Mi Mero Mole was a Mexican restaurant with two locations in
Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description
The restaurant served Mexican cuisine such as
burritos
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, guisados,
moles,
quesadillas,
tacos, and
tortillas. The restaurant also served breakfast on weekdays, as of 2019.
History
The original Mi Mero Mole opened on Division Street in
southeast Portland
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Boundaries and features
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's
Richmond
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neighborhood in 2011. Owner Nick Zukin opened a second location in the
Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in 2014. The Division restaurant closed in 2017, and the Old Town Chinatown restaurant closed on July 3, 2020, during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Zukin had estimated that business was reduced by as much as 80 percent during the pandemic. The restaurant was operating via pickup and delivery, as of April 2020.
The restaurant offered "all you can eat" tacos; the record for most eaten was 14, as of 2016. Zukin received some media attention for his controversial social media interactions.
Reception
Mi Mero Mole won the best guisados category in Michael Russell's 2018 list of ''
The Oregonian''s "8 best tacos within striking distance" of
downtown Portland. The restaurant was a favorite of the
Unipiper
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Life and career
Brian Kidd moved to Portland, Oregon, from North Carolina in 2007. ''The Oregonian'' newspaper w ...
, as of 2020.
See also
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COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon
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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 '' T ...
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States
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List of defunct restaurants of the United States
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List of Mexican restaurants
References
External links
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Mi Mero Moleat
Fodor's
Mi Mero Moleat
Zomato
{{Richmond, Portland, Oregon
2011 establishments in Oregon
2020 disestablishments in Oregon
Defunct Mexican restaurants in the United States
Defunct Latin American restaurants in Portland, Oregon
Mexican restaurants in Portland, Oregon
Northwest Portland, Oregon
Old Town Chinatown
Restaurants disestablished during the COVID-19 pandemic
Restaurants disestablished in 2020
Restaurants established in 2011
Richmond, Portland, Oregon