This well-established restaurant is decorated with handsome hand-painted antique tiles and 18th-century paintings. Enchiladas Tacuba (a casserole of chicken-filled tortillas covered with a spinach and green poblano-pepper sauce) are especially delicious, as are the chalupas a la poblana (an open taco served with spicy chorizo sausage). This downtown restaurant has spirited estudiantina (student minstrels) Wednesday-Sunday starting in the afternoon. Daily 8 am-11:30 pm. $-$$. Most major credit cards. Tacuba 28, Centro Historico, Mexico City. Phone 5518-4950 or 5521-2048.
