New restaurant: 'Home of the birria' opens second Mexican restaurant on Treasure Coast

Laurie K. Blandford, Treasure Coast Newspapers
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The self-proclaimed “home of the birria” has expanded with a second location on the Treasure Coast.

Cafe 772 opened Aug. 22 inside the BP gas station on Oslo Road in Vero Beach, bringing its brand of gas station gourmet to Indian River County.

Carlos Andres and Ashley Vera, who own Chef’s Table Catering, opened the first location in the Parkway Chevron on Rivergate Parkway in Port St. Lucie in 2021.

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They call it the “home of the birria,” a Mexican dish of stewed meat seasoned especially with chili peppers that’s growing in popularity on menus across the world.

The restaurant serves “Latin-American street food on steroids” for breakfast and lunch. Morning options include a breakfast burrito, huevos rancheros and Southern-style buttermilk chicken and waffles.

Tacos feature a variety of meat: birria beef, seasoned grilled chicken, skirt steak or pulled pork.

Cafe 772 in Port St. Lucie, which is called the "home of the birria," features a variety of birria meat options on its menu, including a birria quesadilla.
Cafe 772 in Port St. Lucie, which is called the "home of the birria," features a variety of birria meat options on its menu, including a birria quesadilla.

Lunch entrees include a cheeseburger quesadilla, a chorizo-queso burger and voodoo fries — crispy Phantom Fries tossed in Cajun spice, topped with pulled pork, jalapeños, pickled onions, scallions and chipotle aioli.

The specialty sandwiches include the Famous Big Mouth Cuban, the Fiery Philly and the Sandwich de Pollo with marinated grilled chicken fillet.

Unlike the Port St. Lucie location, the Vero Beach location isn’t open for dinner — just yet. It currently closes at 5 p.m. for now but the owners hope to get more staff to stay open until 8 p.m.

Cafe 772 in Port St. Lucie, which is called the "home of the birria," features a variety of birria meat options on its menu, including birria nachos.
Cafe 772 in Port St. Lucie, which is called the "home of the birria," features a variety of birria meat options on its menu, including birria nachos.

Cafe 772 Vero Beach

  • Address: 1999 Ninth St. S.W., Vero Beach

  • Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (closed Sunday-Monday)

  • Online: Facebook, Instagram

Laurie K. Blandford is TCPalm's entertainment reporter and columnist dedicated to finding the best things to do on the Treasure Coast. Follow her on Twitter @TCPalmLaurie and Facebook @TCPalmLaurie. Email her at laurie.blandford@tcpalm.com. Sign up for her What To Do in 772 weekly newsletter at profile.tcpalm.com/newsletters/manage.

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