El Pozole de Moctezuma, Mexican restaurant in Guerrero district, Mexico City, Mexico
El Pozole de Moctezuma is a Mexican restaurant in the Guerrero neighborhood of Mexico City, focused on traditional pozole soup made with hominy and meat. The place is small, with only a few tables inside a residential building on Moctezuma 12, and it serves white and green versions of the soup.
The place was founded in 1947 by Balvina Valle, who started cooking pozole from her home kitchen in the same residential building. Over the following decades it grew into a proper restaurant while keeping the domestic feel it had from the start.
The pozole here follows recipes from the states of Guerrero and Michoacán, served with lime, avocado, onion, and chicharrón on the side. Regulars treat it as a weekday lunch spot, and the room fills quickly with neighborhood residents and workers.
The restaurant opens only in the afternoon on weekdays and Saturdays, so timing your visit accordingly will save you a wasted trip. Seating is limited, and tables fill up fast, so arriving early is a good idea.
The entrance is an unmarked door on the street with a buzzer, leading through a narrow hallway before the dining room comes into view. Many first-time visitors walk past it without noticing it.
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