Birria-Landia

"Birria-Landia’s original truck in Jackson Heights makes the city’s best birria, full stop. So, naturally, anyone in Williamsburg should grow weak at the knees to know that this Tijuana-style spot opened their second truck on the same block as Kellogg’s Diner. Each of the four items on their menu (tacos, mulitas, tostadas, and consomme) is bolstered by tangy, mildly spicy, and mysteriously deep stew. Make sure to take your crunchy-soft tortilla filled with beef and dip it in your cup of consomme." - willa moore, neha talreja, bryan kim, kenny yang, will hartman

"A second truck parked under the BQE at Metropolitan in Williamsburg has doubled the reach of our first birria truck. This truck is twice as big and getting your birria should require less of a wait, yet lines still form. Unlike the first truck, it pulls up earlier at 2 p.m., which makes it easier to avoid a long wait. Look for a further location in the Bronx. The consomé are these trucks is the best in town, even though one has to purchase it separately." - Robert Sietsema

"Birria-Landia makes the city’s best birria, full stop. This Tijuana-style truck certainly didn’t invent birria, and it definitely wasn’t the first NYC place serving it—but this place gave birria the headliner status it always deserved. There’s always going to be a line outside of their brightly-lit trucks, located at 1st and Houston on the LES, near the Metropolitan Ave stop in Williamsburg, and on Grand Concourse in the Bronx. The menu is tight, focused, and flawless. Order a few of the tacos on broth-dipped tortillas, and dunk them into a cup of the mysteriously rich consome. First, you’ll taste lime, then tender meat, then adobo, then dripping fat, with everything melting together in your unworthy mouth." - Neha Talreja, Kenny Yang, Carina Finn Koeppicus, Willa Moore

"By now we hope that you’ve politely introduced yourself to the Birria-Landia truck parked at the intersection of Metropolitan & Meeker Avenues (since it’s home to the city’s best birria). And if you haven’t, let snack time be your way in. The lines can get fairly long here in the evenings, so swing by after they open at 2pm for a taco snack any day of the week. First, you’ll taste lime, then tender meat, then adobo, then dripping fat, with everything melting together in your unworthy mouth. Make sure to take your crunchy-soft tortilla filled with beef and, and dip it in your cup of consomme. What happens is a sea change. The word “delicious” seems somehow inadequate. Bring cash." - hannah albertine

"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 the original is a truck under a set of subway tracks in Jackson Heights—and it’s actually worth visiting. To all those living in or near Williamsburg, you were blessed with a second location of Birria-Landia’s truck on Metropolitan Avenue in 2020. It’s the same deal as the original spot: each of the four 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 spice, then dripping fat, with everything melting together in your unworthy mouth. Make sure to take your crunchy-soft tortilla filled with beef and dip it in your cup of consomme. What happens is life-ruining, since you won’t be able to ever look at a truck or even a cow the same way again. Bring about $20 cash, and get one of each item on the menu. Oh, and expect a line. These are special tacos, and you’re in Williamsburg where lines and tourists abound." - Hannah Albertine