Birrieria PDX is a
Mexican restaurant in
Portland, Oregon
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.
Description and history
The original Birrieria PDX operates from a red
food cart
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Food carts come in two basic styles. One allows the vendor to sit ...
on Division Street in
southeast Portland's
Centennial
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neighborhood, serving
Mexican cuisine such as
birria
Birria () \ ˈbir-ē-ˌä \is a Mexican dish from the state of Jalisco. The dish is a meat stew or soup traditionally made from goat meat, but occasionally made from beef, lamb, mutton or chicken. The meat is marinated in an adobo made of vi ...
(including birria tacos and "birriamen", or
ramen
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with birria),
quesabirria
Quesabirria (also called quesotacos or red tacos) ("''cheese birria''") is a Mexican dish comprising birria-style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of broth ( es, consomé) for dipping. The dish, which h ...
, rice, beans, shredded meat,
horchata
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, and
agua frescas.
The Plaza Plate includes a
quesadilla
A quesadilla (; ; Mexican diminutive of ''quesada'') is a Mexican dish consisting of a tortilla that is filled primarily with cheese, and sometimes meats, spices, and other fillings, and then cooked on a griddle or stove. Traditionally, a co ...
, taco, mulita,
tostada, and cup of
consommé
In cooking, a consommé is a type of clear soup made from richly flavoured stock or broth that has been clarified, a process that uses egg whites to remove fat and sediment.
Consommé has three English pronunciations: traditionally in the UK, th ...
.
The family-owned restaurant opened in August 2020. Spouses Daniel Miranda and Lorena Brambila are co-owners with his sister Grecya Miranda her husband Ivan Uc.
[ Since then, the business has expanded; there are four food carts in Portland, as of 2022.]
Reception
In 2021, Zoe Baillargeon included the Birria Crunch Wrap in ''Eater Portland
''Eater'' is a food website by Vox Media. It was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in 2005, and originally focused on dining and nightlife in New York City. Eater launched a national site in 2009, and covered nearly 20 cities by ...
'' overview of "Where to Find the Cheesiest Dishes in Portland and Beyond", writing:
Additionally, the website's Alex Frane described the crunch wrap as "sheer indulgence". He and Ron Scott included the Birria en Caldo in a 2021 list of "Portland's Most Potent Hangover Cures".
''Eater Portland'' Brooke Jackson-Glidden
Brooke Jackson-Glidden is a food writer and the editor of '' Eater Portland''. In 2023, she received the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award from the James Beard Foundation in part for her essay about Either/Or.
Career
Jackson-Glidden has been the ...
included the Birria en Caldo in a 2022 list of "17 Sick Day Delivery Standbys to Order in Portland". She wrote, "when feeling under the weather, it's best to stay simple: the birria en caldo is just a tub of the braised beef in its rich broth, with a side of rice and tortillas. Those looking for some sinus-clearing can add a side of the hot salsa, to pour over rice or directly in the soup (not that it needs it)."[
]
See also
* Hispanics and Latinos in Portland, Oregon
There were approximately 60,000 people of Hispanic or Latino origin in Portland, Oregon, as of 2020; about 10% of the city’s population.
The Portland metropolitan area has Oregon's largest Latino population. In 2022, Jamie Goldberg of ''The Or ...
* List of Mexican restaurants
This is a list of notable Mexican restaurants. Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. The basic ...
References
External links
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{{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon
2020 establishments in Oregon
Food carts in Portland, Oregon
Mexican restaurants in Portland, Oregon
Restaurants established in 2020
Southeast Portland, Oregon