Salvador Molly's — Restaurant in Portland

I visited Salvador Molly's for I believe the third time, for Portland Mercury's Wing Week 2021, to try their Crispy Orange Wings, which feature a medium-spicy glaze of habaneros, orange juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, and chili sauce. Also, they are served with a side of aioli.

I would actually describe the glazed wings as medium-to-very-spicy, but calmed down a bit to, say, a solid medium-spicy, when dipped in the aioli. A lingering heat, but a fun and bougie combination of creaminess and glaze that I genuinely wish I had tried, earlier in the week, as I think this is a fun one, and want more people to try them. At risk of sounding like a broken record, similar to another one of my most recent Wing Week reviews, this is definitely one of the more interesting habanero glazes (which are roughly a third of the participants).

For my personal taste, after having tried ALL 24 participants, this week, I would rank these fifth best, overall. If you happened to try and enjoy West Coast Grocery's, and enjoy a bit of spice, you will most likely really like these.

Service was good, and they have indoor and outdoor seating, with umbrellas for the outside.

Miscellaneous thought: I don't know if it was just my imagination, (my brain may be fried from consuming, at-that-time-120 chicken wings in 4.5 days) but the soap in the bathroom smelled a tiny bit like rum, or something that I somehow associate with rum. If that is genuinely the case, and is an intentional design choice, I think it's clever and fun.

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Sigh. Not gonna lie, as it pains me to say, this will be my last visit here. What used to be an underrated hidden gem for me and my friends to enjoy, turned to an overall bad experience, overpriced, and tasteless.

If you don't want to read the rest, all I gotta say before you go inside: First of all, bring a sweater if you decide to come inside. Don't order the mojarita. Don't order from the happy hour menu. Tiny, tiny, tiny portions from happy hour menu. And enjoy.

Yesterday, I had high hopes in treating my gf to a place I had long enjoyed. Thinking it will taste just the same..

We had ordered the volcano sandwich and burrito. With the cowboy rolls from the happy hour menu (which btw, is actually just one vinegary egg roll cut in half on top of some cabbage).

Cold, dry, and simply just out of wack. I wish I had taken a picture. My sandwich was on a single loaf of french bread on top of curly fries. All you taste is bread and bbq. Again, COLD

My gf did not even bother finishing her burrito, at this point I don't even care what it's called. Guacamole is definitely NOT guacamole. All you taste is the cream they add on and the rice inside the burrito. Oh and some cabbage and tomato on the side.

If I had one thing to say to the cook that night and I wish I had said this: What happened? Honestly, what happened? Did you give up halfway, like I'm actually asking.

Service was ok Goodbye,...

Barmaid not helpful at all, asked for a pitcher of water (we were all empty 4 of us while waiting a long time for our food) she said she would bring it to the table, she never did. A bus person finally did like 10 minutes later, waiter was very busy, to busy to help us with water. Food was a little spendy for the portions food was okay but I was expecting a little better I had the Kalua pork burrito it could have been a little more Hawaiian maybe some fruit in the tiny amount of salsa and a little more flavor. A $12 burrito should be wonderful. The rib plate is pretty small also for the price. Everyone in our party said the food was okay, the waiter was cheerful but way to busy, none of us were impressed enough to want to come back. If you read the other lower scores, they hit the mark. We felt the same way. Maybe it's a weekday thing. Some people like it. Also it's not the cleanest place, our table was sticky bathroom needed cleaned, lots of stuff stored in the hallway to the bathroom. They could use a sign that says wait to be seated or seat yourself I felt like I was in the way when I came...