Tacos de Birria El Sabroso

Tacos de Birria El Sabroso is a morning birria stand on Avenida Aguascalientes in Colonia Madero, in the Cacho area, known for something few Tijuana taquerías serve: birria de lengua, beef tongue cooked in the same chile-and-spice stew as its beef birria. That’s how San Diego Red described it in a February 2025 excerpt from W. Scott Koenig’s book Taco Megaregion, which named it one of five birria spots to try in Tijuana.

The food

Both meats are beef: classic birria and tongue. When a San Diego Red reviewer stopped by in 2022, he ordered a birria taco with a crust of melted cheese and a tongue taco, each served on two fried corn tortillas with beans, onion and cilantro, and found the tongue the subtler of the two. The 2025 excerpt suggests finishing your tacos with one of the stand’s three house-made salsas. A much older San Diego Red list, from 2017, said the stand was run by Eufemia, who was born in Oaxaca, and that its recipe includes avocado leaf and chocolate.

Wanderlog’s listing mentions pickled red onions, salsa negra and fresh-squeezed orange juice. If it’s your first visit, order one beef taco and one tongue taco side by side, then decide which one deserves a second round.

What to expect

This is a breakfast-and-early-lunch stop. The 2025 excerpt lists it open daily from 7 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.; Wanderlog’s listing shows the same hours Monday to Saturday and a 2 p.m. close on Sundays. San Diego Red’s 2017 list placed it at the corner of Avenida Aguascalientes and Avenida Brasil, across from an Oxxo. Writing about Tijuana’s birria spots in general, San Diego Red’s October 2026 roundup, which doesn’t include El Sabroso, notes that most open in the morning, several close in the afternoon and weekend lines are common, especially before noon.

Prices and entry

It’s cash only, per the 2025 excerpt, so bring pesos in small bills. The most recent prices we found are from San Diego Red’s 2022 review: 45 pesos for a cheese birria taco and 50 for a tongue taco. Prices may have changed since. There’s no cover or reservation; you order at the stand.

Getting there

The address is Av. Aguascalientes 2237, Col. Madero (Cacho), per San Diego Red’s 2025 excerpt and Wanderlog. A taxi or ride-hail is the easiest way there from the border or from downtown. Two of our other Cacho profiles, Diner House and Maximiliano Bistró, are options if your group wants something other than tacos.

Good to know

• Hours: daily 7 a.m.–2:15 p.m., per San Diego Red (February 2025); Wanderlog lists a 2 p.m. close on Sundays.
• Phone: +52 664 821 7971, per San Diego Red (2025).
• Payment: cash only.
• What to order: birria de lengua is the reason to come; try it next to a classic beef taco.
• More birria: Tacos de Birria del Río near the Mercado Hidalgo, Birria Sí and, for goat, Birriería Guadalajara Pues. Our taco guide explains the city’s main styles.

More places to eat are in our guides, and what’s on this week is on the calendar.