BurbankThe Original
- Address
- 2825 W Olive Ave
Burbank, CA 91505 - Phone
- 818·842·3700
- Hours
- Mon — Thu · 11am — 10pm
Fri — Sat · 11am — 12am
Sun · 11am — 10pm
Bienvenidos amigos Born of a love of fine food and good music. Brought to sunny Burbank straight from México. The lights stay warm, the grill stays hot — seven nights a week.
Mesquite carne asada, fajitas at the table, molcajete bowls. Smoke in your hair on the way home.
Thu · Fri, 9:30pm—1:30am. Pick a song. Tip the bartender. Sing it like you mean it.
Outdoor seating all year. Free lot out back. Reservations recommended Fri/Sat.
Every day's got a reason. Pick your night.
We opened the doors with one rule — serve the food we grew up on. Mole simmered for hours. Carnitas crisped at the edges. Tableside guacamole with a real molcajete. A salsa bar that earns its name.
On any given night you'll find regulars who've been coming since opening week, a karaoke crowd warming up at the bar, and a back room ready for a quinceañera or an impromptu dance floor.
"Para dejar el pellejo, lo mismo es hoy que mañana."
— "Today's as good as tomorrow for living it up."
A recipe Diana brought with her from Tlaxcala — a sauce simmered for the better part of a day, built from more than twenty ingredients. Dried chiles toasted slowly. Charred tomatoes and tomatillos, plantain, sesame, almonds, peanuts, a square or two of dark chocolate. Cinnamon, clove, anise, a pinch of cumin.
Ladled over shredded chicken with rice, beans, and a stack of warm tortillas to chase it. It's the kind of mole that doesn't show up on most menus this side of the border. Order it at least once.