Taco Time: Birria Las Margaritas

Birria ‘Las Margaritas’

Birria, the best-known dish from Jalisco, is a spicy, soupy stew made with goat or beef, which is marinated in chilies and aromatic spices, wrapped in the leaf of maguey then slow-cooked in a pot sealed with corn masa. It is then served bathed in its own broth eaten with a spoon or rolled up into tacos garnished with cilantro, onions and avocado.
Las Margaritas, located just outside La Merced’s huge main market building, is a modest stand made up of a couple of tables enclosing the cooking area. Don’t be put off by the apparent simplicity because this family, originally from Guadalajara, prepares some of the richest beef birria in town. We usually stop for a couple of tacos with all the trimmings accompanied by a small bowl of poetically rich consomé.

Birria Las Margaritas
Just outside “Puerta 29” of the nave mayor, La Merced ( in the covered passage parallel to Avenida Anillo de Circunvalación, and near Calle Cerrada del Rosario See map
Open Tuesday - Sunday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., closed Monday