Birrieria La Plaza

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Birrieria La Plaza
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The restaurant in 2022
Birrieria La Plaza
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Oracio Hernandez
Food type Mexican
Street address600 Southeast 146th Avenue
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97233
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′08″N122°30′46″W / 45.5190°N 122.5128°W / 45.5190; -122.5128
Website tacoslaplaza.com

Birrieria La Plaza is a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Initially operating from a food cart in southeast Portland, the business has opened a brick and mortar location and operates a stall at Flock, the food hall in downtown Portland's Block 216.

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Description

The Mexican [1] restaurant Birrieria La Plaza (BLP) operates in Portland, Oregon. The menu focuses on birria and also includes braised beef and vampiros. [2] The Plaza Plate includes a quesadilla, taco, mulita, tostada, and a cup of consommé. [3]

History

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Menu display, 2022

Owned by Oracio Hernandez, [4] BLP originally operated from a red food cart on Stark Street in southeast Portland, in the parking lot of a discount store. [5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant experienced setbacks from beef supply chain issues. [6] In May 2020, Rachel Pinsky of Eater Portland wrote, "At the height of its success a couple months ago, Hernandez’s food cart was going through a thousand pounds of chuck roast a week to make this popular stew. On May 4, the prices offered by his meat supplier for chuck increased by 200 percent. Hernandez was forced to temporarily shut down to find another reliable source of affordable meat." [7]

In January 2023, Eater Portland said the business plans to open a brick and mortar restaurant in the Southeast Division space that previously housed Andale Andale, followed by a stall in the food hall Flock in downtown Portland's at Block 216. [8] The business was a vendor when Flock opened on February 2, 2025. [9]

BLP closed for the nationwide Day Without Immigrants protest in 2025. [10]

Reception

Michael Russell included BLP in The Oregonian 's 2020 list of Portland's ten best new food carts. [11] In 2021, writers for Portland Monthly said, "we believe the honor of best quesabirria taco in Portland goes to Birrieria La Plaza", [12] and Willamette Week said: "The birria boom has hit Portland, and the persistent traffic jam outside Birrieria La Plaza signals that it's the chosen one at the moment." [13] [14]

Krista Garcia included BLP in Eater Portland's 2021 overview of recommended restaurants in Gresham and East Portland. The website said BLP "has quickly become a standout amidst East Portland's birria belt. The restaurant's crunchy vampiros are a particular favorite, but it's worth taking home as much of the restaurant's deeply savory soup as possible." [15] She also included the business in a list of Portland's seventeen "standout" Mexican restaurants and food carts. [2] The website's Zoe Baillargeon included the quesadilla in a list of the "cheesiest" dishes in the metropolitan area, [16] and Nick Woo and Brooke Jackson-Glidden included BLP in a 2021 guide to the city's "most outstanding" food carts. [4] Jackson-Glidden also included the restaurant in Eater Portland's 2022 list of the city's 38 "essential" restaurants and food carts. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Satisfy your tacos cravings with these 3 Portland newcomers". KGW . January 7, 2020. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Garcia, Krista (August 26, 2016). "Portland's 17 Standout Mexican Restaurants and Food Carts". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ Garcia, Krista (November 30, 2020). "Where to Find Birria in Portland and Beyond". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Woo, Nick (June 10, 2015). "A Guide to Portland's Most Outstanding Food Carts". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  5. ↑ Cottell, Pete (May 5, 2021). "Birria Is Blowing Up in Portland, and Birrieria La Plaza Is at the Center of the Boom". Willamette Week . Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (May 5, 2020). "Where to Find Knockout Tacos for Takeout and Delivery in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ Pinsky, Rachel (May 19, 2020). "How the Crumbling Meat Supply Chain Has Affected the Portland Area Restaurant Market". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (January 10, 2023). "Blockbuster Birria Cart Birrieria La Plaza Will Open a Southeast Portland Restaurant". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ Spencer, Malia (January 31, 2025). "Restaurant Roundup: Kann hits Goldbelly, Flock finally opens". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  10. ↑ "'A Day Without Immigrants' national protest shows economic impact as Oregon businesses close in solidarity". kgw.com. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  11. ↑ Russell, Michael (September 11, 2020). "Portland's 10 best new food carts of 2020". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  12. ↑ Woodstock, Tuck; Hamilton, Katherine Chew (Summer 2021). "6 Taco and Beer Pairings to Step Up Your Portland Summer". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  13. ↑ "The Top Five Places to Eat in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. July 12, 2021. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Where to Eat in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. July 25, 2021. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  15. ↑ Garcia, Krista (March 4, 2020). "Where to Eat in Gresham and East Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  16. ↑ Baillargeon, Zoe (September 28, 2021). "Where to Find the Cheesiest Dishes in Portland and Beyond". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  17. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (January 9, 2018). "The 38 Essential Restaurants and Food Carts in Portland, Winter 2022". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
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