Guadalajara: Tapatio Tastes Food Tour with 13+ Tastings
Explore Santa Tere, Guadalajara’s most food-loving neighbourhood, on this lunchtime food tour. With 13+ tastings, this is a crash course in the food and eateries belov...
Birria is the slow-cooked goat (or lamb) stew of Jalisco, marinated in adobo of dried chiles, garlic and spices, simmered in broth and served with consome and handmade tortillas.
Birria originated in Jalisco, where the term was first used in the 19th century for meats cooked in a pit or earth oven. Cuban scholar Felix Ramos y Duarte documented the term in 1898 as goat barbacoa, and historian Leovigildo Islas Escarcega confirmed its Jaliscan origin in 1945. The Nueve Esquinas plaza area of Centro Historico has been the canonical Guadalajara birria district for generations; Birrieria Las 9 Esquinas joined the row in 1986. In 1950 Guadalupe Zarate introduced beef birria with consome in Tijuana, and the quesabirria fusion exploded in North America in the 2010s.
4 editor picks for Birria in Guadalajara, ranked by editorial score. All Guadalajara signature dishes · Birria across every city.
Birrieria Las 9 Esquinas ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Calle Colon 384, Las Nueve Esquinas, Centro, 44100 Guadalajara, Jalisco
Birrieria Las 9 Esquinas in Guadalajara is the canonical birria stand in the Nueve Esquinas district near Centro, goat birria and consome since 1986.
Birrieria El Chololo ★ 4.2
zapopan · Avenida Patria 1100, Lomas del Nilo, 44820 Guadalajara, Jalisco
Birrieria El Chololo in Guadalajara is the multi-location Tapatio birria spot, a Lomas del Nilo and metro favourite for slow-cooked goat birria and consome.
Casa Fuerte ★ 4.2
tlaquepaque · Calle Independencia 224, Centro, 45500 San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco
Casa Fuerte on Calle Independencia in Tlaquepaque is the courtyard room in a 19th-century mansion, a Guadalajara metro classic for traditional plates.
El Parian ★ 4.0
tlaquepaque · Calle Madero 9, Centro, 45500 San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco
El Parian in Tlaquepaque is the historic arches plaza on Calle Madero, the largest cantina in Mexico with mariachi music, tequila flights and Jalisco plates.
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