"Birria-Landia makes the city’s best birria, full stop. This Tijuana-style spot is a New York City landmark, like the Statue of Liberty, except it’s a truck under a set of subway tracks in Jackson Heights, and it’s much less of a hassle to get to. (They have four more locations, including Williamsburg.) Each of the items on their menu—tacos, mulitas, tostadas, and consomme—is bolstered by tangy, mildly spicy, and mysteriously deep stew. First, you’ll taste lime, then tender meat, then adobo, then dripping fat, with everything melting together in your unworthy mouth. Make sure to dip your crunchy-soft, beef-filled tortilla in your cup of consomme. The word “delicious” seems somehow inadequate." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, carlo mantuano, will hartman