Meal prep in Mexico City

Mexico City has become one of the world’s great magnets for people who visit and live abroad — a high-altitude capital with a mild, spring-like climate, a cost of living well below the US, short flights home, and a food-and-culture scene few cities can match. Sitting around 2,240 m, the days are warm and the evenings cool, and a wave of newcomers has poured in over recent years.

The scene centres on two leafy neighbourhoods. Roma (Roma Norte especially) is the epicentre — tree-lined streets, cafés, galleries and taquerías. Neighbouring Condesa, with its art-deco buildings and parks, is the other heart of it. Juárez is the central, fast-changing option; Polanco the upscale dining district; and Coyoacán, further south, keeps a bohemian, cobblestoned calm.

Off the clock, the city is inexhaustible — the Zócalo and the ruins of the Templo Mayor downtown, Chapultepecpark with its castle and the Anthropology Museum, Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Coyoacán, and the canals of Xochimilco. The pyramids of Teotihuacán are an easy morning out.

It’s the kind of place a short trip becomes a long one — and long stays are where eating well takes some planning. Between the taquerías, the markets and the long comidas, it’s easy to drift. Mexico City also has a growing set of meal-prep services built for this life: fresh, portioned plans delivered across the city. Below are the ones we’ve verified — what they cook, what they charge where they publish it, and how to reach them.