Tacos Y Birria La Única
Mexican restaurant · Boyle Heights ·
Birria tacos, quesatacos, mulitas, vampiros, quesadillas & ramen
Birria tacos, quesatacos, mulitas, vampiros, quesadillas & ramen
"I somehow always end up craving Tacos y Birria La Única, a birria specialist that’s one of my comfort spots along a main Venice Boulevard artery. Handmade tortillas and both shredded goat (birria de chivo) and shredded beef (birria de res), lovingly prepared by the staff, keep me coming back, but I can’t resist the quesatacos dorados — tortillas dipped in hot oil until perfectly crunchy, filled with a balanced amount of cheese and saucy birria, and flanked by a cup of consomé. The broth is wonderful to sip on its own and even better for glorious taco dipping, adding more flavor to the already savory bites. Owner Yasmany Mendoza operates the family-run business out of Boyle Heights, while the Mid-City truck — with a temporary seating area on Venice near Fairfax — serves until 6 p.m." - Eater Staff
"Tacos Y Birria La Unica is all about options. With both beef and goat versions on the menu, you can order their spicy, chile-braised birria as a taco, quesataco, mulita, or even in a cup of ramen while visiting this Boyle Heights destination (with a second location in Mid-City). We stick to the holy trinity, though: a goat taco, a beef taco, and a goat quesataco. When it comes to their quesataco, La Unica gently griddles housemade corn tortillas to a pleasant crunch before stuffing them with juicy meat and lots of molten white cheese. Pour on their habañero salsa for an extra dose of heat." - sylvio martins
"Taquero Yasmany Mendoza’s popular food truck is one of the big winners in Los Angeles’s birria wars, always commanding a long line of taco devotees that show up for goat and beef birria. Mendoza serves the most requested Tijuana-style taco dishes Angelenos crave: tacos, dorados (crispy tortilla), mulitas (taco sandwiched in between two tortillas), quesatacos (tacos with melted-fried cheese), vampiros (taco on a toasted corn tortilla), and quesadillas dripping with birria juices. With birria trucks on practically every corner of LA, it’s the rich, herbal stew with streaks of animal fat at Tacos Y Birria La Unica’s birria that keeps crowds coming back for more." - Bill Esparza
"Tacos Y Birria La Unica is the food truck we head to for all things birria. With both beef and goat versions on the menu, you can enjoy the spicy, chile-braised meat in a taco, quesataco, mulita, or even in a cup of ramen when visiting this Boyle Heights destination (with a second location in Mid-City as well). The goat is particularly delicious, and the cash-only truck’s rich consommé does an excellent job of enhancing the meat’s natural gaminess. But, in order to try a little of everything, we usually go for the holy trinity: a goat birria taco, a beef birria taco, and a goat birria quesataco. When it comes to their quesataco, La Unica gently fries housemade corn tortillas to a nice crunch before stuffing them with juicy birria and lots of molten white cheese that oozes and stretches with each bite. Pour on a bit of their habañero salsa for an extra dose of heat." - sylvio martins, garrett snyder, brant cox
"Offers delicious quesabirria tacos from a favorite food truck." - Michael He