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In addition to the restaurants around the zócalo, you'll want to head to Boca del Río. Many restaurants here are modest, but serve some of the finest seafood in this part of the country. If you'd like to eat with the locals, try the Mercado Hidalgo for breakfast or lunch; it's a 10-block walk south from the zócalo. Seafood lovers can get a quick fix at the fish market, a mint-green building at the corner of Avenida Aquiles Serdán and Avenida Landero y Coss.
There are always lines out the door at Neveria Güero Güero Güera Güera, where you can get a huge cup of cacahuate (peanut), fresa (strawberry), or more than a dozen other flavors of ice cream for only a buck. Locals say the name came about when the owner used to shout güero and güera, meaning blond-haired man or woman, to catch the attention of passing foreigners.
