The famed breakfast burrito at El Viejón Taquería y Mariscos.
We’ve all heard the adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Whether or not you subscribe to that belief, it doesn’t mean that breakfast has to be boring.
Breakfast burritos have fueled many a workday for C-TRAN staff, and they practically have their own fan club here. We get the hype; a burrito is a perfect vessel for breakfast foods. Self-contained and customizable, they make for an easy way to get a filling meal in on the go. An added bonus? They travel well if you’re grabbing one for pickup and catching a bus.
We’ve put together a list of some of our favorite breakfast burritos in Clark County. Grab a napkin and some salsa, and let’s go!
Location: 9902 NE Highway 99, Vancouver (Routes 19, 25, 71 and 78)
It’s no surprise that Birrieria PDX's menu includes a breakfast burrito made with the food cart's namesake meat, birria. Birria is seasoned stewed meat (in this case, beef). There are multiple breakfast burrito varieties to choose from here, but our pick is the Burrito Machaca, which comes with birria, hash browns, cheese and eggs wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Location: 106 E Main St., Battle Ground (Route 7)
The Brunch’d food cart in Battle Ground puts a slightly different spin on its breakfast burritos. Instead of the usual tater tots or hashbrowns, they make theirs with fingerling potatoes. All potatoes are good potatoes, but this burrito is still worth trying, for science.
Locations: 3105 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver (Route 32 and The Vine on Fourth Plain) · 1220 NW 28th Ave., Camas (The Current)
Don’t let the name fool you. Delicious Tacos also offers delicious breakfast burritos at both its Vancouver and Camas food cart locations. This one is for the meat lovers, loaded with chorizo, ham, sausage and bacon, in addition to eggs, hash browns, sour cream and cheese.
Locations: 5900 NE Fourth Plain Blvd. #6, Vancouver (The Vine on Fourth Plain) · 6501 NE Highway 99, Vancouver (Route 71) · 3545 NE 3rd Avenue, Camas (Route 92, The Current)
Don Pedro’s breakfast burritos are a Clark County staple, and arguably one of the most popular items on the menu. The three Don Pedro locations in Clark County (Fourth Plain, Hazel Dell, and Camas) have different menus, but all of them include a breakfast burrito.
Location: 2610 E Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver (Route 6 and The Vine on Fourth Plain)
Don Taco does not play around when it comes to breakfast burritos—the menu includes a whopping 10 varieties. Along with the usual meat selections like chorizo, ham, sausage, and bacon, they offer a nopales (cactus) breakfast burrito if you’re looking for a vegetarian option or just want to try something new.
Location: 2200 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver (Routes 30 and 32)
The breakfast burrito at El Viejón Taquería y Mariscos' Fortside food cart on Andresen Road is a weekend-only offering, but it is well worth planning a trip for. They’re known to sell out, so we recommend arriving early. Yes, they’re that good. There’s something about the perfectly crisped tater tots that makes this one special. Combined with their hot sauce, it’s next level. We’re partial to the habanero or verde. Sidenote: while the Vice Beer location on Park Crest Avenue doesn’t serve breakfast burritos, the rest of the menu at both locations is fantastic.
Location: 206 N Main Ave., Suite 110, Ridgefield (The Current)
Little Conejo Norte offers a no-nonsense breakfast burrito with your choice of protein, scrambled eggs, potatoes and cheese. Located inside Bunnie’s Pizza, Little Conejo has made its foray into north Clark County to bring a taste of its original downtown Vancouver location to Ridgefield.
Location: 2115 SE 192nd Ave., Suite 112, Camas (Routes 34 and 92)
¿Otra Vez?’s menu offers different items to fit multiple dietary needs, including vegan or gluten-free options. Its Burrito Vegano is, you guessed it, vegan. It comes wrapped with vegan bacon, eggs, cheese and chipotle sauce, as well as grilled potatoes and avocado, wrapped in a toasted flour tortilla.
Location: 1300 Washington St. #200, Vancouver (Routes 2, 30, 32, 41, 60, 71, 105, The Vine on Fourth Plain and The Vine on Mill Plain)
Scratch is a food cart with a fully vegan menu, but by no means do you need to be vegan to enjoy their food. The flavors and textures are on point, so whether or not you follow a vegan diet, you won’t feel like you’re missing out on the real thing. Packed with crispy potatoes and chipotle aioli, their burrito comes with your choice of four different vegan proteins: chorizo, sausage, bacon and steak.
Location: 106 E Main St., Battle Ground (Route 7)
The breakfast burrito at the Taqueria los Toritos food cart comes with egg, cheese and salsa, and your choice of steak, chorizo, bacon or ham. If you’re in the market for a good old-fashioned breakfast burrito in the heart of downtown Battle Ground, look no further.
Locations: 7001 NE Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver (Route 32 and The Vine on Fourth Plain) · 103 C St., Washougal (The Current)
The Sun Day-go breakfast burrito at Victorico’s comes highly recommended by one of C-TRAN’s resident breakfast burrito experts. It’s stuffed with eggs, cheese, crispy tater tots and bacon, and topped with creamy chipotle sauce. If meat’s not your thing, try the Squashroom Breakfast, which is loaded with grilled squash, zucchini, mushroom, corn, potatoes, eggs and cheese.