Birria-Landia
Taco restaurant · Williamsburg
491 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Highlights
City's best birria tacos, mulitas, tostadas, and consomé
City's best birria tacos, mulitas, tostadas, and consomé
"Birria-Landia put New York’s birria boom on the map over the past few years, thanks in part to social media with videos of tacos submerged in consomé and tortillas stained red with glorious oil. It began as a truck in Jackson Heights and now has outposts throughout the city, including a recent expansion with its first physical restaurant, a stand located in a Flushing food court. A truck stationed by the Metropolitan Avenue-Lorimer L train stop stays busy and is especially useful to area nightlife revelers." - Robert Sietsema
"Birria-Landia’s original truck in Jackson Heights makes the city’s best birria, full stop. So, naturally, anyone in Williamsburg should grow weak at the knees to know that this Tijuana-style spot has another truck on the same block as Kellogg’s Diner. Each of the four items on their menu (tacos, mulitas, tostadas, and consomme) is bolstered by tangy, mildly spicy, and mysteriously deep stew. Make sure to take your crunchy-soft tortilla filled with beef and dip it in your cup of consomme." - willa moore, bryan kim, will hartman, sonal shah, arden shore
"By now we hope that you’ve politely introduced yourself to the Birria-Landia truck parked at the intersection of Metropolitan & Meeker Avenues (since it’s home to the city’s best birria). And if you haven’t, let snack time be your way in. The lines can get fairly long here in the evenings, so swing by after they open at 2pm for a taco snack any day of the week. First, you’ll taste lime, then tender meat, then adobo, then dripping fat, with everything melting together in your unworthy mouth. Make sure to take your crunchy-soft tortilla filled with beef and, and dip it in your cup of consomme. What happens is a sea change. The word “delicious” seems somehow inadequate. Bring cash." - hannah albertine
"Birria-Landia makes the city’s best birria, full stop. This Tijuana-style truck certainly didn’t invent birria, and it definitely wasn’t the first NYC place serving it—but this place gave birria the headliner status it always deserved. There’s always going to be a line outside of their brightly-lit trucks, located at 1st and Houston on the LES, near the Metropolitan Ave stop in Williamsburg, and on Grand Concourse in the Bronx. The menu is tight, focused, and flawless. Order a few of the tacos on broth-dipped tortillas, and dunk them into a cup of the mysteriously rich consome. First, you’ll taste lime, then tender meat, then adobo, then dripping fat, with everything melting together in your unworthy mouth." - Neha Talreja, Kenny Yang, Carina Finn Koeppicus, Willa Moore
"Birria-Landia is a popular taco truck in Queens, known for its exceptional birria tacos and late-night service." - Eater Staff
