Boy Eats Drum Machine’s Favorite Mexican Food
This is sure to start some sort of turf war, but I had to re-post Jonny Ragel’s top five favorite Mexican food options from his Boy Eats Drum Machine recording diary. It’s a little known fact that, aside from being a purveyor of fine electro-pop, Ragel has a doctorate in delicious.
Personally, I spend a lot of time with the $3.99 special at Pepino’s on Hawthorne (two delicious tacos (I usually go with steak), chips and salsa and a soda) and the fajita dinner for two at La Carreta (seriously, $12.99 and it’s sooo good). I’m totally willing to branch out, though. Ragel added in a myspace post that he didn’t mean any disrespect to NE Portland (Ragel lives in Southeast) and notes that La Seranita should be considered a runner-up.
From the BEDM website:
recording diary:
thr 1/04/07
my PDX top 5 mexican food ops:
(it had to be done….)1: mole’ asada at taqueria nueve
2: fish tacos at san felipe taqueria
3: express taco at super torta
4: chile relleno burrito at el burrito loco
5: burrito clasico at cha cha cha
5: dinner plate at ole’ ole’recording can be tedious. but mexican food never gets old.
Truer words were never spoken. Mexican food comes right between oxygen and water on my list of life’s little necessities.
Here’s a video of Boy Eats Drum Machine performing at Satyricon. You can watch it while you eat!
Video courtesy of the moose.
Link-o-rama:
Boy Eats Drum Machine’s Website
Boy Eats Drum Machine on Myspace
Citysearch dot com’s best Portland Mexican food, 2006.
Photo of BEDM and friend eating (Mexican food?) courtesy of the band’s Flickr page.
jragel
says:nice(!)
I will talk mexican with anyone. anytime. it’s quite simply the greatest invention ever.
here’s the links to those fine establishments:
taqueria nueve
san felipe taqueria
super torta
el burrito loco
cha cha cha
ole’ ole’
along with respect to la sirenita on NE alberta and the large fruity drinks at la carreta I also wanted to pass on a big thumbs up from R.J. for la costita on SW barber.
mmmmmmmmmmm.
Posted @ January 8th, 2007 at 6:27 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkJimmie
says:The $3.99 special at Pepino’s is possibly man’s greatest achievement, second only to the giant fruity bowl of liquor at the Original Taco House. I almost always go with fish as my taco’d animal of choice, though.
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 1:01 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkMICHAEL BYRNE
says:I just ate Javiers for the third time in a week…on top of a pepper eating contest with my roommate Leaf. My small intestine is calling for 20K more troops to maintain order and train my existing stomach enzymes to deal with this unexpected development in my eating habits. It’s hell down there.
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 1:27 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkmanrey
says:It’s not on the menu at Pepino’s on 23rd, but baja fish tacos for $1 (ask for them, I promise) is the best deal in town. Jimmie, you could skip the chips and get 3 fish tacos and a soda for $4. This would be good on a day when they used bagged not fresh chips.
It’s the only thing I’ll eat, and I’m a 100% Mexican that hates most PDX Mexican Food, nothing comes close to what I’m used to.. Sigh..
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 3:52 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:BREAKING NEWS!!!! I had the veggie burrito at La Casita last night, and let me tell you, it’s a masterpiece. Perhaps not for the purist though– there are mushrooms, broccoli, etc. in it. But it’s as big as a baby’s head, and comes with reeeeaally dope guac and sour cream. Oh, and their salsa is super-spicy and super good. It’s on Morrison, two blocks east of the bridge on the eastside. Holy cow, you gotta try it. Feeds two.
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 4:14 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkjragel
says:fish tacos for a dollar? burritos the size of a baby’s head? obviously I have some serious research to do. meaningful perhaps only to me sidenote: pepinos was the name of the lil’ mexican joint on 82nd we always walked to growing up. they had fairly plain cuisine. and a galaxian table version. it became a long tenured chinese restaurant called ah fong kitchen (a few blocks north of division right next to the original pho van). is there any great mexican food in montavilla? we usually end up going down to burrito loco by madison high…
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 4:59 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkfoxleaf
says:Local Cut should stop writing about music and be about Mexican food all the time.
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:I can’t talk about it anymore, it makes me too hungry!
Posted @ January 9th, 2007 at 8:56 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkdjallnight
says:mad props to cha cha cha @ something like 34th & hawthorne.
get it “wet” son.
(translation: on a plate w/ guac & sour cream on top.)
and their green salsa is the best i’ve had in town yet. y’allare making me hungry kids….
Posted @ January 10th, 2007 at 5:34 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkThe Moose
says:Hey! That’s my video…….how about some props and a link to the Moose? And Jon, tonight we make the list of our favorite beers, ok?
Posted @ January 10th, 2007 at 11:14 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkThe Moose
says:And what’s with that Gravatar.com link in the comments area? Is it just grabbing email addresses? There’s just a holding page when you click on the url. Am I missing something?
Posted @ January 10th, 2007 at 11:23 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:gravatar used to supply images to go next to people’s comments. looks like they are down at the time being.
Posted @ January 10th, 2007 at 8:30 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinki didn’t know that video came from you, moose, but i’m linking right now. nice shootin’.
The Moose
says:casey, thanks for the update and the link….now the beer list. Jon?
Posted @ January 10th, 2007 at 9:01 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkDave Cusick
says:I agree with Jonny’s picks, however, he doesn’t mention Pepino’s (formerly Una Mas) at all, while listing both Cha Cha Cha and Ole’ Ole’, which are both, to my knowledge, under the same ownership and share a menu. (Am I wrong about this?)
I’m not currently living in Portland, but for a year, every Thursday after doing my show at KPSU, I either drove or took the streetcar to Una Mas and had the Chico Burrito combo (w/chicken) for $3.99, a $1 Sol beer, and a free small side dish of pickled jalapenos, carrots and onions. Whenever I come to visit my hometown, I make sure to have this meal at least once. It is one of the most satiated moments in my life.
And now, I’m salivating.
Posted @ January 11th, 2007 at 1:19 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkjragel
says:casey- my bad on the moose credit. I’ll add it to the bedm website. (and thanks again for Ytubing that, DA! prepare your left kidney for prompt payment). mr cusick—I have an anecdote for you. but first: my idea (and it’s a doozy). here goes: you know how there are wine tours? with a bus? and people with really toasty faces? ok. same premise. but mexican food. we could take it from the SE to the NE pillaging and leaving discarded burrito wrappers and empty salsa vessels in our wake. how raucous would that be?! I can fit 7 or so people in my lil’ astro van. is anybody hungry?
Posted @ January 11th, 2007 at 9:42 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkDave Cusick
says:Just keep the windows rolled down, Jonny.
Posted @ January 21st, 2007 at 12:12 am (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkjragel
says:ah science: so I finally got the chance to try pepino’s on SE 38th and hawthorne. the prices were indeed terrific as reported. I tried the fish tacos. not shabby: generous nicely breaded pieces of fish. authentic tasting fresh tortillas. generous heaplings of cabbage. the sauce could use a little more pizzaz but for 3.95 w/ chips, soda, and all the smoky salsa you could ever want I found it impossible to complain. I’ll be back. you know what they say: test and retest…
Posted @ January 31st, 2007 at 11:18 pm (January 8th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalink