A new eatery on the Route 1 corridor is bringing seafood to the birria taco craze.

The most popular dish at La Michoacana, which opened at the miXt Food Hall in Brentwood in April, is a salmon birria taco dressed with a fish-stock consommé, as well as the shrimp tacos and quesadillas.

That makes sense, given that the eatery is named for the coastal Mexican state of Michoacán, but you can also get standards made with chicken, steak, marinate pork or vegetables.

Owners Avelino and Jaime Romualdo Valdez ran a food truck that has traveled around the greater D.C. area for the past two years before setting up a stall at the Brentwood food hall which has already drawn a lot of attention.

The addition helps keep tacos on the menu at miXt, where the popular Little Miner Taco recently opened its own standalone restaurant across the street.

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