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I have mentioned my quest for breakfast burritos before in my write up of Cinco De Mayo Tacos, now I turn my sights on another 24hr taco shop, Benitos.

I have literally driven or walked by Benitos over one thousand times and didn’t walk inside until now. Benitos calls themselves “L.A.’s Original Taco Shop” and the “Home ot the Rolled Taco”, I wasn’t hunting for tacos though, my target was a breakfast burrito.

Although the Benitos Menu (pdf) lists three different iterations of breakfast burritos, there are actually more options available because of their “Huevos con…” selection.

I didn’t know what those last three dots could be, so using my fledgling high school Spanish, I tried to root out what I could get with my huevos. “Con pollo?” I asked. “No, con papas, con queso, con frijoles…”, she answered. “Con papas y frijoles”, I responded.

I sat at one of the three tables and waited, wondernig if I had found my breakfast burrito salvation. I reviewed my requirements:

Open Early? Yes, 24hrs
More than just eggs in the Burrito? Yes, bonus points for the option to add potatoes, the BB secret ingredient.
Accessible? Yep, right on my way to work
Cheap? Not really, at $3.29, plus some random 50 cent charge, I would call it mid range.

I was pretty excited about the drink options, in addition to Horchata (no, I don’t get excited about Horchata), there was a deliciously refreshing tamarindo drink. The slightly sour and fruity drink is a great treat.

I did have to wait a while for the burrito, but it’s worth it when you get cooked to order eggs, they don’t age well. When I did finally get to sink my teeth into the soft flour tortilla wrapped around the breakfasty goodness, I knew that I had finally found my pot of gold. The potatoes were soft, the eggs were fluffy, the beans were, well, beany and the total combo came together beautifully.

Unless I want to pack on a dozen pounds every couple of months, I wont be making a regular stop at Benitos, but you can bet that when I’m feeling like a breakfast that will hold me until dinner, the “Huevos Con…” will be in my hand… until I put it in my mouth, then it will be in my stomach.

Benitos Taco Shop
11614 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, Ca 90025

By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.