EL PORTAL DE VERACRUZ

• Cuisine(s): Mexican
  Hours: Daily 5am-9pm
  Price: $$
• Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
  Alcohol: None
  Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary
• Parking: Street

Description

Most people pick their El Portal meal from a buffet that surprises hourly. Sometimes you'll find fried bananas nestling against pork ribs slathered in a citrusy green salsa spiked with smoky cactus strips. Or you can go veggie and load up on grilled jalapeños, cheese-sprinkled refried beans and moist rice. But no meal at El Portal is worth eating without at least one masa-based Veracruzan snack: potato-y garnachas, lightly fried picaditas or fluffy chicken tamales.