Portland’s summer of mariscos is in full swing

Time was, mariscos-obsessed Portlanders had to venture east to Gresham border and the likes of Don Kamaron, Mar y Tierra or El Malecon to get their fix. But this summer, several Portland restaurant “residencies” — season-long pop-ups, essentially — began putting their own spin on Mexican seafood.

Late last month, we visited three, a diverse assortment of menus from chefs trained at high-end restaurants who put their tweezers down just long enough to press another tortilla, down to a more traditional experience with a shrimp coctel the size of your head.

A gobernador tacos, a Pilsner and a shrimp mix tostada from El Veijon at Brujos Brewing Michael Russell | The Oregonian

El Viejon at Brujos

Eldy Prado, whose mom operated a restaurant in the coastal town of San Blas not far from Puerto