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El Brasero
A mexican taco truck.
SE 12th & SE Hawthorne
Portland OR
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May 10, 2008Pulse of PDX
Free lamb tacos, asada plate or zucchini burrito at el brasero today!
Aug 22, 2008gastronautical gastronomicon
hey folks, your friendly neighborhood food geek keeping you updated on what's on wheels at the corner of 12th and SE Hawthorne:
Frozen Fantasy milkshakes and frozen bananas are still here. they were doing gangbusters last weekend, surprise surprise.
Potato Champion is still slingin' poutine (now available Vegan, which explains the clouds of skinny jeans surreptitiously drinking Sparxxx on the corner late night)
El Brasero is doin it's thang, rockin' lamb barbacoa on weekends and recently had a mixed seafood ceviche tostada as a special. They're getting a lot of business.
Biggs Bros has passed on; the Pasta closet is now in it's space.
Bubba Bernie's is setting up shop in a new looking burgundy trailer, promising catfish/shripm po boys, dirty rice, gumbo, etc. He expects to be open next week at the latest.
Jan 7, 2008Portland Food & Ink
Frozen Fantasy milkshakes and frozen bananas are still here. they were doing gangbusters last weekend, surprise surprise.
Potato Champion is still slingin' poutine (now available Vegan, which explains the clouds of skinny jeans surreptitiously drinking Sparxxx on the corner late night)
El Brasero is doin it's thang, rockin' lamb barbacoa on weekends and recently had a mixed seafood ceviche tostada as a special. They're getting a lot of business.
Biggs Bros has passed on; the Pasta closet is now in it's space.
Bubba Bernie's is setting up shop in a new looking burgundy trailer, promising catfish/shripm po boys, dirty rice, gumbo, etc. He expects to be open next week at the latest.
Oh yea, I stumbled upon another bitchin food cart and this one is on the corner of South East 12th and Hawthorne. El Brasero serves your basic Taco Truck cuisine and they do a great job. As always, for my first meal at a new Taco spot, I went for a couple of Carnitas Tacos. Pork, Onions and Cilantro is what it's all about! I am such a sucker for Food Carts and needless to say, I'm really glad that I found a new one. There are a couple of other Carts in this parking lot and although I am yet to give the Wings or Soup Carts a try, I think that next time I find myself looking for a quick bite in Inner Southeast, I will again go to the back of the parking lot to El Brasero.
El Brasero esta abierto y delicioso. what's spanish for fuck yeah?
I love that the vacant lot on SE 12th and Hawthorne is becoming a nice food cart haven. The list is now:
Jan 7, 2008iEat!
- El Brasero (they own the new white trailer parked under the billboard and are going to move el Brasero operation in there very soon),
- Biggs Brothers Wing Co: fear the 'stache. They operate on the Fire on the Mountain model, with many sauces. They also recently started serving pork wings. Why was I not informed pigs were flying?
- My Sister's Soup, which, honestly, I haven't tried. My soup is better than my sister's, because I don't have a sister. I'm pretty sure my sister in law doesn't make better soup than mine. I'll try their soup eventually, but it just hasn't happened yet.
- The new Entrant: Potato Champion: Googling led me to WWeek beating the rest of us to the scoop, before there was a cart on the lot, if memory serves:
..."local musician Mike McKinnon is opening a Belgian frietkot (a.k.a. french-fries shack) at Southeast 12th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard in the cart pod next to Tiny's Coffee. Potato Champion , as McKinnon has christened his venture, will sell piping hot cones of fries with homemade ketchup, mayo, satay sauce and other dippers to late-night grease cravers (6 pm-3 am Friday and Saturday and 6 pm-1 am Sunday-Thursday). He'll also serve poutine ?the Canadian version of fries, with cheese curds 'n' gravy."
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IN THE NEWS: The Oregonian's Roger Porter gives a C+ to vegan restaurant Nutshell (3808 N. Williams Ave.; 503-292-2627), while Christina Melander considers Opposable Thumbs Cafe and Gallery (3312 S.E. Belmont St., 503-235-0146). ... The paper also reports the closing of Nick's Famous Coney Island (3746 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.) oregonlive.com ... Willamette Week's Heidi Yorkshire [...]
May 18, 2007gastronautical gastronomicon
new discoveries I'd like to share with the internet:
Uno: Adding pictures of Christiano Ronaldo to your blog will mak your visits spike on Manchester United match days. Tagging the photos with Ronaldo el Guapo will ensure the spike comes from spanish speaking countries only.
Zwei: There is a certain segment of the American population that will eat anything if you tell them it is good for them. This segment is larger than you think, and apparently, quite wealthy. Said segment is still smaller than the group who will eat anything if you tell them it's free, and quite a bit smaller than the group that will eat anything you tell them is made of Pork.
Theen: Nu Cafe (621 SE Morrison):
menu:
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Uno: Adding pictures of Christiano Ronaldo to your blog will mak your visits spike on Manchester United match days. Tagging the photos with Ronaldo el Guapo will ensure the spike comes from spanish speaking countries only.
Zwei: There is a certain segment of the American population that will eat anything if you tell them it is good for them. This segment is larger than you think, and apparently, quite wealthy. Said segment is still smaller than the group who will eat anything if you tell them it's free, and quite a bit smaller than the group that will eat anything you tell them is made of Pork.
Theen: Nu Cafe (621 SE Morrison):
menu:
...
