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- Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities
- Kumquat Coffee
- Homeless encampments are on the ballot in Arizona. Could California, other states follow?
- Boxx Coffee Roasters
- Commentary: Grieving without God is one thing. Grieving without God’s people is another
- El Burrito House
- Great White

It all blends together best in the chorizo and potato version, for a bite of soft, spicy breakfast bliss. Though La Azteca may be better known for its non-breakfast options, the breakfast burrito at this East Los Angeles tortilleria packs a punch. Options include asada and eggs, chorizo and eggs, and more. For an off-menu breakfast burrito option, order the chile relleno and add a fried egg.
Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities
Given the popularity of Cofax’s breakfast it begs the question—is it a coffee shop with breakfast burritos or a breakfast burrito shop with coffee? Either way, you will want to sink your teeth into their tortilla wrapped beauties filled with bacon, tater tots, egg, cheese and pickled jalapeños. There are few more satisfying starts to the day than a delicious breakfast burrito. Laced with eggs, (usually, but not always) meat, and add-ins like cheese, avocado, salsa, and more, each is its own unique LA offering meant to kick the morning off on a delicious note.
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Currently, all orders must be placed through their website for pickup or delivery. Now that Burrito Bomba has an actual door, the menu has expanded to include burritos for all times of the day. First there's the roughly $19 Hangover Burrito, which one reviewer calls "flipping amazing," packed with every known breakfast meat. For lunch, you might try The Cali, loaded with cheese fries, guac, pico de gallo, queso fresco, steak, jalapeño ranch aioli, and Mexican crema. Get The Cali wrapped in cheese and jalapeños hot off the griddle.
Homeless encampments are on the ballot in Arizona. Could California, other states follow?
Bacon and sausage are available here, of course, and so is carne asada. Run by the same people are Guerrilla Tacos around the corner, Guerrilla Cafecito is a tiny cafe in the Arts District open 8-11am daily. The GTLA Burrito is fantastic—there’s tender sirloin steak accompanied by avocado, chile de arbol salsa, and super-crispy hash browns. It’s all wrapped in a burrito coated in melted jack cheese.
Lily’s is a far Westside staple, known to Malibu locals and travelers alike for its filling morning breakfast burritos with lots of cheese and, unusually, beans. While they're all good, we especially like the poblano chili-heavy Tolucan Green with pork. We're heading to Glendale, California for these bomb burritos! Well, nothing without hot sauce is perfect — oh, wait, they have that.
Commentary: Grieving without God is one thing. Grieving without God’s people is another
If that combination of words isn’t enough to get your mind racing, we might have to reexamine our friendship. Their crunchy, saucy burrito can also be made with excellent crispy pork belly or longanisa, but we almost always order the rich, braised beef option dripping spicy broth all over the scrambled eggs inside. If you can't make it to Milpa Grille during the week, Macheen also serves burritos at Smorgasburg on Sundays.
BIRRIA BURRITOS SINCE 1980
The standard one that comes with eggs, bacon, melted cheddar jack and chipotle sauce is great, but it’s the special (spot it on a handwritten sign next to the register) you want. Wrapped inside is soujuk, a spicy, dry-cured Armenian sausage that lends a nice kick and extra heft to the burrito. When a burrito is named “Rico Suave,” you know it has to be good. This not-too-big-not-too-small breakfast burrito definitely lives up to it name. It comes filled with the standard eggs, bacon and cheese but the twist that sets it apart from its peers is the crispy tator tots, avocado and cilantro crema.
Made with chewy, handmade Zacatecas-style flour tortillas, these tightly wrapped swaddles hold nothing except tender beef birria dripping in smokey consommé. That's right, no guac, cheese, or lettuce to be found—the birria is flavorful enough to stand on its own and pairs well with the buttery tortilla. Keep in mind that these burritos are small, so make like everyone else in line and order a few. For those of you that like to go all in, the Fully Loaded breakfast burrito from SaMo’s Oaxaca is for you. This bold burrito contains a triple threat of meats (ham, bacon AND chorizo), as well as eggs, beans, cheese, potatoes, guacamole and chipotle sauce.
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The lineup is ever-changing (Just check out this lamb shank burrito, or these mini burritos). Currently on the breakfast menu, you'll find the Hey Porky's loaded with scrambled eggs, black beans, roasted pork shoulder, candied bacon, salsa verde, and queso Oaxaca. There's also The Atwater, featuring mushrooms, butternut squash, scrambled eggs, home fries, and Swiss cheese. Arguably the most portable form of birria consumption, the birria burrito is what you need to order at this beloved Boyle Heights takeout window.
And while the ingredients usually stick to a familiar rhythm, the styles differ greatly, from bean-laden options in Malibu to burrito behemoths in Pasadena. Here is a collection of must-try breakfast burritos in Los Angeles. The hulking Dispatch Hall Burrito at Isaac’s Cafe in Wilmington is named for its apparent popularity with workers at the longshoreman staff hall just across the street. And frankly, it’s hard to imagine a better breakfast if you’re moving around thousands of pounds of freight at the Port of LA each day. This burrito is filled with fluffy rice and stewed beans, soft and cheesy scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, and they don't skimp on the avocado. They’ll even let you substitute in carne asada if that’s your thing.
The belle of the ball at Cactus tends to be the California burrito, but people are sleeping on her under-appreciated sister, the breakfast burrito. This baby is bringing rice, beans, potatoes, eggs and choice of meat to this party. The Rooster is the first standalone restaurant from Rouha Sadighi, the chef behind the Rooster Truck. Now, customers can snag a Rico Suave breakfast burrito with tater tots and avocado every day from a single location instead of chasing Sadighi’s truck all over the city. Rich with braised pork, crispy smashed potatoes, smoked chile, and softened eggs, the breakfast burrito at Doubting Thomas is a masterpiece of a meal.
Horchata from the plastic jug is pushed aside in favor of the frozen Horchata Tu Madre, with rum and bitters, as well as an array of top shelf tequila cocktails. But hold onto your pants when it comes to the burritos. If we're talking legit Mexican food in L.A., you better believe there's gonna be a food truck involved. And El Chato has been wheeling and dealing for the nighttime crowd on the corner of Olympic and La Brea for years. Brought to life by Teo Diaz-Rodriguez, Jr. and Jennifer Feltham, the pair aimed to dip a toe into the crowded Los Angeles food scene, and fell straight into the deep end ... But, like, if the water were cold hard cash and the pool swimmies were burritos.
The burrito scenario is simple; pick your meat and have it wrapped up with pico de gallo and pinto beans. The protein list features machaca, carne asada, bean and cheese (plus pork fat), carnitas, pollo, cochinita pibil, and chile verde. Wash it down with a Minute Maid lemonade for the full effect. "A burrito is a Chicano thing, a Los Angeles thing, proudly Mexican-American. It is the food of mom," once declared the late, iconic restaurant critic, Jonathan Gold.
On Freedom Trail: Paul Revere's House, the Old North Church—and Burritos - The Wall Street Journal
On Freedom Trail: Paul Revere's House, the Old North Church—and Burritos.
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The tiny outpost leans on its sister restaurant, Bludso's Bar and Que, for the smoky potatoes tucked into its iconic Breakfast Burrito, as well as the sausage kicking up the heat in the Hot Link burrito. Available as long as they're stocked with the goods, you also can't go wrong with a Pastrami, Chorizo, Bacon, or Meatless Chorizo burrito. The spot even nabbed Best Breakfast Burrito in L.A., from LAist. For nearly six decades, Al & Bea's has been coming in hot with authentic Mexican cooking for Boyle Heights locals. But way back in 1966, founders Albert and Beatrice Carreon sold burritos for just 18 cents.
As you might've guessed from the logo's cute smiley cow, this local mini-chain specializes in beef birria—specifically Jalisco-style. That means traditional birria en su jugo is on the menu, a perfectly salted, just-spicy-enough soup full of juicy, shredded beef to get the cogs in your brain moving on a Saturday morning. The rest of the menu at this Van Nuys window, however, leans more Tijuana-style, like crispy cheese-lined quesatacos with a side of consommé for dunking. San Marcos consistently nails the ratios of meat, cheese, and oil in every order, which is why it's a reliable go-to every time we're nearby. The culmination of refried beans and Filipino spicy longanisa makes this ADB breakfast burrito one you won’t want to miss.
The restaurant offers eight different types of burritos to choose from for single orders, combos and family packs. But with Los de Juarez Burritos, a new restaurant in Anaheim, De la Vega and Juan Del Rio, his business partner, are hoping to slim the burrito down in returning the meal back to its borderland beginnings. Ringed with potato and weighing in at several pounds (at least it feels that way), the Lucky Boy burrito is a thing of gigantic beauty. No wonder it’s consistently ranked as among the best in greater Los Angeles — and is known to be one heck of a hangover cure. We have yet to see a crowd here during the day, but once the sun sets, Cactus Taqueria #1 on Vine is booming. It's a '90s hit that kept playing for decades and every time you hear it, you crank it up to an 11.