San Felipe Taqueria

By Sophia June

6221 SE Milwaukie Ave., 235-8158. Lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday.

San Felipe Taqueria, a fiery red box on an otherwise bleak stretch of Sellwood, is a world of never-ending chips and salsa for $1.75, $2.25 soft tacos with housemade tortillas, and $6 house margaritas that come in glasses the size of small bowls. Although the taqueria claims it's only a Saturday special, the $7.25 pozole is offered every night, served in a wide, deep bowl dense with pork and hominy and a side of tortilla chips. Its prices would suggest a dive, but San Felipe juxtaposes its exposed kitchen and ancient cash register with a surprisingly domestic dining area, with a vase of red and white carnations on every table and framed vintage Mexican film posters hanging on the yellow walls.

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