I have been getting mine from CJ’s on pico. It’s good, not great at a reasonable price. I recently tried Nicks on Pico, and surprisingly I like CJ’s a bit better, I’m a big fan of nick’s in general, so I was surprised.
For a healthy breakfast burrito I love the one at one life natural foods on main st. in santa monica, good price and size and they fill it with the usual stuff but add more veggies. So it’s veggie heavy. I used to get it all the time when I lived over there. I also like the one at lazy daisy in beverly hills. haven’t tried the santa monica one. the burrito is small, which is ok, since these burritos are filling anyway, and not cheap $10 (after I add meat), but it’s delish. I ask them to make the potatoes extra crunchy. The most annoying part is they don’t have salsa! I usually just use my left over salsa from leo’s or el chato.
I’m a big fan of Nate’s Korner in Santa Ana. The standout features for me are that they use fried eggs instead of scrambled and the hash browns are well done. Delicious.
Tara Grill on Woodley in Van Nuys makes great breakfast burritos. $3.95 for egg, potato and cheese or for $1 more, you can add ham, bacon, chorizo, etc. They even have soy chorizo. They are a really good size too. I usually do a chorizo burrito, easy on the potatoes. Make sure you get their chipotle sauce/salsa on the side too – great heat to it, and it goes really well with the burrito.
Totally agree on both counts. The lady that runs it was totally unaware of the love they were getting online a few years back, from OCWeekly in particular, until I printed copies of the articles and took them in to her. Very nice people.
I usually split the burrito with my wife. I introduced it to a coworker who started going there twice a week to get that burrito for lunch. Ah to be in my 20’s again and be able to eat like that and stay thin.
I also love there steak and cheese sandwich there. I get it spicy with double meat, but that’s another thread.
I absolutely think it’s worth the hype - I loooooove that breakfast burrito and their salsas.
Lucky Boy will always have a special place in my heart, and when it’s 1 AM and you’re drunk or it’s 11 AM and you’re hungover there’s really nothing better, but Cofax is my actual favorite in town. If I lived closer I’d go every weekend.
Thanks. I’m in the area Sunday morning and looking forward to trying Cofax. I’m wondering if they will have Rucker’s donuts now she is at Smorgasburg on Sunday.
Las Virgenes Taqueria in Calabasas (located inside a gas station) is the alpha and omega of breakfast burritos, and this is coming from someone who did a breakfast burrito crawl for his birthday a few years back.
Get the strawberry crunch donut. Breakfast burrito is solid but I’m am in the camp of, there is no breakfast burrito that is destination worthy. Those donuts on the other hand…
