A flour tortilla wrapped around scrambled egg, hash browns, bacon or chorizo, cheese and a pour of red or green chile. Santa Fe's coined term for it dates to Tia Sophia's 1975 menu.
The breakfast burrito existed informally across Hispano-Mexican households for decades, but Tia Sophia's downtown Santa Fe is credited with putting the term breakfast burrito on a restaurant menu in 1975. From there it spread across New Mexico, into national fast-food chains and back into Santa Fe at every casual spot from Palacio Cafe to El Chile Toreado.
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El Chile Toreado ★ 4.7
cerrillos · 807 Early Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
El Chile Toreado is Santa Fe's beloved Mexican food truck, run by the Medina family since 2005; breakfast burritos and Polish-sausage hot dogs are the order.
Tia Sophia's ★ 4.5
downtown · 210 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tia Sophia's lays claim to coining the term "breakfast burrito" on a menu; the Plaza counter has fed Santa Fe under-budget breakfasts since 1975.
Tune-Up Cafe ★ 4.5
agua fria · 1115 Hickox Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tune-Up plates pupusas, tacos al pastor, banana-leaf tamales and breakfast burritos in a Hickox adobe; Guy Fieri filmed Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives here.
Palacio Cafe ★ 4.3
downtown · 209 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Damian and Maria Munoz opened Palacio Cafe on East Palace Avenue in 2012; the breakfast burritos are among the biggest and chile-hottest near the Plaza.
The Pantry Restaurant ★ 4.2
cerrillos · 1820 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Open since 1948 on Cerrillos Road, The Pantry plates diner classics next to chile-heavy New Mexican breakfasts; a 2025 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice winner.