La Poblana

This was a pretty interested mexican food truck parked to the side of some street somewhere in the land of parking lots and stip malls of downtown Beaverton. That was actually part of this places appeal to me that it was kind of a unique eatery for the area.
Anyways, we waited for a little while for our food, but it ended up being worth it all. They had these unique sandwiches on burger buns — looks like they’re called Cemitas. I got a pork one and it ended up having quite a bit of avocado, and what appeared to be something like string cheese and a big jalapeño on there too. I thought everything was pretty tasty and it definitely filled me up. If I’m hungry and in the area I’ll probably stop by again.

This cart has moved to SW Broadway St, across the way from the Natural Grocer in Beaverton.
Their Pierna Enchilada cemita is to die for! If you ask for the papalo, just have them put it on the side, as it is a definite acquired taste.
So far, this place is LEGIT!

I’d probably give this place 3.5 stars if they allowed it. It was a perfectly acceptable truck and I do plan on coming back to try some of their other stuff if I find myself in Beaverton again.
I recently discovered the wonderful world of cemitas when I was down in LA visiting family over the winter holiday season. If you find yourself in the Valley down there, do yourself a favor and go to Cemitas Poblanas Don Adrian. I had my first and only other cemitas there by accident and it really rocked my world. I knew I had to have another, so the first thing I did when I got back was find a local cemitaria. I used the excuse of visiting friends in Hillsboro to stop by this place. Luckily it is located right off the Beavteron Max station in the parking lot of the 76, so it is pretty easy to get to.
The cemitas on the menu are the most expensive thing by far. The tacos are $ 1.25 and the burritos are $ 5 which would make this truck very reasonably priced. However between a cemitas and a coke, it came to $ 10 which seems a little high for a meal at a taco truck. I immediately realized why when I got the sandwich. This thing is HUGE. I was really hungry and I just barely managed to finish it and I didn’t have to eat again until pretty late that night when I had a small snack. I ordered the carnitas and my girlfriend got the M. D Res (breaded steak).
The first thing that differentiated this cemitas from the last one was the bread. The bread really made the sandwich at the last place. It was egg washed and baked to a perfect crispness. A hybread between a brioche bun and a baguette. This bread left something to be desired. It felt and tasted like something that came from Restaurant Depot. My other complaint is with the meats. My carnitas were quite bountiful, but they were a bit soft and very fatty. There were a couple hunks that were just pure fat, no meat at all. My girlfriend’s beef was a little on the dry side, but I experienced that before so it might just be the way it is.
They also had a couple things on the menu that I had never heard of before, tlacoyos and picaditas. They looked pretty good from their pictures so I’d like to try them out. If you find yourself in the area and need some typical and even atypical Mexican fare, you can’t go wrong with this place. My expectations for cemitas are just a little high.
Also a car caught on fire at the gas station while we were eating. Good show!

I think ‘cemita’ must translate into gargantuan! Good lord. First time I’ve had a Cemita — I did not know they existed until today — credit to Unilocal,of course. My life has changed. I had the Cemita de Milanesa de Pollo (fried chicken). Chocked fully of avocado (an entire avacado, I’m sure), Oaxacan cheese, chipotle, and TWO chicken patties. I’ve become a believer in food carts.
Muy delicioso!

Checked this place out recently… I really liked it! Went there 2 times in for lunch in the same week.
This place is a food truck parked at the 76 gas station. Very limited parking, but people seem to park in the parking lot next door if there is nothing right next to the truck. There is only 1 picnic table there so you may be lucky get it. If not eat on the hood of your car and keep it real!
Anyways, so far Ive tried the Cemita Milenesa de Pollo… cripsy chicken flattened out, with guac & chipotle and some greens (not lettuce) on a wonderful bun. Its pretty big in size, so eating just that is filling. I also tried the carne asada tacos, very good… meat cooked perfectly, I ate like 5 of them.
They also sell chicarrone in a bag, mexican sodas, and have a little salsa bar to add.
I definitely recommend! Pricing is fine… no negatives about this.
Im all about standing around and eating in a parking lot! Makes the experience better!
Happy eating!

The cemita reminds me of my time living in Puebla. It is so delicious. At first I thought «$ 7.50? You have to be kidding!» But this sandwich is totally worth it. Sit in a gas station parking lot and eat a cemita. You will be happy you did.

If you want to try authentic Mexican food that is rare to find, then this is the place. This lunch truck has the best cemitas outside of Puebla. They also have tlacoyos and your typical tacos and burritos.

My greatest food discoveries have never come from an online rating that read more like a thirteen-year-old’s fanmail to One Direction than a restaurant review. Rather, they have come from driving aimlessly around under-​explored neighborhoods. So it’s appropriate that the best meal I had in Portland was found in this manner. When I spied La Poblana in the parking lot of the gas station on the northeast corner of Cedar Hills and Canyon, I pulled in so fast my tires scarred the street.
Like any taco truck, La Poblana peddles tacos and burritos in a variety of proteins. Nopales and tlacoyotl are on offer on the weekends. But you’re not at La Poblana for this stuff — any taco truck or Mexican restaurant will do if you want asada tacos or a plate of nopales. You’re at La Poblana for the Pueblan cemitas — their lifeblood, their star, their reason for existing.
La Poblana’s cemitas ($ 7.50) are a hefty tome of a sandwich, built upon a sesame seeded brioche-​like bun. This bread both gives and takes — compressing like a goosedown pillow between your teeth, yet resisting your bite with a push as gentle as one breaking from a deep kiss for a short gasp of air. A generous pollo milanesa is tucked into the bun; these thin slips of chicken are fried to a noisy crisp in a delightful breading not too dissimilar from panko. And then, there’s the avocado that tastes of clotted cream, the tart and crunchy escabeche, the buttery grilled onions, and the salty threads of quesillo cheese.
Every texture, every density, every flavor, every expression, and everything pleasant about food is managed harmoniously in this sandwich.
This sandwich makes you weak in the knees.
…It makes your eyelids close slowly in bliss, while the corners of your lips turn upward and a tingle crosses the nape of your neck.
…It moves across the palate like Chopin’s fingers across the ivories.
…It comes undone in the mouth like a fiddlehead unfurling on time-​lapse video.
…It feels.
…It smokes Cubans and drinks scotch.
…It takes you to the symphony.
…It pulls up in a siren red Corvette and revs the engine.
…It draws the drapes, dims the lights, and tears off your clothes.
…It impresses itself permanently into your memory — it is one of three meals about which I will always dream, hoping to someday find something equally perfect.
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