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La Vaca Birria
Mexican
Blue corn tortillas packed with saucy, warm-spiced beef birria is the move at this Mission District taqueria, which calls its style Chicano rather than the more tomato-forward versions you'll find elsewhere. The asada and adobo chicken are there for the uncommitted, both lifted considerably by the creamy salsa verde. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the best tacos in the Bay Area, which the line out front suggests locals have known for a while.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle #38 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best tacos in the SF Bay Area
One number, weighted & current 66
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Grilled cheese burrito
“La Vaca Birria’s grilled cheese burrito is somehow greater than even the considerable sum of its Platonically ideal parts”
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Quesabirria azul
“Try the quesabirria azul ($7), a slightly bigger blue corn tortilla insulated with saucy, spiced beef and molten cheese.”
San Francisco Chronicle -
Buttery asada
“For non-birria options, there is buttery asada ($4) and adobo-slathered chicken ($4), both of which wake up with the creamy salsa verde.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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