Matt's BBQ Tacos at Great Notion — Restaurant in Portland

Matt's BBQ tacos used to be great when they were small, but now they are big and just pump out the product. The place seemed cramed with tables and not too cozy. It is a great place to bring large groups of people, not a nice local bar for families. The entire operation, with food, is kinda discombobulated, order electronically here, go here, order electronically again for food, and then pick up your own food. Too much moving around. So why tip? Supposed to be great tacos, but they are OK, cheese burger tacos, smoked mushrooms taco, beyond burger, pulled pork, beef and cheese, not the same as the cheese burger, no patty. across the street is better. Great Notion Brewing is only a brewery. They love their sour beers. I am not a fan of sour beers. They do have a decent beer list, with limited cocktail options, there is a large patio, and the space that can seat plenty of people. Order from their electronic menu or step up to the bar. There is no table service except for drinks being served, which is fast, since they have nothing else to do. dirty disco ball above the vats, been there since...

Flour is better than corn tortilla

Chopped brisket ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

❤️Beef taco supreme ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ little bit of spice tastes like drunk food

Big Mac ⭐⭐⭐⭐ it's so satisfying it's what you'd expect not as cheesey

Breakfast taco ⭐⭐⭐ needed the hot sauce not flavorful enough for me too many potatoes

❤️Pork belly ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ it was a great slice of fat, I am super picky about my fat as well the picked red onions are amazing

Migas ⭐⭐⭐ not enough flavor for me, definitely needed hot sauce

Beef taco supremo ⭐⭐⭐✨ more flavor than the breakfast taco a little oily

Breakfast pork belly ⭐⭐⭐✨ I think I liked the normal pork belly more the eggs overshadowed the really good...

Update: the only two tacos worth the effort are the og brisket (sub corn, no guac add jalepeno) and the breakfast taco (sub corn optional), but ultimately the tacos are ok at best…wildly inconsistent in terms of size, portion, and quality.

The tacos I had - chopped brisket, cheeseburger, pork belly, and beef - were just ok. Tortilla was good (a little more time on the flattop would be great) and the meats were mostly a miss. A random hodge podge of textures and flavors. Gimme a slice of Matt’s brisket on a nicely charred tortilla and I’m good. Maybe I set my expectations too high given the lineage - but I...