Looking to start off your morning right? Breakfast burritos are always a good choice, whether it’s a classic trio of eggs, cheese, and potatoes or something a little more daring — they’re one of my favorite ways to start our day.
Here are five local places that have perfected the breakfast burrito form.
Oscar’s Very Mexican Food
, 3061 Freeport Blvd.
When it comes to sheer quality of ingredients and consistency of taste, this is the elite breakfast burrito. I don’t need a reality show-style competition
to know this is the breakfast burrito I want to eat for the rest of my life — I’ve already been eating them nonstop since I moved to the city proper in 2011.
Adalberto’s
, Various locations
This greasy, cheesy, and savory masterpiece is the one true late-night-coming-home-from-the-bar-and-leave-it-half-eaten-on-your-coffee-table breakfast burrito. If you know, you know.
Nopalitos Cafe
, 5530 H St.
Make sure to hit the ATM before picking up these burritos from this cash-only East Sac staple. Options like the chile verde breakfast burrito are excellent for those looking to stray from the traditional breakfast burrito presentation.
La Favorita Taqueria
, Various locations
These are some thicc boi burritos — I’m talking heavier than a 10-gallon bucket of syrup. Plan accordingly, as these monstrously-dense Mexican dishes may need to be napped off afterwards. Plus, the carnitas and tomatillo breakfast burrito is nothing short of transcendant.
Gordito Burrito
, 7810 La Riviera Dr.
What I love about Gordito is the pseudo-tier system available for burrito ordering. It ranges from regular, to super, to the Breakfast Beast (four kinds of meat, three eggs, salsa, cheese, beans, and potatoes).