Mesa Fresca - Oregon City

Oregon City is seriously lacking in solid vegan options, but this place was great. I haven't had a quesadilla in ages. It was pretty basic but amazing all the same.

Looked promising! A menu with many vegan options achieved by subbing the real meat with Beyond Products! Most of these dishes have refried beans and rice listed as ingredients so it spurred the next logical question “Do the beans have lard in them?” And the answer from the server was YES… didn’t bother to ask if the rice had chicken broth but I can guess. So, if you like your vegan dishes to have lard in them, this is the place for you. I ordered the Beyond taco trio (not served with beans/rice) it was too heavy on the fake meat and way too skimpy on all the good things that make a vegan taco good. Keep trying Mesa, learn more about what vegan means.

Ordered two vegan burritos for my coworker and me and was charged $32.00. Yes, $16 burritos! Not to mention it took 55 minutes before my order was ready. There’s more, when I returned to the job site and opened the box it was a wet burrito, and no silverware was provided. Imagine eating a wet burrito with your bare hands having it fall apart all over you, because that’s what happened. I’d give the flavor of it a 2 out of 5. Smothered with a mediocre red sauce and melted cheeze, inside was beyond meat or impossible with rice, beans and more cheeze, bombs away! Eat at your own risk.

The food was great! With vegan cheese and beyond meat, just about everything can be veganized. Everything was great and our server lyndsey was super sweet!

After going to three separate places boasting Veg-friendly options only to find out after driving there they meant salad I found this beacon of hope . I had an actual MEAL that was filling and delicious. Thank you for restoring my hope in this town, I 'll definitely be back!