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This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.

Step past a rainbow of Oaxacan nightshades for a menu of regional moles worthy of weddings and funerals.

Bold, unapologetically spicy Mixtecan flavors are on the menu here.

With more than 30 ingredients, chef Cecilia Florian’s stupendously complex, harmonious moles are a masterclass in layering flavors.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

Don’t be surprised if you run into some of Oaxaca’s top chefs in line at this family run taco stop.

Dine on funerary beans alongside off-duty lucha libre wrestlers at this legume-centric spot near Museo Rufino Tamayo.

This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.