Department stores
Sanborns (Casa de los Azulejos)
Francisco i madero 4, (http://www.sanborns.com.m...). department store and restaurant. a must-see for any visitor to mexico city. revolutionist emiliano zapata had breakfast here during his entrance to mexico city in september 1916. this was the first store of the mexican chain which was sold to walgreens in 1946 and to grupo carso in 1985. there are more than 100 sanborns stores in the country today.
El Palacio de Hierro
5 de febrero and venustiano carranza streets. this department store was established in 1891. the name of this store, the iron palace was named like that after it was the first iron and steel building in the city.
Liverpool
originally named as el puerto de liverpoool. this department store is housed in an art-deco building that was built in the late 1920's.
Sanborns (Casa Boker)
16 de septiembre and isabel la catolica streets. this department store is housed in a building completed in 1900 named "casa boker" after a warehouse store with that name that still occupies part of the building.
El Nuevo Mundo
5 de febrero street. still contains old fashioned practices such as old-style shopping processes. when decide to buying something, the salesman will prepare a small receipt, then you take it to the cashier to pay.
C&A
5 de febrero and venuestiano carranza streets. netherlands based department store fashion retailer.
Specialized streets
Republica de Cuba
Specializes in printing books, posters, thesis. in this street there are a few libraries selling very old books 18th and 19th centuries.
Republica del Salvador Street
The first half of the street from eje central avenue to isabel la catolica avenue specializes in all sorts of electronics. from spare and parts speakers, wiring, transistors to complete home theater systems, audio mixers and lighting for dance clubs. the other half of the street (from isabel la catolica to specializes in stationery and paper.
Eje Central Avenue
You will notice that this street is full of street vendors. be careful, the area is extremely crowded making it a paradise for pickpockets. between the streets of repãºblica del salvador and repãºblica de uruguay, there is a shopping center known as plaza de computaciã³n. it's an enormous indoor market of little stalls hawking computer parts and electronics.
Articulo 123 street
Specializes in appliances, from spare and parts to industrial vacuums and blenders.
Victoria street
Specializes in lighting, from wiring and electric outlets to chandeliers and lamps.
Donceles street
Specializes in photography.
La lagunilla and tepito
La Lagunilla
Prolongacion paseo de la reforma and francisco bocanegra, just past eje 1 norte. sundays 10am to 4pm. this street market features antiques and other new goods such as clothing, crafts, food, jewelry and toys. it is considered safe to stroll in this street market, but try to remain in the streets near francisco bocanegra and comonfor, because beyond that the market eventually blends into tepito where is a lot less safe.
Near Centro Historico, around 5 km, lie two huge street markets: La Lagunilla and Tepito.
Until the 1950's, the Centro Historico was the main shopping district of the City. Many of the prestigious department stores of the country such as Liverpool and El Palacio de Hierro opened their first stores here. Today, the area is still one of the busiest shopping areas of the city. The area has several streets dedicated to a particular kind of shopping, something inherited from the Spanish. Shopping in the Centro Historico is a real back-in-time experience as many of the spaces where the stores are located are truly historical.
La Ideal
Republica de uruguay 36. established in 1927. this is a good place for traditional bread, pastries and desserts. ask for "danes de chocolate" the place's delicacy.