‘Snide Remarks’ Classic: ‘Addición: Flautas’
I was sad to learn on a recent trip to Salt Lake City that my beloved Cafe Pierpont — home of such Mexican entrees as the life-changing flautas — had closed. I guess the building got sold and the new owner is turning it into something else. Something evil, no doubt, since the owner himself is obviously evil. What kind of monster would deprive the world of Cafe Pierpont’s flautas?!
In honor of this tragedy, this week’s “Snide Remarks” Classic is the column I wrote about the restaurant, “Addición: Flautas,” originally published Sept. 20, 2004.
Chicken, cheese, sour cream, flour tortilla, rolled up and deep fried. Mmmm….
September 19th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Ah, but Eric, you live in Portland! Just a short drive from Who-Song and Larry’s Restaurant and Cantina! Just go across the Willamette and you can see the restaurant shining like a beacon on the right side of the bridge! (I guess it’s technically in Oregon City) Although not a Mexican food fan, I do enjoy a good flauta or chimichanga (deep-fried? hell, yes! is my motto), and their fo od is the best. I insisted that my husband take me there on our honeymoon! It’s one of the reasons why we picked Oregon as a honeymooning spot! Powell’s, Who-Song and Larry’s, the Buddhist Gardens and the 24-hour Church of Elvis. You are living in Mecca, my friend, MECCA!