*****UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS******La Marquesa is a Mexican Restaurant that specializes in serving Jalisco Style Birria, Tequila and more! You might be wondering WTFork is Birria? Well Birria is a spicy Mexican Stew that is painstakingly made. It’s considered a special dish…and is served at special occasions and holidays. In the state of Jalisco it is common to find street venders serving Birria. Speaking of street vendors serving Birria………

I’ve been to Jalisco a number of times and here are some of the Authentic Birria I’ve come across.

Well instead of an hour and fifty minute plane ride to Jalisco to try Birria you can save some money on airfare and try Birria at La Marquesa in Phoenix.

La Marquesa is a small restaurant with a patio and a small parking lot behind the building. The atmosphere is modern and bright.

A small but well stocked tequila bar is there for your beverage needs.

Interesting art work graces the walls and lively Mexican Music fills the air.

They started us off with refried beans topped with melted cheese and crisp corn tostadas with a sides of fresh cilantro, fresh lime wedges and chopped onion.

The personalized plates are charming.

We share a full serving of Beef Birria and a Vegan Birria so we have beef and vegetables.

Here’s the Beef!

Here’s the Vegan Birria.

I start with the Vegan Birria.

First things first…everything gets a squeeze of lime. I use a hot steamy corn tortilla and gather up a little carrot, cauliflower, pepper, mushroom and other vegetables. I use some fresh cilantro, chopped onions and a squirt of the house made Chile de Arbol that was recommended to me to use for all Birria Dishes. It’s very flavorful for a Vegan dish with more going on than I would expect from a vegan dish.

Next I go for Beef Birria.

The beef gets the lime squirt. I gather some beef up with its soup, a squirt of Chile de arbol sauce to bump things up, some cilantro and onion. It’s tender as can be and very developed with good flavors….

Everything was pretty much darn amazing but maybe it should be mentioned that portions ran on the small side.

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I’d say La Marquesa is Worth a Fork!

I haven’t found a website for La Marquesa but you can find them on Facebook. ****UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*****

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