Taqueria Portland

By Matthew Korfhage

820 SE 8th Ave., 232-7000. Lunch and dinner Monday-Saturday.

Straight outta St. Johns, Taqueria Portland is like a fine family Mexican restaurant in crisply efficient counter-service form—a home to $7 margaritas if you'd like them, as well as soupy beans and red rice and saucy enchiladas ($10.79), plus mojado burritos ($8.99) swimming in red sauce and cheese on a plate hot enough you shouldn't touch it. But the tacos are like a secret menu in plain sight—tacos on 8th that you could usually only get on 108th, if also a bit higher in price. Both the $3.25 fish tacos or $2.10 al pastor are pleasant, served with a salad of cilantro on a housemade corn tortilla ever so slightly kissed with grill char. As an added bonus, if you're not in the mood for a margarita, you can wander over to Growler Guys with your silly-big burrito and choose from an unholy selection of beers that may or may not include Breakside and Pfriem. Who knows? It might!

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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