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Eating out is a common practice in Mexico City, and variation of the cost is so
tremendous that there can never be overpriced meal if you plan carefully and do
not frequent the top end restaurants too often. Every restaurant in town
provide comida corrida (cheap set menu) which gives you a decent meal including
soup, rice, main course, and a token dessert. Another advantage of being
in the capital is that you have more choices than just traditional Mexican
cuisine to choose from which should satisfy even the most impossible palates.
Here you can find both home-made and fast food chains serving anything from Spanish,
French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Thai and much more that deciding
the place to eat could be a challenge in itself. To begin with something
simple, travellers can most certainly find a market hall full of food stands at
the back of the Plaza Garibaldi, each competing with its neighbors for
customers.
Chain restaurants especially from America abound in the capital, although by
no means particularly cheap when observed through Mexican perspective.
Mexico City itself has numerous chain restaurants. It is recommended you
try out some of the slightly classier Mexican chains such as Sanborn's or
VIPS where a salubrious atmosphere and sanitized food can be found.
Other good places to eat for tourists are the area around the Zocalo and
west through to the Alameda. There is a few high-standard
restaurants around the Zona Rosa, but the most active area with mid-range
restaurant is Condesa which is just a twenty-minute walk south of the
Zona. Top-class restaurants are centered in Polanco. Other
good hunting grounds are San Angel and Coyoacan. In the
better restaurants, dress standards may also be higher that a jacket and tie are
needed. A cover charge of US$1-3 per head which is automatically added to
the bill is also becoming common.
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