Churreria El Moro

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Churreria El Moro

  • April 29, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by JesusW from Mexico city, Mexico
Churreria El Moro

Opened in 1935, this place is an institution in the whole country.

What are churros? Imagine a donut, deep fried, but almost straight and crunchy (the crunchiness is due to the shape of the edges, they are very thin and so get deeper fried). After they take their dip in the very hot oil, they are drained and then sprinkled with lots of sugar and cut to the proper size (a bit longer than 2 ballpoint pens). Then you just eat them, preferably when still hot, with a cup of hot chocolate (not cocoa, chocolate) or cafe con leche or just milk.

Churros are very very cheap, 2.50 pesos (April 2007) apiece. And a package of 4 churros with a cup of hot chocolate (not cocoa, but real chocolate) is only 37 pesos.

If you notice in the pictures there are different types of chocolate on the menu: with milk, or with water (which was the original way) or thicker than usual.

How to get there?
You will find this place in the downtown area called "Centro Historico" on the really busy avenue "Lazaro Cardenas also called Eje Central", it's really easy to find, if you take the subway you have to take Line 8 and get off at "San Juan de Letran" Station. The restaurant is in the corner of the avenue and Uruguay street, just a few steps of the East entrance. This churreria is open 24/7. Amazing! It never, ever closes, I have been there at all times (even 3:00am after Christmas eve) and they have a large clientele, sometimes you need to make a line to enter, imagine.

Just beware, the area is a beehive and will be really crowded, even on weekends as there is technology mall nearby and everybody goes shopping there to get a computer, gadgets, or spare parts, the cheapest place in Mexico and a huge variety.

Buen provecho.

From journal The Food of Mexico

Editor Pick

Churreria El Moro (Churros and Chocolate)

  • May 7, 2005
  • Rated 2 of 5 by answerer from New Castle, Delaware
El Moro is one of Mexico City's oldest churro places. However, don't expect to find what you've seen at Disneyland.


Located on Eje Central near Metro San Juan de Letran, it's the perfect place to rest your feet and have a snack after looking at the street stalls and visiting Bellas Artes and Torre Latinoamericana. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that anyone speaks English.


Churros y chocolate is a breakfast snack originally brought by the Spanish to Mexico. It is eaten by dipping the churros into the chocolate. At El Moro, an order of four churros and a coffee cup-sized cup of chocolate costs 36 pesos.


You can choose from regular (covered with sugar) or cinnamon (canela) churros. Personally, I prefer the cinnamon.


There are five types of chocolate. Vienna (no sugar), Francesca (very sweet), Mexicana, Espanol, and especial. For people who want something cold, milk (leche), and vanilla and chocolate milkshakes (malteadas) are available as well.


As an experience, it wasn't bad, but it was quite pricey. Two chocolates, one milkshake, one milk, and eight churros came out to be almost 150 pesos.

From journal Mexico City - A Resident Tourist's Review

Churreria El Moro

  • October 30, 2000
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Phil from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
El Moro serves churros, a Mexican doughnut. Select one of the four kinds of hot chocolate or a coffee and an order of churros, and enjoy a very typical Mexican snack. El Moro's been here for more than 50 years, and it shows. It's not chic... it's comfortably worn. If you're looking for a slice of life in the Capital, this might be the place.

From journal Mexico City, capital of Mexico in so many ways

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