This Birria Breakfast Muffin Is The Perfect Meal To Start Your Day

Within the bustle and assortment of garment and textile shops in the Fashion District of Downtown Los Angeles is an unassuming food court that houses Cilantro Lime, a Mexican restaurant that knows what the “eat with your eyes first” generation of diners wants and understands how to capitalize on it.

Cilantro Lime’s menu reads off as a savvy dive into Instagram-worthy dishes, ones that make our ears and palates perk up after getting wind of them. A bacon-wrapped street dog that’s topped with carne asada fries? Check. Esquite fries that marry Mexican street corn and French fries in some drool-worthy matrimony? Check. And now, for their latest triumph, a Birria Breakfast Muffin.

No, we’re not talking about muffin as in cousin of the cupcake type muffin. We’re talking about a juicy birria-charged bad boy that would effectively bully the Egg McMuffin we all know and love.

It all starts with two breakfast muffin slices dipped in consomé then cooked up on the flat top, then layered with griddled cheese so that it acts as a crispy layer of deliciousness that fences in the tender birria and fried egg. Yup, just like that.

So yes, do take my word for it and yes, do start with my three recos for Cilantro Lime, as seen above. Let those be your gateway drug to a menu that will have your eyes feasting as much as your hungry stomachs.

More content

Eating Out
Jack In The Box Rolls Out Matcha For Its 75th Anniversary
Matcha keeps finding its way into fast food menus, and Jack in the Box just made it official. As part of its 2026 lineup, the…
,
Eating Out
Subway Is Giving Away Free Footlongs If You’re In the Middle Seat Of A Plane
Southwest Airlines recently announced it was ending its open seating policy, which means many of its travelers will be assigned a middle or “sandwich” seat.…
,
Eating OutInnovation
Yelp’s ‘Menu Vision’ Aims To Take The Guesswork Out of Dining
Menus are supposed to guide you. Lately, they mostly leave you guessing. Unfamiliar dish names. No photos. Descriptions that feel like inside jokes you weren’t…
,
Burger
We Deliver!

Enter your email address below and we'll deliver our top stories straight to your inbox