Cultural Mecca

The Ultimate Oaxaca Travel Guide: Street Food, Mezcal, Markets, and More

Plan a weekend in Oaxaca, where mercados, mezcal, and culture collide.

09/18/2025 By Emma Balter

Something for everyone

Shop Beautifully Embroidered Mexican Dresses at Margarita Mercantile

The online shop sells traditional dresses and donates a portion of its profits to a good cause.

Best Restaurants 2017

Not surprisingly in a town known as Mutt City, it’s an eclectic bunch.

08/21/2017 By Alice Levitt Photography by Cooper + Ricca

Travel

Mexico's cultural capital offers more than just moles and mezcal—including petrified waterfalls and rarefied ruins.

06/02/2017 By Bill Wiatrak

On the Line

With Oaxacan delicacies, special cocktails and face-painting, the brand-new buffet is going to be a hot ticket.

03/15/2017 By Alice Levitt

Tlayuda Time

It's hard to find the beloved Mexican cuisine in Houston — next month, that will change.

12/16/2016 By Alice Levitt

Dark & Lovely

We described making the classic Mexican mother sauces in our Mexico issue. Now do it at home.

12/09/2016 By Alice Levitt

Travel

Food traditions from Zapotec to Mixtec are vividly alive in this southern city.

11/21/2016 By Alice Levitt

Porky's Revenge

Don't miss the "comedor familiar" in the suburb of Zaachila.

08/26/2016 By Alice Levitt