HomeState
Tex-Mex restaurant · East Hollywood ·
Texas-style breakfast tacos, queso, and brisket with handmade tortillas
Texas-style breakfast tacos, queso, and brisket with handmade tortillas
"This small Los Feliz restaurant (that also has locations in Highland Park, Pasadena, West Adams, and Playa Vista) serves some of the best Tex-Mex we’ve encountered in the city. People line up for their queso, migas, and most importantly, breakfast tacos. It all starts with their excellent flour tortillas, which come loaded with bacon, potatoes, eggs, cheese, beans, and shredded brisket. What you’ll get is an excellent breakfast, ideal for a mid-morning snack or to magically bring you back from the brink of hangover death at 2pm on a Saturday. Food Rundown Queso Queso is a key reason why Tex-Mex holds a place in our hearts, and Homestate does it right. Make sure you order it “loaded,” and please sign our petition for the restaurant to make “loaded” your only option. It’s for the good of everyone. Migas We recommend the Lonestar Migas, which adds in a good amount of brisket on top of the warm and filling migas: eggs scrambled with corn strips, onion, and cheese. Tacos As far as breakfast tacos go, we love the Comal (black beans, eggs, Monterey jack), the Pecos (egg and brisket), and the Trinity (eggs, bacon, cheddar, potato) - but you really can’t go wrong. The lunch menu has a few highlights as well: the brisket and chicken tacos are both solid choices, with a great cabbage slaw on top. Buñuelos In A Bag Light, airy, and sweet. Take a few bites first, in case you fill up on the queso and can’t get to them after." - Michael Burke
"Texas’ greatest invention - and one of the all-time greatest food inventions - is without a doubt the breakfast taco. And Homestate is without a doubt the best place to find them in LA. Don’t leave without also adding a Topo Chico and a side of queso to your order." - katherine lewin
"Both the Highland Park and Los Feliz locations of this hyper-popular Tex-Mex restaurant have transformed into “General Stores.” On top of a few taco items, they are selling pantry essentials like eggs, flour, whole chickens (at HLP only), limes, margs, beer, and wine. Takeout and delivery available, hours vary. Keep an eye on their Instagram for the latest details." - brant cox
"It’s rare we don’t find ourselves daydreaming about tacos for extended periods of time, but tacos with eggs in them? That’s our constant state of mind. And there’s nowhere else we want to be eating them than at HomeState, the Tex-Mex cafe in Los Feliz. Everything from the breakfast tacos to egg-scramble migas to the Frito pie in a bag is fantastic, and a great way to get your mind through the end of class. Don’t want to have to wait in line to get them? Call in a takeaway order on your way there." - brant cox
"Last night’s Echoplex outing got a little sloppy and you woke up with three separate “Tristan”s in your phone. Time for breakfast tacos at HomeState. The order-at-the-counter Tex-Mex spot has a constant line, but they also manage it extremely efficiently. If you can’t deal with interacting with other humans, you can also place your order online ahead of time and it’ll be there waiting for you and your hangover." - brant cox, kat hong, brett keating
