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Cafés in Prolongación Montejo & the north

Prolongación Montejo's plazas, an Argentine café, roasters on García Lavín and Korean bingsu in Pinzón.

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Prolongación Montejo carries Paseo de Montejo north. The first extension, 440 m, came in 1926 and the second in 1950; the third, 2,600 m long, was built in 1979, and by 2018 the full avenue ran more than 6 km from the Monumento a los Montejo to the Torre Bancaria.1 The northern stretch was once called Paseo Nachi Cocom.2

Farther north, the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya opened in September 2012 after an investment of 770 million pesos, with a metal structure honoring the ceiba, a tree native to the Maya region.3 The cafés spread across fraccionamientos (housing estates) such as Las Américas and along avenues like Andrés García Lavín.

Local tip: At Amadeo Café on Prolongación Montejo, the americano and espresso are discounted on weekdays from 16:00 to 17:00, the last hour before closing.4

At a glance

49Cafés listed
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17:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Amadeo Café, from 08:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00).
  • Most common features: specialty (6%), wi-fi (2%), laptop work (2%).

Condesa Barra de Café

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Coffee chains in Prolongación Montejo & the north

Coffee on Prolongación Montejo

Amadeo Café, at Prolongación Paseo de Montejo 306, is an Argentine café run by Alejandro, from Buenos Aires, and Steph, from Mexico, who have been making family recipes since 2015: alfajores, house-made dulce de leche, sourdough and yerba mate, with specialty coffee.4 The favorite is a dulce de leche latte, and mate comes hot, cold, as a latte or as a frappé.4

It opens Monday to Friday 08:00–17:00, with Wi-Fi and tables for work. Café Origen Tostadores is in the Centro Comercial Campestre at No. 250, and Rosquillas & Coffee is at Calle 60 #299c. Amadeo also runs a first-mate workshop, with history, ritual and tasting, for people who have never prepared the drink.4

Ictze on Avenida García Lavín

Ictze Coffee Roasters is on Avenida Andrés García Lavín between Calles 43 and 45. Café Ictze, based in Cancún, says it searches out Mexican beans "from the farm to the cup", and it also designs and runs coffee bars for hotels and restaurants.5

Cordemex and Pinzón

Condesa Barra de Café has two bars, one in the Condesa building in the center and one in Cordemex, near the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya; it is known for its lattes, a Nutella frappé and waffle churros.6

Snow Drop, a Korean café in Plaza Altana at Calle 43 #176 in Pinzón, opens daily 11:30–21:30. It serves bingsu (shaved ice with fruit and toppings), waffles, frappés and Korean ramen, and has board games, a K-pop playlist and fan merchandise.6

Las Américas and the far north

Fraccionamiento Las Américas has Tostado Coffee and Brunch on Calle 74, Love Coffee at Calle 55 #970, Aroma Caffé at Calle 55 #899 and El Jardín de la Chona at Calle 53 #879. Café Chispa Negra is at Calle 49 #269, Entusiasta Café on Calle 39-D and Hoja del Alba at Calle 46 #305.

Crêpes are a theme in the north: Central Crêperie, La Crepería and Crepas Chefcito, at Calle 53E #804x, all serve them with coffee. Teo's House is at Calle 32 #399, Holbox Coffee at Calle 36 #306, Moonstar at Calle 50 #420l and PalettsCafé at Calle 50 #303x. Kopi Luwak Cafe-Bistro, Caffetalina and Zapote Café are also in the north.

Sources

  1. Paseo de Montejo, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  2. La colonia México, símbolo meridano en demolición, Diario de Yucatán (November 14, 2021, updated December 1, 2021), accessed October 2026
  3. El Gran Museo del Mundo Maya abre sus puertas, La Razón (September 24, 2012), accessed October 2026
  4. Amadeo Café: cafetería argentina en Mérida, Amadeo Café (café website), accessed October 2026
  5. Café Ictze, Café Ictze (company website), accessed October 2026
  6. A Tour of 15 Cafés and Coffee Bars in Mérida, Yucatán Today (first published September 2024, online February 5, 2025), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Prolongación Montejo & the north cafés: questions

Where is the Argentine café on Prolongación Montejo in Mérida?

Amadeo Café is at Prolongación Paseo de Montejo 306 and opens Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 17:00. Run by a porteño and a Mexican, it makes family recipes such as alfajores and dulce de leche, serves yerba mate hot, cold or as a latte, and pours specialty coffee.

When was Prolongación Montejo in Mérida built?

Paseo de Montejo was extended north three times: by 440 m in 1926, by 1,200 m in 1950 to reach Colonia México, and by 2,600 m in 1979. By 2018 the avenue ran more than 6 km from the Monumento a los Montejo to the Torre Bancaria. Its northern stretch was once called Paseo Nachi Cocom.

Which cafés are near the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya in north Mérida?

Condesa Barra de Café has its second branch in Cordemex, near the museum, and is known for lattes and waffle churros. Snow Drop, a Korean café in Plaza Altana in Pinzón, opens daily 11:30–21:30. The museum itself opened in September 2012.

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