Tacos Villa Corona
Taco restaurant · Atwater Village ·
Compact, colorful Mexican window serving breakfast & lunch burritos
Compact, colorful Mexican window serving breakfast & lunch burritos
"In the 1990s, this diminutive Atwater Village burrito shop had an eat-in counter and a bulletproof partition, and Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha and I were regular customers (usually not together). By the time Anthony Bourdain blew up the spot on The Layover in 2012, the inside seating was long gone, the neighborhood had largely gentrified, and it had become beloved by locals for comforting, affordable burritos and a smoky chile de arbol salsa. Burritos are the move — I’ve been going for 30 years and have only ordered a handful of tacos; the breakfast burritos are wildly popular, and I recommend the chilaquiles burrito with plenty of salsa. They serve breakfast all day, but if I’m in a midday mood I go for a steak and bean burrito. A few years ago they switched their potatoes from diced to mashed, so I pivoted my go-to order toward beans (it’s a winning move). Vegetarians do quite well: choose any or all of nopales, spinach, beans, papas, cheese, and avocado. These burritos travel well, and while they’re not flashy or camera-ready — smaller, bordering on austere — you’d be hard pressed to find a more satisfying $6 meal. After three decades and multiple generations of ownership, the founding Reza-Flores family even opened a second outpost." - Ben Mesirow
"Once a wonderfully secret local gem until Anthony Bourdain ruined it for everyone, Tacos Villa Corona is in the conversation for best breakfast burrito in LA. Fully hipster minimal, cash only, nowhere to sit although many choose to enjoy theirs on the curb, once they run out of daily ingredients they close no matter what time that is so get there early especially on the weekend. You’ll fall in love with not just the burritos, but with the family who owns and runs this neighborhood treasure. First timers: go with a Chilaquiles breakfast burrito and bask in delicious wonderment." - Brains on Fire
"The original Atwater Village taco-and-burrito window has been operating since 1993 on Glendale Boulevard, serving tacos, quesadillas, nachos, and burritos out of its walk-up window. The restaurant is best known for its breakfast burritos, which are stuffed with a base of potatoes or chilaquiles plus eggs, cheese, onions, and more; optional add-ins include nopales, beans, chorizo, and bacon. The business announced in an Instagram post that it is opening a second location in Eagle Rock — the first expansion in the restaurant’s more than three-decade history — with an estimated opening in five to six months." - Rebecca Roland
"This old-school Mexican takeout window isn’t trying to reinvent the proverbial breakfast burrito wheel—theirs are simply swaddled in a thick tortilla and filled with potatoes, eggs, and some cheese. The regular papas are good, especially the ones that come with bacon and taste like a peaceful Sunday morning, regardless of the day. But our favorite is the nopales breakfast burrito: prickly pear cactus is combined with spinach, eggs, and beans (plus a little hint of salsa) to create a texture roller coaster ride - crunchy, gooey, and exactly what you want to start the day with." - arden shore, sylvio martins, brant cox
"Everyone loves Tacos Villa Corona in Atwater Village. That’s why weekend sidewalk waits can sometimes stretch to an hour or more, though most hangers-on agree the time spent salivating at the simple a.m. burritos — including the unadorned papas and chilaquiles burritos and the nopales burrito stuffed with spinach and cheese — is ultimately more than worth it." - Rebecca Roland