For more than a decade, Boriken was the Portland area’s only full-time Puerto Rican restaurant, a brightly colored oasis of mondongo, mofongo and guava-stuffed pasteles on Southwest Canyon Road.
Those days are now behind us, the Beaverton restaurant announced late last year, with rising food and labor costs to blame.
“Like many small businesses, we faced immense challenges during the pandemic, but we held on, fueled by our love for this place and for all of you,” the restaurant wrote on social media. “Despite our best efforts, the lasting impacts of COVID-19 have made it increasingly difficult to continue.”…