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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Portland Press Herald. Updated August 2026.
Ocotillo · West End
Ocotillo runs an agave-spirit bar and Southwestern-Mexican kitchen in the West End, sibling to Terlingua, built around birria, including a grilled cheese sandwich that borrows its bread from next-door neighbor ZUbakery and grounds the dish with oregano and avocado.
Mesa Grande Taqueria · East End
An independent scratch kitchen on Fore Street, Mesa Grande Taqueria's mix-and-match ordering system might read as a chain format at first glance, but the staff makes everything to order and knows the menu inside out, from tacos to burritos to whatever else is on the counter that day.
Taco Trio · South Portland
Long a Knightville favorite, Taco Trio reopened in its original South Portland location in 2025 with a bigger space and an expanded menu, still turning out the old favorites that built its following in the neighborhood over the years, and steadier than ever for it.