Tierra del Sol (restaurant)

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Tierra del Sol
Tierra del Sol (Portland, Oregon) logo.png
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The food cart at Portland Mercado, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2015 (2015)
Owner(s)Amalia Sierra [1]
ChefAmalia Sierra
Food type Oaxacan
Street address
  • 7238 Southeast Foster Rd #1
  • 6935 Northeast Glisan Street
City Portland
County Multnomah
State Oregon
CountryUnited States
Website tierradelsolpdx.com

Tierra del Sol is a Oaxacan restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon. [2] Chef-owner Amalia Sierra began operating the business from a food cart at Portland Mercado in 2015. A second location opened in the Montavilla neighborhood in 2020.

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Description

Tierra del Sol serves Oaxacan cuisine from a food cart at Portland Mercado, located on Foster Road in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood. The menu has included enchiladas de amarillo, moles (including amarillo, coloradito, and pipián varieties), [3] [4] picaditas, [5] tetelas, tacos, tlayudas, [6] handmade tortillas, rice, [7] and aguas frescas. [8] [9] Fillings include carnitas and chorizo. [1]

The mole amarillo, described by Eater Portland 's Brooke Jackson-Glidden as "mild but nuanced, thanks to the addition of hierba santa", has chayote, masa dumplings, and stewed chicken. [10] The mole pipián is green and has jalapeños, pumpkin seeds, and tomatillos. Tierra del Sol uses seeds supplied by the chef's sister in Oaxaca. [9]

The restaurant uses Portland-based Three Sisters Nixtamal for the blue corn tacos; meatless taco varieties include cactus, mushroom, and vegetable stew, with avocado, cilantro, onions, and pico de gallo as toppings. [11] The tlayuda has avocado slices, a black bean spread, cabbage, cilantro, onion, queso Oaxaca, and queso fresco. Suzette Smith of the Portland Mercury said the tlayuda is "massive and comes in a pizza box, along with a suggestion to split it between two". [12]

History

Tierra del Sol's chef is Amalia Sierra, a former social worker who opened her first cart at the Portland Mercado in 2015. [9] In 2020, a second location opened with a similar menu at Rocket Empire Machine, a food hall in the northeast Portland part of the Montavilla neighborhood. [5]

Reception

Tacos and a side of rice Portland Mercado, June 2022 - 08.jpg
Tacos and a side of rice

In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson-Glidden included Tierra del Sol in Eater Portland's list of the 25 "essential" Portland restaurants offering delivery or take-out service. [3] Waz Wu included the restaurant in the website's 2021 overview of "where to find tasty vegan tacos" in the city. [11] In 2022, Jackson-Glidden included the mole amarillo in a list of 17 "sick day delivery standbys to order in Portland". [10] She and Nick Woo also included Tierra del Sol in a guide to the city's "most outstanding" food carts, [13] and Krista Garcia and Seiji Nanbu included the business in a list of Portland's 17 "standout" Mexican eateries. Garcia and Nanbu said the tlayuda made Tierra del Sol a "standout" over other food carts at Portland Mercado and wrote, "It might seem easy to skip the tetelas stuffed with creamy beans and rich Oaxacan moles, though it's not recommended". [14] Nanbu and Nathan Williams included the restaurant in Eater Portland's 2022 list of 22 "outstanding taco spots" in the Portland metropolitan area. [4]

In 2018, Shannon Armour of Willamette Week called the tlayudas "excellent". [6] In 2020, Suzette Smith of the Portland Mercury said of the tlayuda: "It's a beauty to look at and, in practice, sort of like super fresh nachos if there were only one massive chip underneath all the fixins. I loved it, but I should note that it's probably more of a summer dish. Plus, without a meat or veggie stew on top, the tlayuda came off a little dry." [12]

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