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Exterior of the restaurant in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, 2022
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| Food type | Mexican |
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| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′33″N 122°38′10″W / 45.5592°N 122.6361°W / 45.5592; -122.6361 |
| Website | labonitapdx |
La Bonita: Food for the People, or simply La Bonita, is a small chainofMexican restaurants in Portland, Oregon, United States. The family-owned business operates three locations in north (since 2011), northeast, and southeast Portland (since 2020), serving burritos, chilaquiles, tacos, tamales, and other traditional cuisine. The restaurant has a good reputation, and has been included on two Thrillist lists of the country's best burritos.
La Bonita: Food for the People[1] is a small chain of casual Mexican restaurants based in Portland. The family-owned business has fast counter service, serving burritos,[2] chilaquiles,[3] pozole,[4] tacos, and tamales.[1] Its menu also includes chicken enchiladas, horchata,[5] quesadillas,[6] tortas, tostadas, chimichangas, beef tongue, machaca, chile rellenos, menudo, beans, and rice.[7][8] The breakfast menu includes a breakfast burrito, huevos a la mexicana, and huevos rancheros.[9] The restaurants' interiors have a "sunny" decor,[1] and the Alberta Street exterior has a Diego Rivera-inspired mural of a reclining woman.[10]
The original restaurant opened on Alberta Street in northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood. A second restaurant opened on Killingsworth in north Portland's Overlook neighborhood in 2011.[11] The third restaurant opened on Division Street in southeast Portland's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood in 2020, and has a seating capacity of 34.[1] All three locations operated via takeout during the COVID-19 pandemic; as of May 2020, the original restaurant also offered delivery service.[12] By April 2021, it had indoor dining, takeout, and delivery.[13]
Thrillist's Dan Gentile included La Bonita on a 2014 list of the 16 best burritos in the United States.[14] Kristin Hunt included the chain on Thrillist's 2015 list of the country's 33 best burritos.[15] La Bonita was included in The Oregonian's 2008 guide to "meals without borders", which said: "The straightforward Mexican food is a magnet to locals and wayfaring strangers."[16] The newspaper's Michael C. Zusman included the restaurant's pozole in a 2009 overview of Portland's top pork dishes.[4] Michael Russell and Samantha Bakall included La Bonita on the newspaper's 2015 and 2016 lists of the city's 10 best nachos and 25 best Mexican restaurants, respectively.[3][17][18]
Nick Zukin included La Bonita on Willamette Week's 2016 list of Portland's nine best chile relleno burritos.[19] In her 2019 Moon guidebook to Portland, Hollyanna McCollom said the food at the Alberta restaurant "is quick, inexpensive, and delicious".[20] During the pandemic, Brooke Jackson-Glidden included La Bonita on Eater Portland's 2020 overview of Portland eateries with "knockout" tacos for takeout and delivery.[12] She also included the Alberta restaurant in a 2021 overview of recommended eateries on Alberta.[13] Nick Woo and Seiji Nanbu included La Bonita on a 2021 list of twelve "unreal" burritos in Portland, and said the restaurant "has become synonymous with quality fast-casual Mexican fare".[21] Katrina Yentch included the restaurant in Eater Portland's 2022 list of eighteen "knockout spots" for affordable dining in the city.[22]
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