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Best Breakfast Tacos in Austin

The breakfast taco is Austin's daily bread, and the arguments over migas versus bean-and-cheese are civic identity. These are the spots that earn the drive, from flour-tortilla purists to nixtamal corn.

1
Veracruz All Natural · East Cesar Chavez

The migas originales, with fresh corn tortillas and avocado, is the taco most cited as Austin's best.

2
Joe's Bakery & Coffee Shop · East Seventh

East Austin since 1962 with hand-rolled flour tortillas and a carne guisada that defines Tex-Mex breakfast.

3
Tacodeli · Spyglass / Barton Skyway

The Otto (bacon, refried beans, cheese) and salsa dona; the local chain that gets the flour tortilla right.

4
Nixta Taqueria · East 12th / Chestnut

Weekend-only breakfast tacos on house-nixtamalized corn from a James Beard and Michelin-starred kitchen.

5
Cuantos Tacos · East 12th / Chestnut

Mexico City-style tacos on tiny corn tortillas; the suadero taco is the morning order.

6
Mi Madre's · Manor Road / Cherrywood

Manor Road institution with a puffy taco and a cash-only-feeling charm.

7
Pueblo Viejo · East Sixth

Trailer on East Sixth with the best value bacon-egg-cheese before a Sixth Street morning.

8
Torchy's Tacos · South First / Bouldin

The Migas and the Trailer Park make it the gateway taco; the original trailer spot is on South First.

9
Granny's Tacos · East Seventh

Big flour-tortilla tacos with fresh jalapeno from a trailer on East Seventh.

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