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Raíz Negra

PolancoMexico City

9.0

Polanco's quietest dining room sends out ten courses that read as a map of the country — sea urchin tostada from Baja, lamb barbacoa from Hidalgo, cacao from Tabasco three ways. At roughly a third of what the equivalent meal costs in Paris, it is still the city's best-value splurge. Reservations open sixty days out and evaporate in a morning; set an alarm.

Order this

  • Sea urchin tostada
  • Lamb barbacoa course
  • Cacao three ways

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Book ahead or cry — the door list is real

Dietary

vegetarian (parallel menu)

Neighborhood

Polanco, Mexico City

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