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    El Sazon

    4.5 (23 reviews)
    Closed • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Outdoor seating

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    Arnab D.

    Located among the small food cart pod, they are a lot of variety on the menu. This includes breakfast options as well. The food was good, constant with many other similar food options available, not the best that I've had in Portland and it's surrounding. If I'm going through that area again, I might try some of the other options on the menu.

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    Kim G.

    Love a lehit street taco! El Sazon serves them up hot and fresh. Your choice of meat - I do pastor - topped with chopped onion and cilantro, lime wedge, radish, picked carrots on the side. Perfection. Rarely do I eat lunch, but someday after my swim I'm hungry for something small and satisfying. And fast! Street tacos fit the bill. Heading to Sauvie Island to the pumpkin patches, I saw the sign for this truck and pulled in. So glad I did! In addition to tacos. They have all the norms: burritos, quesadilla, sopes, huevos ranchero, mulitos, nacjos, taquitos, pollo or asada plates, tostados, and even cheeseburgers. On Tuesdays, tacos are discounted a dollar to $1.75. Make sure to try the avocado crema, it's fabulous. Picnic tables on the side, covered and uncovered. Plenty of parking. Friendly service.

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    Jay M.

    Great prices and phenomenal food since they started!! Reminds me of food in SoCal Actually call for prices, don't ball park it before you get there. You're paying for beautiful homemade food so don't complain

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    Melanie N.

    I've been wanting to come here for awhile now. I finally stopped and got an asada taco, carnitas taco, and rice and beans on the side. I asked for some hot sauce and they ended up giving me all 3 of their salsas. I'm glad they did, the avocado salsa was the best I've had from anywhere, I usually don't like it because it doesn't have enough flavor. Both the salsa verde and salsa roja was good as well, better than most places. I liked the chunky veggies on my asada taco and the beans were very good. Everything had good flavor, but this wasn't crazy good, but definitely good enough to try it again!

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    3 months ago

    Great spot, friendly people and great Mexican cuisine! Covered seating and some outdoors as well, it's a very good option in a food desert.

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    Best shrimp burrito I've ever had, and I grew up in Arizona. I like to add jalapeños for that extra pop.

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    Great food fast friendly service if you're looking for a quick Mexican fix definitely recommend this place.

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