Carlita's

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Carlita's
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Carlita's
Restaurant information
Established2017 (2017)
Owner(s)Urban Restaurant Group
Food typeMexican
Street address1101 Northwest Northrup Street
City Portland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97209
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′54″N122°40′58″W / 45.5317°N 122.6828°W / 45.5317; -122.6828
Seating capacity80

Carlita's is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] Urban Restaurant Group opened the restaurant in the Pearl District in 2017, followed by the outpost Carlita's Rooftop in Eugene in 2021.

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Description

The 80-seat Mexican-themed restaurant Carlita's operates on Northrup Street in northwest Portland's Pearl District. [2] [3] The business has billed itself as the city's first "spirits-forward taco bar". [3] Fodor's has described Carlita's as "a modern take on a Mexican cantina", serving "Northwest-meets-Mexico fare". [4] The outdoor patio seats an additional 20 people. [5]

The menu includes tacos with pork belly, salmon, and wild mushrooms, as well as Pacific ahi ceviche, [4] apple-smoked carne asada, green-mole chicken, and tortilla chips with lime salt. [3] Among salsas, which are made in-house, is a ghost pepper crema. Drink options include cocktails with agaves, [5] mezcals, tequilas, and whiskeys. [4]

History

Carlita's is operated by Urban Restaurant Group. It opened in 2017, in the space previously occupied by Streetcar Bistro & Taproom. [2] [5]

As of July 2020, the outpost Carlita's Rooftop was slated to open on the seventh floor of the Gordon Hotel in Eugene in 2021. [6] [7] [8] The outpost was nominated in the Best New Restaurant category of Eugene Weekly 's annual "Best of Eugene" poll. [9]

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References

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