The St. Regis Mexico City
The Location: The 31-story St. Regis Mexico City, designed by Cesar Pelli, overlooks the Diana Fountain on the famous Paseo de la Reforma, the city’s grandest old boulevard and promenade, between Polanco and Zona Rosa.
Amuse bouche at Pujol
The first thing anyone needs to know about dining in Mexico City is that nobody eats lunch before 2pm—and the meal really doesn’t kick into high gear until 3 or even 4 o'clock. Knowing this makes it easier to understand why most people eat dinner 9 or 10pm at the earliest. So if you see a packed dining room at 7 o'clock, I’m guessing most of the diners are tourists, not locals.
Mexico City has an incredibly exciting restaurant scene. I recently spent a few days in the city tasting my way through a dozen of the top-rated restaurants and current hot spots. There were some hits and misses, and my too-short visit didn’t provide me with enough time to create any sort of definitive list of where to eat. But I did find some wonderful spots to recommend:
