Memo Executive Editor Rich Riegel stopped by the area’s new Muchas Gracias Mexican Food restaurant the other day and wanted to report to Memo readers on the fare.

The restaurant I’m talking about is in the Gateway Shopping Center at 1307 N.E. 102nd Ave. It’s the former Tower Books location.
I’ll confess that I’ve eaten at several other Muchas Gracias locations, in Salem, Ore. and Vancouver, Wash. I also know there’s a location in St. Helens, Ore.

During my life I’ve eaten at a wide range of Mexican food establishments. Taco Bell. Taco Time. The former Poncho’s on Sandy Boulevard in Portland. Taco Del Mar in Portland.