Teddy's Red Tacos - East Los Angeles

Teddy’s Red Tacos pioneered the birria movement in Los Angeles, serving authentic family-recipe birria de res from their East LA location since 2016. Owner Teddy Vasquez “began Teddy’s Red Tacos as an intermittent pop-up before moving to a food truck” and “opened in 2016, long before everyone including Ramen purveyors began treating Birria as the #instagram friendly Food.” Their menu features “authentic Mexican birria and consome tacos” with “Teddy bringing the authentic recipe of his familia’s Birria from Mexico.” Signature items include their beef birria tacos “served with onion, cilantro, salsa, and topped with Monterey jack cheese,” vampiro tacos with “melted Monterey jack cheese,” and their popular birria ramen. Customers consistently praise the quality, noting “the red salsa for the birria is so delicious the consom?? also really good!” Their birria ramen earns special recognition as the “Best Birria Ramen in the area, doesn’t taste like plastic other restaurants use and it has so much meat!” The restaurant uses “shoulder-cut boiled for hours, then shredded or chopped” creating exceptionally tender meat. With over ten locations throughout LA County, the original East LA spot on Whittier Boulevard remains a pilgrimage site for birria enthusiasts seeking the authentic flavors that started the citywide birria craze.