Where is the best breakfast burrito in LA?

The breakfast burrito is the king of all breakfasts and somewhere out there, there is one breakfast burrito that conquers all other breakfast burritos. It is my belief that this breakfast burrito is in LA based on the known fact that Los Angeles is the world capital of breakfast burritos. You can find 1000's of them across the city... 

This search begins with breakfast burritos west of the 405 Freeway and in between Malibu and LAX. We will review burritos based on 5 criteria: first look, wetness, taste, mix, and size. If you know of a great breakfast burrito, please let me know on Twitter: @bensig

The Hive Basic Burrito 38/50

Health-oriented Hive is a high-end coffee spot where you can get acai bowls and some other foods and supplies. The burrito had organic eggs, fingerling potatoes, cheddar cheese, avocado spread, spinach, red onion in a spinach tortilla wrap.  Not a great burrito overall. Not terrible, but…

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Tacos Mar Vista Bacon Burrito 45/50

Tacos Mar Vista is a bright red taco truck I drive by on one of my routes to the office daily. The burrito contained bacon, cheese. I also bought some plain burgers for a gypsy lady who was there at the truck today. Despite a…

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Flake Turkey Burrito 31/50

Flake is a little breakfast-only cafe in Venice. Looks like they have now removed all inside dining.  The burrito was absurdly simple - just cheese and some turkey sausage.  I asked the man at the register which burrito he thought was best - this is…

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Erewhon Steak Burrito 48/50

Erewhon is a store that makes Whole Foods look more like Walmart. Everything in the store is beautiful... and expensive. The steak breakfast burrito is really, really impressive looking. You can see how moist and well-distributed the ingredients are... you can also see how crispy…

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Dogtown Classic Burrito 44/50

With a total score of 45/50 - this is one of the best breakfast burritos on the westside of Los Angeles. The Classic Breakfast Burrito from Dogtown's North location which is actually inside the Fairmont Hotel... there was a line at 6:30AM when I visited.

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