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Restaurant information | |
Owner(s) | Oswaldo Bibiano |
Chef | Oswaldo Bibiano |
Food type | Mexican |
Street address | 3420 Southeast 50th Avenue |
City | Portland |
County | Multnomah |
State | Oregon |
Postal/ZIP Code | 97206 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 45°29′53″N122°36′40″W / 45.4980°N 122.6110°W |
Website | smartdonkeypdx |
Smart Donkey Burreria, or simply Smart Donkey, is a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon. [1] Chef Oswaldo Bibiano operates the food cart in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, in a converted car wash. Smart Donkey has garnered a positive reception and was named one of the city's best new food carts of 2022 by The Oregonian .
The Mexican restaurant Smart Donkey operates on 50th Avenue in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, near Foster-Powell. Eater Portland has described the space as "something like a single-cart pod and beer garden". [2] Among burritos on the menu is the El Gordo, which has chicharron, chorizo, and potatoes, and the El Guapo, which has vegetables, pumpkin seeds, and avocado salsa. [3] The El Hipster has kale and red cabbage braised in apple cider and red wine vinegar, [4] and the Zumpango has Guerrero-style shredded beef. [5] Drink options include draught beer and cider, micheladas, wine, and cocktails such as margaritas and mimosas. [5] [6] [7]
Chef Oswaldo Bibiano opened Smart Donkey in a space next to SuperDeluxe that was previously used as car wash. [3]
Writers for The Oregonian ranked Smart Donkey tenth in a list of Portland's best new food carts of 2022. [8] The newspaper's Michael Russell described a "perfect" mean at the restaurant: "A burrito with barbacoa in the style of Guerrero, Bibiano's home state, plus a tall margarita and a lawn game played on the former car wash parking lot." [9] Katherine Chew Hamilton included Smart Donkey in Portland Monthly 's 2023 overview of the city's best Mexican cuisine. [5]
Nick Woo and Janey Wong included Smart Donkey in Eater Portland's 2023 overview of fourteen recommended eateries for "gargantuan" stuffed burritos in the city. [4] Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Maya MacEvoy included the business in the website's 2024 overview of "jaw-dropping" happy hours. [6] In KOIN's 2024 overview of Portland's "top-rated" burritos, Aimee Plante said Smart Donkey had a rating of 4.8 on Yelp. [10]