Gastronomic Offer in the Historical Center of Toluca City
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GASTRONOMIC OFFER IN THE HISTORICAL CENTER OF TOLUCA CITY Andrés López Ojeda Héctor Favila Cisneros José Carlos Blee Mendoza Víctor Eder Morales López translated by Mtra. Arlen Sánchez Valdés Mtro. José Manuel Rodríguez Llamas January - June 2016 Toluca: Basic information STATE OF UNITED STATES OF MEXICO MUNICIPALITY OF MEXICO TOLUCA Internaonal Airport Adolfo López Mateos CDMX v 64 km from Industrial vocaon Mexico City Time to Mexico Citycv around 1:15 hrs. cv Populaon of Al#tude 819,561 2,660 TOLUCA amsl Toluca has a Annual average temperature of 12.9 ° C. Spring Summer Maximum 28 ° C - minimum 12.9 ° C Autumn Winter Maximum 12.9º C - minimum -2.0º C CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 113 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144 Methodological note Record of the gastronomic offer in the Historic Center of Toluca city and its main cultural arac#ons Iden#fy, quan#fy and disseminate the various op#ons of gastronomic consump#on in the Historic Center of Toluca city The records of the gastronomic offer in the historical centre of Toluca city and its main arac#ons The recording of information was carried out during the month of June 2016 The territorial delimitation of the register, corresponds to the zone of the historical Center, which comprises the polygonal formed by the following streets and avenues: Andrés Quintana Roo, Constituyentes, José Vicente Villada, Literary Institute, José María Pino Suárez, Santos Degollados, Plaza España, Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Benito Juárez, Santos Degollado, Gómez Palacio, Martín Rivera, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejeda and Andrés Quintana Roo (Toluca Municipal Development Plan 2013-2015, page 195) The registration of the gastronomic offer of the city of Toluca was made based on direct observation and field trips into the delimited area The background of the investigation is in the following work: Morales López, Víctor Eder (2014). Tourism-gastronomic consumption in the Historic Center of Toluca (Thesis in Licenciatura). Toluca, Mexico: Faculty of Tourism and Gastronomy, UAEM. CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 114 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144 Toluca: Surrounding Attractions Since 1830 Toluca is the capital of the State of Mexico CALIXTLAHUACA *The shield of Toluca has the" ARCHAEOLOGICAL territory image (in white), a mountain" AREA (in Green) and the face of the god Tolotzin.! *Toluca means: ! 4 “Place where the god Tolotzin is” ! Alfeñique Deportivo Toluca Museum Ventral area Stadium Bicentenary Tower Museum Potros UAEM Stadium CU METEPEC Cathedral NEVADO DE TOLUCA (XINANTÉCATL) CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 115 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: Downtown area main cultural attractions 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE MARKET Founded in 1933 FINE ARTS MUSEUM Ocupy a building of the XIX century that belonged to the Barefoot Carmelites Order COSMOVITRAL Botanic garden which stained glasses are an artistic Government Palace expression of Leopoldo Flores LUIS NISHIZAWA MUSEUM/ WORKSHOP Has a collection of 800 art Civic Plaza, GARDEN OF books and works of the artist THE MARTYRS Owes its name to the shooting of 100 prisioners during the Independence war JOSÉ MARÍA VELASCO MUSEUM Considerated “The great landscaper of the5 XIX century”, SANTA VERACRUZ located in and old house at the CHURCH (1752) end of the same century To worship the black Chist of the Saint Veracruz MORELOS THEATER Inaugurated the 5th of SAN JOSÉ CATHEDRAL september of 1969. Finished in 1978, is the Has a capacity of youngest catedral of the 2,279 asistants. country THE PORTALS NUMISMATICS MUSEUM 120 archs form this achitectural Created in 1987, first place of work from 1832 its kind in Latin America 6 7 Toluca has 25 museums CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 116 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: Gastronomic offer 60 51 50 48 48 49 Total number of food and beverage Businesses! 41 40 415 34 31 30 “Others” include rosticcerias, liquor stores, snack shops, french fries, gazpacho and cotton candies 25 20 18 14 11 11 10 8 9 6 3 4 4 0 Restaurants Restaurant- Restaurant Coffe-Bar Others Mexican Dishes Chain Snack Bar Pizza Shop Specialty Coffe Shops Taquerías Candy Stores Torterías Desserts Inside hotels Coffe shop Bar Bar Fondas Restaurants Restaurants Restaurant and IceCreams Aldama House (1875) Chocolate factory la Gloria (1876) Ice Cream Elite (1940) Ice Cream el Zappelin (1936) Taquería “Manix” (1950) La Vaquita Negra del Portal (1943) Hostelry las Ramblas (1970) Tortas la Selva (1948) Restaurant Impala (1939) CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 117 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Importance of gastronomy and heritage The trip can be motivated by different Half of the national tourists have a factors, tourists use various services preference for tangible heritage! and make purchases, but almost always spend on food and drinks.! Otra modalidad Cultural 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 59% of Expenditure motivated by! national Culture in 2002 (dollars):! 5 households Nationals 2,210 millions! made a trip ! Foreigners 365 millions ! 4 3 2 1 Patrimonio intangible 0 Compras y No hacen compras recuerdos Patrimonio tangible 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 out of 10 tourists spend on 4 out of 10 make purchases and " 6 out of 10 foreign tourists have a preference for tangible food and beverages! acquire some souvenir ! heritage and specifically for archaeological sites ! *Data presented from the National Poll of Touristic Expenditure in Households (SECTUR, 2013).! CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 118 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: Restaurants 12 Restaurants Chain Restaurants Restaurants Coffe Shops Speciality Restaurante inside Restaurant -Bar Restaurant Hotel 1 2 6 7 24 33 10 2 9 7 8 34 26 23 11 4 6 3 2 8 27 28 25 10 11 35 3 4 30 3 29 5 3 1 6 22 12 5 15 4 16 3 13 17 1 1 2 1 1 14 18 19 5 21 4 2 20 9 2 32 2 31 CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 119 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: Cafes, cafes-bars, desserts and neverias Coffe Shops Coffe - Bar Desserts and Bar Ice Cream 7 8 11 6 24 36 5 10 12 23 22 21 32 26 7 10 30 6 9 35 31 33 20 14 34 13 37 39 10 13 3 16 9 11 8 19 5 17 18 12 23 4 14 15 4 1 19 4 28 3 22 29 15 21 26 20 2 25 27 6 4 5 7 1 8 11 9 2 2 3 1 1 2 24 17 18 16 3 25 38 CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 120 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: torterías, taquerías, pizzerías y loncherías 8 8 9 1 Torterías Taquería Pizza Shop Snack Shop 11 10 24 9 17 12 7 13 14 18 29 21 15 14 13 7 21 25 26 19 16 20 2 30 7 3 3 15 4 6 2 7 23 5 11 17 19 4 10 20 27 6 6 22 1 1 4 5 3 4 5 2 3 2 8 1 12 18 22 5 22 16 6 28 8 CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 121 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: Fondas, dulcerías, antojerías and other food establishments 111 12 2 13 14 Fondas Candy Shops 15 37 Mexican Dishes Others 2 16 10 44 5 18 17 19 1 1 39 38 20 4 40 9 36 4 7 4 8 25 43 9 3 2 6 21 22 23 24 26 35 28 33 34 8 7 29 5 6 3 4 1 2 1 10 27 30 4 31 32 5 41 3 3 42 8 CULINARIA Virtual magazine specialized in Gastronomy! © Gastronomy Observatory Semi-annual publication No. 11 New season 122 of the State of Mexico www.uaemex.mx/Culinaria / UAEMéx! January/June 2016 - pp. 112- 144! Toluca: Gastronomic places and commercial plazas with gastronomic offer Plazas Comerciales Plazas Gastronómicas La Vendimia Mercadito Gourmet 1. Mr. Ranch 11. Yucapioca 2. Dogos & Nachos 12. Wafleando 3. La Marquesa 13. Delicrepa 4. One Nue Vo 14. Work ink 15. El huacal Plaza “Carlos Gómez” 5. Primer Ministro 6. Biker Wings 16. Centro Tortero Gourmet 1. Antojitos “Carmen” 7. Deliciaditalia 17. La Lonchería 2. Ricos Cocteles 8. Pib Kebab 18. La santa vaca Plaza Paseo el Sol 3. Cocina Familiar “Doña Meche” 9. Del Pibil 19. La Ramona 1. Nutrisa 4. Cocina Económica “Lulú” 10. Catalán 20. Rincón Mestizo 2. Piacere 5. ¿El Botanitas… Tortas 6. Tacos (sin nombre) 1 3 1 2 Plaza Gastronómica” Amador López” Grand Plaza Toluca 1. Tacos Tránsito 14. Hot Dogs 27.