Parmer Lane’s Filipino comfort food restaurant puts a Southeast Asian spin on quesabirria: dunkable tacos that brim with lechon kawali sisig (crispy chopped pork belly). Also worth a try are the more traditional beef birria tacos. Takeout and delivery orders can be made online, and third-party delivery options are also available (Uber Eats). The restaurant is open for dine-in services. 

Alongside satisfying street tacos from the north Austin trailer, Michoacán native Mario Aviles also slings quesabirria tacos — filled with either savory goat or fatty barbacoa — held together by ooey-gooey American cheese. Takeout orders can be placed in person or over the phone. There are tables available for on-site outdoor dining.

Tucked away behind a Chevron gas station on Rundberg Lane’s unpretentious taco mile, the Saturday and Sunday-only offerings of Taqueria Ceibas steal the show — specials like menudo, pozole, and, of course, birria de chivo (served in stew or taco form). And for the goat-adverse, try dipping that luscious barbacoa in the consomme; you’ll be glad you did. To-go orders can be placed in person. Keep in mind that the truck accepts only cash. There are tables available for on-site outdoor dining.

Show-stealing cups of street corn and other indulgent Mexican goodies make this East Austin snack shack’s cheesy birria de res taco offerings something of a hidden gem. Take-out can be ordered in person or over the phone. The restaurant is open for dine-in services

The Riverside location of this staple Mexican eatery serves an excellent birria de chivo stew that can be ordered as a quesabirra taco (the staff will also prepare one with beef, upon request). Takeout can be ordered in person or over the phone. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in service.

Well before the red taco craze hit Austin, the lamb birria at South Congress’s premier Michoacán-style restaurant was already the stuff of legend. In stew or taco form, the adobo’s bright spice tames the meat’s inherent funk. Takeout orders can be made in person and over the phone, and there are Favor deliveries. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Jalisco native Elin Gonzalez Garcia’s poppin’ South Congress trailer casts a wide culinary net, from migas to buche to ceviche. Yet it’s his quesabirria taco that steals the show, despite not technically being “birria”. It’s actually filled with the similarly prepared barbacoa de estilo Guadalajara — richly seasoned beef stewed alongside earthy spices and aromatics for a final product that can readily scratch any red taco itch. To-go orders can be placed in person or over the phone. There are tables available for on-site outdoor dining.

The Mexican truck parked at the Far Out Lounge offers a really fantastic quesabirria plate with three beef tacos and consomé. And look out for birria ramen. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The “I Love Birria So Much” mural scrawled on the back of taquero Alex Hernandez’s jet-black trailer isn’t just amusing marketing, it’s also a window into his worldly, almost mad-scientist approach to the dish. Tejas Birria’s offerings range from the traditional quesataco to flautas to a take on a patty melt. There’s a second location in Buda. Pickup orders can be placed online