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What Are Breakfast Tacos?

By Niam Hocaine, founder and food writer · Updated August 31, 2026

A breakfast taco is a flour or corn tortilla wrapped around scrambled egg plus potato, bacon, chorizo, refried beans, cheese or salsa in some combination. It is a Central and South Texas institution, and Austin and San Antonio argue about who does it best

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It is eaten in hand, usually before 11am, often by the half-dozen. This guide explains what goes in a breakfast taco, how it differs from a breakfast burrito, and where to find them.

Breakfast Taco are South and Central Texas tacos made with egg with bacon, chorizo, potato, bean or cheese, scrambled and folded to order, served on flour tortillas.

Family
Style
Filling
Egg-based
Cut / main ingredient
Egg with bacon, chorizo, potato, bean or cheese
How it is cooked
Scrambled and folded to order
Tortilla
Flour
Usually topped with
Salsa, cheese
From
South and Central Texas, United States

A Texas institution; Austin and San Antonio dispute the origin

Where US venues name it

CA 60NY 40TX 33CO 15FL 11NM 8AZ 6NC 5

Counted from venue names in our directory, so it undercounts places that serve it without saying so.

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Where to eat breakfast taco in the US

Austin, TX

  1. Amenecer Coffee and BakeryTaco shop · 13609 North Interstate 35Open, closes 8:00 pmCallDirections
  2. Cherrywood Coffee HouseTaco shop · 1400 E 38th 1/2 St.Open, closes 10:00 pmCallDirections
  3. Paco's TacosTaco shop · Austin, TXClosed todayCallDirections

New York, NY

  1. King David TacosTaco shop · New York, NYClosed for the dayDirections
  2. King David TacosTaco shop · New York, NYHours not recordedCallDirections
  3. Tacos Por FavorTaco shop · 8125 5th AvenueHours not recordedCallDirections

Fort Worth, TX

  1. NATIVE Coffee + KitchenTaco shop · 2725 Heritage Trace ParkwayOpen, closes 8:00 pmCallDirections

El Paso, TX

  1. Savage GoodsTaco shop · 1201 North Oregon StreetClosed todayCallDirections

Porter, TX

  1. Freddy's Taco ShackTaco shop · 103 Eastex Freeway Frontage RoadClosed for the dayCallDirections

Irving, TX

  1. Fuzzy's Taco ShopTaco shop · 1100 West John W Carpenter FreewayHours not recordedDirections

Venice, CA

  1. NuevaTaco shop · 822 Washington BoulevardOpen, closes 10:00 pmCallDirections

Los Angeles, CA

  1. The Corner Deli & GrillTaco shop · 1660 Sepulveda BoulevardClosed for the dayCallDirections

Goleta, CA

  1. On The AlleyTaco shop · 7038 Marketplace DriveHours not recordedCallDirections

Mission Viejo, CA

  1. Taqueros Mexican FoodTaco shop · 28251 Marguerite ParkwayHours not recordedCallDirections

Breakfast Taco: your questions

What is a breakfast taco?

A flour (sometimes corn) tortilla filled with scrambled egg plus combinations of potato, bacon, chorizo, refried beans, cheese and salsa. It is a staple of Central and South Texas. Austin and San Antonio in particular have a long-running rivalry over it.

What's the difference between a breakfast taco and a breakfast burrito?

Size and wrap. A breakfast taco is a single small tortilla folded around one or two fillings. A breakfast burrito is a large flour tortilla wrapped fully closed around a bigger mix, usually including potato and beans.

Last updated August 31, 2026. Venue details refresh with each data import.