Taqueria Santa Cruz

By WW Contributor

8630 N Lombard St., 503-286-7302, tiendasantacruz.com. Breakfast-dinner daily.

In the back of a mercado, past a canopy of piñatas, lies the best Mexican food in North Portland. With handmade tortillas, tender, soft carnitas, and salsa so good the owners have to ration how much each customer can eat—three small servings per burrito, three small servings per five tacos. $.

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