El Hidalguense

El Hidalguense is a weekend barbacoa restaurant at Campeche 155 in Mexico City's Roma Sur neighborhood, run by Moisés Rodríguez, that serves Hidalgo-style lamb barbacoa tacos.

Overview

The Infatuation lists El Hidalguense at Campeche 155 in Roma and notes that it opens only from Friday to Sunday, the traditional days for barbacoa; Posta gives its hours as 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on those days. Its tacos are filled with lamb cooked in the Hidalgo manner, which Posta describes as Tulancingo style, and the owner, Moisés Rodríguez, prepares the barbacoa himself.

The restaurant appeared in the barbacoa episode of the Netflix series Las Crónicas del Taco, according to Food & Pleasure, which lists it at the same Campeche address. Chilango's review of the series refers to the place as La Hidalguense, a variant of the name, and recounts Rodríguez's argument that the sheep's diet accounts for half of what makes a good barbacoa taco.

Context

Barbacoa from the state of Hidalgo, in which lamb is wrapped in maguey leaves and cooked overnight in an earth oven, is the classic weekend breakfast in central Mexico. Mexico City has thousands of taquerías, from sidewalk stands to sit-down restaurants, and food media such as Chilango, Time Out México and The Infatuation regularly compile guides to the ones locals return to.

Reviews

See also

• Tacos de barbacoa
• Barbacoa pit
• Tacos in Hidalgo
• Tacos in Mexico City

References

1. "The Best Tacos In Mexico City". The Infatuation. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
2. "Lo rifado y lo chafa de Las Crónicas del Taco en Netflix". Chilango. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
3. "¿Dónde comer barbacoa en CDMX? Estos restaurantes ofrecen los mejores tacos en la capital". Posta. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
4. "10 restaurantes en la CDMX que han salido en Netflix y que el resto del mundo quisiera tener cerca". Food & Pleasure. Retrieved 2026-10-10.