The World’s Cheapest Michelin-Starred Meals
With the new Mexico guide, more street food gets the star treatment.
Back in 2017, we asked top chefs to pick the best tacos in Mexico City. (Pictured here, campechano at El Venadito.) Seven years later, Michelin has anointed a new contender.
Photographer: Lindsay Lauckner Gundlock for Bloomberg Pursuits
Happy Saturday Pursuits fans, it’s me, Justin Ocean, one of the deputy editors in these there parts. This week we posted some news that made my heart sing: a taquería in Mexico City earned a Michelin star in the country’s first-ever guide.
In San Rafael, an arty neighborhood of 19th century mansions and mid-century theaters just west of Centro, El Califa de León has been slinging tacos out of a sweaty, nondescript storefront since 1968. The lines are intense, and there are just four items—all beef—which get slapped on a 680-degree-Fahrenheit griddle along with a just-rolled tortilla, blasted with some salt and lime, then order up. A splash of fiery red or green salsa, that’s up to you.