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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Portland Monthly and Willamette Week. Updated August 2026.
Birrieria La Plaza - Foster Food Carts · Powellhurst-Gilbert
Portland Monthly's lead-off birria call and Willamette Week's 'chosen one' of the Portland birria boom. Guajillo-pasilla beef, birria-oil-crisped tortillas, fall-apart tender.
Taquería Los Puñales · Sunnyside
Portland Monthly standout. Queer-owned Belmont taqueria built on guisados, with family recipes layered into house-made tortillas.
Matt's BBQ Tacos · Mount Tabor
Portland Monthly pick. Pitmaster Matt Vicedomini's Texas-style smoked brisket and peppery sausage on lard-laden flour tortillas, plus Austinesque breakfast tacos.
Tacos el Patron · Beaverton
Portland Monthly Tijuana-style pick. Steak, suadero, and quesabirria on Three Sisters Nixtamal tortillas, plus weekend birria doraditos per Willamette Week's birria-boom feature.
La Tía Juana Taqueria · Rockwood
Portland Monthly's Tijuana-style mainstay on the Portland/Gresham border. Thick handmade tortillas under tacos al vapor of fatty, steamed lengua or cabeza.