Birrieria Apatzingan
Mexican restaurant · Pacoima ·
Authentic Michoacán birria, handmade tortillas, and regional specialties
Authentic Michoacán birria, handmade tortillas, and regional specialties
"You’ll find one of LA’s best Mexican restaurants between a convenience store and a recycling center. We’re not sending you on a scavenger hunt—that’s genuinely where Birrieria Apatzingan is located. This tiny, six-table restaurant in Pacoima serves big steaming bowls of Michoacan-style birria de chivo (a.k.a. some of the finest slow-cooked goat you’ll come across). The chivo is juicy and tender after bubbling in the flavorful broth for hours and tastes even better with their fluffy handmade tortillas on the side. Make the birria a priority, but we can vouch that everything here is great, including the morisqueta, or spicy, fatty pork spare ribs coated in queso cotija and served over rice." - brant cox, sylvio martins
"This might sound like a clue on a scavenger hunt, but you'll find our favorite goat birria in LA tucked between a convenience store and a recycling center. That's Birrieria Apatzingan, a small, six-table restaurant in Pacoima that serves big steaming bowls of slow-cooked goat. The Michoacan-style chivo here is stewed until it collapses into tender threads, and the broth is so well-seasoned with hits of cumin, cinnamon, and dried chiles competing for your attention. The warm handmade tortillas on the side are pillowy and plump yet sturdy enough to double as spoons for hot soup." - sylvio martins
"For being a tiny spot that shares a wall with a convenience store and recycling center, Birrieria Apatzingan whips up an impressive roster of dishes. The Pacoima restaurant has a huge menu that includes crackly tacos dorados, huge bowls of crimson red menudo, and a Michaocan specialty called morisqueta: fatty, cartlidge-y pork ribs coated in a spicy tomato sauce and cotija cheese over beans and rice. And whatever you do, save room for the exceptional goat birria en caldo that’s one of our favorites in town. Cash only." - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder
"This tiny Michoacan restaurant in Pacoima is sandwiched between a recycling center and a convenience store, leaving just enough space for six tables, zero televisions, and elbow room to dunk fresh corn tortillas into an oversized bowl of goat birria. Whether you go with the signature smoky birria or a plate of the cartilage-y spare ribs bathed in salsa roja that require some nibbling, don't expect to check any sort of messaging app for a while. A meal here demands both hands and your full attention. Cash only." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park, garrett snyder
"For being a tiny spot that shares a wall with a convenience store and recycling center, Birrieria Apatzingan whips up an impressive roster of dishes. The Pacoima restaurant has a huge menu that includes crackly tacos dorados, huge bowls of crimson red menudo, and a Michaocan specialty called morisqueta: fatty, cartlidge-y pork ribs coated in a spicy tomato sauce and cotija cheese over beans and rice. And whatever you do, save room for the exceptional goat birria en caldo that’s one of our favorites in town. Cash only. " - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder