La Tapatia Market

So this is it. The search is now over. This place has the best of everything. Tortillas, meats, Taqueria, guy who sells tamales in the parking lot. I will gain weight here on out.

This review is based on the restaurant in the back of the store not the store! The store is awesome!
I didn’t know where to begin on this review so I will start with the worst… I’m sitting on the toilet because i got diarrhea.
So I walked in with FOUR hungry kids… I came here because the tacos were $ 1 so I figured the burritos and Tortas were gonna be thrifty too… Wrong! Torta $ 6.50 burrito $ 5.99, Quesadilla $ 6.50. The only meat options were Asada and Al Pastor… The asada meat looked and tasted questionable. did not taste like asada also the tacos were on a small not fresh tortillas. I ordered a quesadilla with Al Pastor minus the crema, it was mediocre, the best thing about it was the two pieces of avocado and the avocado salsa I put on it from the salsa bar. I spent $ 26 threw away half a quesadilla and two tacos. Will never go here again.
Next time I will buy meat in the carniceria and some tortillas at the tortilleria both in the store and cook it at home myself…

I feel I may be in Mexico when I am here. Great market and great food in the restaurant!

you find some stuff other places won’t have. the plantains tho could be better, they got small ones. tangerines are small too could be better. filthy parking lot, regular service staff not polite. this apparently began as a groceey store and kind of expanded. mostly mexican stuff not really all of latam represented. chicharrones in the back are good, nice fella serving public. cashier spots have no separation bars for goods and the counters are dirty. pretty much they got some of the worse of latam and not much the best, shame.

I recently discovered La Tapatia Market on SE 183^rd & Stark, and was very impressed! For a small & unassuming space, they have a wonderful selection of fruits & veggies, spices and Latin beverages… and then there’s the butcher section! Assorted Meats, ceviches, asada, the list goes on. Their bakery is lovely too, with fresh breads & delicious pastries and beautifully crafted cakes. They have top-​notch service, and go out of their way to help you find what you’re looking for.

We’ve been checking out all the tiendas and mercados in Portland and, so far, this one is the best.
They have a spectacular meat section with every traditional cut, as well as sausages and organ meats. Their deli is awesome, maybe even better than de Leon’s, and has the most amazing chicharones I’ve ever seen and would be a great choice for an easy meal or bulk pastor, carnitas, and so much more. They make their own tortillas, bolillos, and their panaderia has the widest selection of pastries I’ve seen anywhere in PDX. They are also very very good. The produce is again a very broad selection and very well priced with many items at .99/​lb or less and offers a large array of fresh chiles, bananas, plantains, yuca, nopales, and so much more. The grocery section is quite complete and full of bargains, especially on their huge selection of dried chiles, bulk spices, harinas and, of all things, even Di Cecco pasta. They have a complete drink section with what looks like every soda Jarritos makes. As you exit, there is a fruiteria as well that looked very good. There’s also a fun little flea market next door.

Delicious and authentic! I thought that moving from Arizona to Oregon I would be missing out on good Mexican food but I was wrong. The carnitas torta was amazing! My husband got the carne asada burrito and that too was yummy!

I have been to Mexico several times This is without a doubt the best carne asada I have ever had in my life.

Authentic mexican love their food and homade tortillas their salsa is amazing if your looking for real mexican food it’s a must.

GREAT store. Clean, organized with a huge variety of items. Large butcher shop, ceviche, fresh salsa, nice diner in the back. Lovely place, helpful staff. Bit of a drive, but I will make time for it.

Best Mexican market I have found in Portland to date. This is a bonafide mercado with a great restaurant — we had the buche tacos and fried whole tilapia, both amazing. The horchata was chalky, obviously from a mix, but the salsa’s were fresh and muy spicy. And the market was great — the meat selection is varied and fresh and the pastries looked scrumptious.
Tiende Santa Cruz’s food is great (I found the market lacking), but if you a looking for the full experience — tasty restaurant, handmade tortillas, fresh baked pastries, tons of meats, and varied produce — you’ll find what you are looking for. The flea market next door is worth the walk through, although you may not find anything terribly interesting.
I highly recommend this market to those familiar with Mexican markets as well as to my adventurous friends.

This is a review of both the taqueria and the market. I was a bit blown away as a Chicago person to see that I had to go so far out of the center of PDX to find an ethnic neighborhood, but I have been told that PDX is a «reverse Detroit» with the affluent folks in the center and the immigrants and ethnics on the periphery. True enough.
Why travel out here on the train? Well, the $ 1 tacos are the reason why. We had a giant pile of tacos of all types and were absolutely happy with everything. You dress them yourself and again for a buck you can try some of the other meats you might not normally order.
The small bakery section is good, as is the fruit and meat market. Me from Chicago and my buddy from South Texas were in heaven as we found everything we needed to make fajitas old school style.
Viva La Tapatia in PDX!

This place is awesome! Great place for all you Latin goods!
It makes me feel like im back in my hometown in South Cal.
Mauricio and Luciano do a great job. The place is always busy and CLEAN.
Les recomindo La Tapatia para todo sus productos Latinos, pan dulce, pasteleria, ricas frutas/​verduras, abarrotes, tortillas frescas, carniceria, caseta de cambios de chekes y ricos tacos de la taqueria.
Salud Amigos!

One review? They’ve recently upgraded the store and built a huge meat section and created a dedicated space for the restaurant. An awesome market with great Latin products the butcher has an assortment of different cuts of meats of very high quality. Also the baked goods are abundant, cheap and delicious.
This explains the awesome Taqueria in the back of the market the «Star» of this place. The Tacos are $ 1 with meat falling out of your tortilla. The tortilla’s are handmade and the salsa bar has some of tastiest and freshest salsas along with onions, cilantro, and limes so you can top your tacos to your liking.
I think Tienda Santa Cruz is great, but I prefer this place ever so slightly.

Just moved here to Portland from Southern California where there is TONS of Latino food markets. Was so glad to find this place (via Unilocal). Very friendly staff and prices were good too. I walked in to the doors and I could tell immediately I was in the right place because of the familiar fragrant smell of carne asada and cilantro. WILL go back here.

Yearning for a taste of her Los Angeles roots, Mrs. Burgerdogboy suggested we find an adequate-​sized Mexican grocery and pick up some supplies for Mexican style «street tacos.» She was feeling a bit nostalgic for home comfort food, and me, I’m always up for her cooking, and a little taco nostalgia myself, tho my memories of same tend to drift towards the tequila black-​outs of my youth in TJ.
I Unilocaled for suggestions and opted for La Tapatia, at 18 330 Southeast Stark Street, and ventured into a heretofore unchecked out part of Portland (for me, in any case).
It’s a great choice for buying Mexico groceries and meats, and it c0-​located with a rather large «Mexican-​style» flea market, a beehive of activity on Saturday afternoons.
We parked in a the crowded lot next to a taco trailer, and Mrs. BDB’s peckishness got the best of her, and we had to score a couple of tongue tacos before venturing into the grocery. With us, it’s always best to eat prior to grocery shopping else we fall into food budget disaster.
A wide variety of tacos are offered by this cart in the parking lot, for a buck a pop, and they were delicious.
The grocery was beyond my expectations, sparkling clean, helpful employees, and a great fresh meat counter. We picked up some marinated pork meat for our tacos, tortillas, shrimp ceviche, and a couple of pounds of chorizo and other sausages.
One often hears that Portland lacks authentic Mexican food, but such is not the case, whether you want to prepare at home, or check out the taco stands in the parking lot or within the flea market.
It’s as authentic as it gets.