From The People Who Brought You Baja Fish Tacos: Contodo Mexican Grill in Orange

Photo by Morgan Edwards Not far from the bustle of downtown Santa Ana exists Dulceria El Caracol. And hidden inside that candy shop, there’s a restaurant called La Super Birria. Though you can browse Dulceria El Caracol’s store aisles to grab a...

There was a time in Southern California when birria was what you ate after church baptisms or for hungover Sunday morning meals, a restorative dish of musky goat broth rooted in the chivo-intensive cooking of west-central Mexico. Goat was as...

On a cold, drizzly day in March I discovered a new taqueria in Garden Grove that specializes in Tijuana-style birria tacos. Birrieria El Bandido began as a food truck (technically a trailer), which the owners still operate. They park it behind the...

Santa Ana boasts better taquerias than many towns in Mexico. Carne asada? Pork al pastor? Birria, barbacoa, al vapor? You don’t have to look very far to find what you’re looking for here. Just a wild guess, but if someone were to actually do the...

The next culinary mashup has arrived, and it is delicious, even if it still needs a little work. Birria ramen could very well become the next Kogi taco. The idea is brilliant: rich, fragrant, mildly spicy beef birria and its accompanying consommé...