La Capital Tacqueria
2026-02-10 Tags: restaurants
(Photo credit: Semira Menghes)
Birria is beef or lamb stewed in super flavorful rich broth (consomé) and usually served with the broth for dipping. I've mostly seen it in tacos with and without cheese and sometimes in tortas. They usually dip the tacos in the consomé and then fry them on the plancha so they're crispy and all the flavor is seared into the tortilla.
Jalisco is famous for it, and I'm learning now from wikipedia that it's a regional variant of barbacoa.
We spent a month in Puerto Vallarta (in Jalisco) and had a lot of birria tacos and consomé, and the best I've ever had is still La Capital in Troy NY.
We love to get two orders of the birria tacos and a burrito, and then pour the consomé into the burrito as we eat it.
Definitely eat it hot at the restaurant if you can, it's still good as takeaway but best hot. I think we liked all the burritos except for the al pastor one.
Credit for the original recommendation goes to Shivon. I then forgot that entirely and excitedly told her about it a year later.