Mi Mero Mole
Mi Mero Mole was a Mexican restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description
The restaurant served Mexican cuisine such as burritos, guisados, moles, quesadillas, tacos, and tortillas. The restaurant also served breakfast on weekdays, as of 2019.History
The original Mi Mero Mole opened on Division Street in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood in 2011. Owner Nick Zukin opened a second location in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in 2014. The Division restaurant closed in 2017, and the Old Town Chinatown restaurant closed on July 3, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zukin had estimated that business was reduced by as much as 80 percent during the pandemic. The restaurant was operating via pickup and delivery, as of April 2020.The restaurant offered "all you can eat" tacos; the record for most eaten was 14, as of 2016. Zukin received some media attention for his controversial social media interactions.