City Consensus · Los Angeles
Birria in Los Angeles
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Birria in Los Angeles below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Birria in Los Angeles
Editorial canon from LA Taco's definitive Birriamania coverage plus the Infatuation and Eater picks that built the LA birria wave.
- #1
Teddy's Red Tacos
Boyle Heights
“Teddy Vasquez's shoulder-clod beef birria popularized the LA Tijuana-style birria wave and still sets the standard for stringy, tender vampiros.”
- #2
Burritos La Palma
El Monte
“The Zacatecas-style birria burrito Jonathan Gold called one of the finest bites in LA — the O.G. flour-tortilla reference.”
- #3
Taqueria Frontera
Cypress Park
“LA Taco's Birriamania winner, with Tijuana-style quesabirria pulled fresh from a heavy consommé.”
- #4
El Ruso
Boyle Heights
“Walter 'El Ruso' Soto's flour-tortilla birria tacos with grilled-cheese costra helped define the modern LA quesabirria.”
- #5
Tacos y Birria La Unica
Boyle Heights
“One of the first and most famous LA birria trucks, with both goat and Michoacán-style beef birria on handmade corn tortillas.”