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rts ^Entertainment LAC KA MA sprint June 1, 2005 •11 exican food put to the test arnie Bergstrom ¡Clackamas Print pre is a difference between [ cooking and restaurant g, and when you stumble the real thing, it’s magic, ml Loncheria is a Mexican ant with a grandmother [k, cooking as if she real- |ans it. Look for a bright Building just two miles from mas at 212 Molalla Avenue, [gon City. m the street, the building I my eye. It looked cozy, and curious. Inside, the bright land the hanging decorations d the customers, giving it 1 of a tropical country. The fruit at the counter adds to 'fence. though there are daily spe- [1 ordered a roast pork taco 1.25, with a side of guaca- ($2.50). The waiter warned at there are no chips here, ked me how I would eat it. hips weren’t necessary. The ole was as much of a fresh [as anything, with real pieces Ions and tomatoes mixed into rdered the taco to get “regu- exican fare, but what I got Outstanding. I got a slow ’d, heavenly tasting pork Inside a tortilla. I felt like I ting Sunday dinner. e burritos come with three on late for $5.25. My daughter *J -Ofc in B MM1"1 'p Ít X ' -ï: P“:®---* ■ 1 • >« "' i jawJr " ■ ’ SI ■■ - ’ • ■ ■ \ - _ JI • ____ Joanne Bergstrom Clackamas Print Mitzil Loncheria, located two miles from the college at 212 Mollala Ave., is the best of the local Mexican restaurants reviewed. It features excellent food and a bright atmosphere. ordered a child’s plate for $3.25, which was more than enough food. She also ordered the fresh fruit strawberry Licuado, or smoothie. The menu is small, with the usual mix of tortillas, tacos, tosta das, and sopes', but each day there are two specials for lunch and two specials for dinner. Today’s lunch specials were chicken toma to stew and beef strips with red chile sauce. Both came with hand made tortillas, rice and beans—for $4.95. They are open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Service is not the fastest, though, and if you don’t have a full hour for lunch, it may be better to use the drive-through across the street at Los Tachitos. Los Tachitos, located at 503 Molalla Avenue, serves the res taurant-type fest food that most people associate with Mexican restaurants. Still, it is very well spiced and quite tasty. Inside, they have a big machine that makes homemade tortillas. They also serve Mexican pastries and have a salsa bar to supplement your order. The best item that I tried there was the green chile and pork bur rito for $4.75. I could only eat half of it, but it was good enough to save. I also tried their tacos, which were pretty standard but very tasty—and, I might add, very reasonable at $1.50. They are open seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to midnight. Their menu was extensive, though they didn’t have a copy of it for me to take home. Either way, a special lunch can be had for just a five-minute drive from the school. Cha Cha Cha, with many loca tions in the Portland area, seems to be the newest and latest fresh food chain to hit the area, and if I could have eaten the menu, it would have been delicious. Unfortunately, I had to eat the food. Now I know this is subjective, and I also admit to only trying two items; but both the chile verde burrito and the wild salmon taco did not tempt me at all, the for mer being just too heavy and sort of sweet, and the latter being so sweet it bordered on disgusting. The menu calls the food “Southern Mexican Cuisine” so maybe it’s supposed to be different than Northern Mexican cuisine, though I’ve heard that burritos are an American invention which takes up half their menu. They have 18 different burritos, including three vegetarian choices averaging $3.95, two salads, 11 taco choices at $1.50 each, two tortas (sandwiches), nachos, din ner plates and more. As I said, if I could eat the menu, this would be a wonderful place to eat. 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Most of the time they sell their produce to big companies for a cheap price, due to these companies having more commercialization in their stores than farmers have in their green houses. Can you imagine? That’s how they make their money, and we don’t appreciate their hard work. We just go to the store and buy fruits that later rot in our kitchens. It’s not fair. That’s why groups of farmers have created what they call “Farmers’ Market,” in which they get together one day every week to sell their produce direct ly to the public, “How it has to This association is all over Oregon, arid it helps improve farmers’ incomes and provides local people and businesses with fresh, high quality produce. Farmers’ market reconnects over 90,000 Oregonians per week in the peak of the harvest season, and it has around 64 markets in which each farmers’ market builds upon its farmers’ and community’s uniqueness. 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