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Yelp Names North Hollywood’s Birrieria Familia Castro No. 1 Taco Spot in the U.S. for 2025

Yelp’s data-driven review analysis elevated the tiny birria shop built on a multigenerational recipe.

Jose, Gema and Anthony Castro’s family restaurant Birrieria Family Castro was just named as the Top Taco Spot in the country by Yelp.(Photo by Richard Guzman)
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Overview

  • The family-run restaurant on Vineland Avenue is operated by Gema, José and their son Anthony Castro, with a menu centered on birria.
  • Yelp’s 2025 Top 100 features 45 California entries, including dozens across Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.
  • Los Angeles standouts Holbox (No. 5) and Mariscos El Chito (No. 10) followed the Castro family’s North Hollywood spot in the top ranks.
  • Yelp assembled the list by flagging businesses with many reviews mentioning “tacos” and ranking them by the volume and ratings of those reviews.
  • Yelp highlighted vampiro tacos as a rising favorite, citing offerings at Birrieria Familia Castro, Mariscos El Chito and Tacos El Vampiro in Sylmar.