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A foil-wrapped flour tortilla packed with eggs, hash browns, cheese, bacon or chorizo and salsa. The Eastside corner-shop morning meal of Los Angeles.
The breakfast burrito in its current LA form, scrambled eggs, hash browns or tater tots, cheese, bacon or chorizo, salsa, wrapped in a flour tortilla and foiled, took shape in the 1970s in East LA panaderias and corner shops. Al & Bea's on First Street has been making them since 1966; Cofax on Fairfax updated the format with chorizo verde in the 2010s. The defining feature is structural: every ingredient is hot and cooked separately, then layered hot so the tortilla never goes soggy. A real LA breakfast burrito is eaten foil-on, peeling back as you go, in the car on the way somewhere.
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Burritos La Palma in East LA, Los Angeles wraps birria de res in handmade flour tortillas from Jerez, Zacatecas. James Beard finalist since 2018.
OrderBirria de res burrito wrapped in Zacatecas flour tortilla.
TipOpen 09:00-17:00; the burritos sell out by 14:00 on weekends. Eat in the car.
Al & Bea's in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles has wrapped bean and cheese burritos since 1966 from the same walk-up window. Closes by 17:00 daily.
OrderBean and cheese burrito
Lucky Boy in Pasadena, Los Angeles serves a foil-wrapped breakfast burrito that locals queue for from 06:00. At 640 S. Arroyo Parkway. Booking recommended.
OrderBreakfast burrito
Cofax Coffee Shop on Fairfax, Los Angeles updated the LA breakfast burrito with chorizo verde and house-fermented hot sauces. A reliable Mid-City stop.
OrderChorizo verde breakfast burrito and a flat white.
TipCounter and patio only; queue at 09:30 weekends, walk-in fine weekdays.
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