Many restaurants in the village-like Nueve Esquinas (Nine Corners) neighborhood specialize in birria, meat stewed in its own juices until very tender. Birriería las Nueve Esquinas, a delightful semi-open-air restaurant covered in blue-and-white tiles, is renowned far and wide for being the king of birria.
The two main offerings here are birria de chivo (steamed goat) and barbacoa de borrego (baked lamb). Both cost M$140 and come with a stack of fresh tortillas, pickled onions, cilantro and two types of salsa. Wrap the meat in the tortilla, add various flavors and then dip the tortilla in the meat juice before putting it in your mouth.
