For dedicated local food lovers, de Leon is hardly a secret. Rodney Muirhead—chef at WW‘s 2011 Restaurant of the Year, is a longtime lover of de Leon’s guisados.

Willamette Week

…This Mexican market and deli remains one of the Portland area’s top spots for guisados. Pros know to order at least one of the the layered and deeply flavorful birria tacos, which come on the market’s house tortillas, though the carnitas are no slouch either…

PDX Eater

These carnitas are high-quality: They’re some of the juiciest-on-the-inside, crispiest-on-the-outside, outright porkiest that we’ve ever had, served on light and tender, made-to-order corn tortillas.

Rachael Ray