of Ayapango, where we’ll spend the day and night at the Hacienda San Andrés, an agricultural pillar of the region since 1535, now reimagined in the hands of chef Marco Margain.
Siesta, of course.
Happy hour looking out over the fields of maize toward Mt Popocatépetl
A full traditional Barbacoa, including lamb slaughter for those who want to witness the sacred sacrifice of this life-giving food source of central Mexico
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4
Back to the Capital
Casa Pani
Calle Río Po 14, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 06500, Mexico
Wake warmly with the frost outside, have a gorgeous rural breakfast at Hacienda San Andrés
Head slowly back toward CDMX
Optional downtime at Casa Pani or shopping in some of Mexico City’s great boutiques in Roma Norte
Big last dinner at our private space in Roma Norte featuring mezcal tasting and a special menu just for us by Edo Nakatani, exploring the deep relationship between Mexico and Japan, on the plate and off
Optional late-night cantinas and pulqueria crawl, drinking and visiting the classics with our new friends
