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El Palenque Mexican Restaurant

8324 SE 17th Ave, Portland, OR | Map it  

97202 45.462601 -122.646901

(503) 231-5140 | View Website

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Neighborhoods:
Sellwood - Moreland Improvement League, Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Price:
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Categories:
Restaurants
Cuisine:
Mexican

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Payment Methods:
MasterCard, Discover, Visa, American Express
Restaurant Special Features:
Cheap Eats, Live Music, Hidden Find

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CSMobileUser4

Member since Dec, 2008 View Profile
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Joined 4 years ago
5.0
March 24, 2011

Just as great 20 years later!. i've been dining at el palenque for over 20 years and have never had a bad meal or experience there. the home made salsa is delicious! the queso papusas are myh favorite but a great lunch is the salads. it comes with a delightful sweet dressing, almost like a honey mustard. i know it might sound like an odd combo, but trust me, try it-- surprisingly yummy! this place has great food, friendly staff, fast service, good prices. happy dining! =)

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BDX

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BDX
Joined 2 years ago
5.0
August 20, 2010

Tasty food, friendly staff. Loved the papusas. I have heard of their papusas butd finally made it there today. Wow, it was just great! They were so gracious and talked me through the pauusas options. Funny thing, I never even saw the menu, I orered on their recommendation and was delighted.

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srkkreddy

Member since Sep, 2005 View Profile
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Joined 7 years ago
2.0
July 12, 2010

Nothing to boast about w.r.t. food. The cheese pupusas was pathetic (chicharon pupusa was okay). Tamale was okay.... nothing we had was great, just okay to bad items. Also, I was quite surprised to see an almost empty restaurant on a Friday evening.

Maybe, I can't appreciate authentic (if they can be called so) mexican/salvadorian food.

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feliznavidad

Member since Feb, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
5.0
February 12, 2010

Romantic, Delicious food and drinks, Great service!. We ate there last night. My boyfriend surprised me with a giftcard for Valentines day but we wanted to go last night to have a better experience. When we walked in, only a few people sat in at this restaurant so it was quite and romantic. We were greeted by a nice gentleman who served us chips and salsa. Delicious!

We ordered the S3 plater which serves 3-4 people for 32.00. It comes with 8 plates. We had to move to a different table. haha.

Everything was wonderful! It was my first time having Salvadorian food, and it will NOT be the last time. The server was very friendly and knowledgeable about the food selection which made us feel very special.

This restaurant is one of the best we have ever been to. The drinks were also amazing. We enjoyed our experience very much.

There are half off coupons right now if you want to try this place. 25.00 giftcard for 12.50 on the 1080 the fan site. PortlandPerks.

GREAT GREAT GREAT! Recommend to friends and family.

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CDB1

Member since Dec, 2009 View Profile
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Joined 3 years ago
5.0
December 18, 2009

Great Food!!. Great Central American food at a great price.... Owner is really invloved in your satifaction... Would go there more but live across the river in Washington...

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