A few years later, there’s a lot more to the NYC birria scene than just one truck, thanks to a boom in these slowly-simmered beef- or goat-stew-filled tacos, with roots tracing back to Jalisco, Baja, ...

And I love birria. We ventured to the Del Taco in Pasadena ... Just a teeny-tiny step above Cup Noodles.” Overall, it wasn’t a bad experience. For $5.79 plus tax, it's a pretty good deal.

“Then the broth is served in a cup alongside.” But the most on-trend way to serve birria right now is in quesabirrias. Picture this: “A corn tortilla is drenched in the birria ...