La Panza Cafe

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The official state question of New Mexico is, "Red or green?" At La Panza Cafe, there's no wrong answer when it comes to your chili preference. The red is rich and creamy and goes oh so good with honey and sopapillas ($10.25) while the green is straight from N.M. La Panza does enchiladas ($14.25) with blue corn and the posole is popping.

GO: 2425 SE 26th Ave., 503-236-5005, lapanzacafe.com, 11 am-2:30 pm and 5-9 pm Monday-Tuesday, 11 am-9 pm Wednesday-Friday, 9 am-9 pm Saturday-Sunday

Patricia Sauthoff

Patricia is an academic and journalist on her second tour of duty in Portland, having come back after pissing off the Indian government. She writes about religion, art, culture and feminism. She has lived on three of the seven continents, and will have both a PhD and a cat soon.

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