Is Allan's Authentic Mexican Restaurant Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 12, Episode 11

On the ‘Spicy’ episode of Food Paradise, the show featured Allan's Authentic Mexican Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, highlighting its Diablo Burrito challenge. According to a Washington County tourism profile of the restaurant, the Diablo Burrito is a roughly 2.2-pound tortilla-wrapped dish filled with sliced New York strip steak, pinto beans, spiced Mexican rice, and a mix of hot peppers including jalapeño, serrano, powdered morita, pequin, habanero, naga, and ghost pepper, smothered in guajillo chili sauce. The restaurant's own website lists the business as an authentic Mexican restaurant offering dine-in, online ordering, and catering.

Man v. Food, Season 5, Episode 7 Aired August 28, 2017

Man v. Food's Portland episode featured Allan's Authentic Mexican Restaurant, spotlighting the kitchen's northern Mexican-style dishes and made-to-order salsas. The restaurant, located in the Bethany area of Northwest Portland, describes its menu on its own ordering page as northern Mexican cuisine mixing traditional and neo-traditional dishes, and it serves enchiladas, fajitas, and chef specialties such as a ribeye with chipotle-maguey glaze alongside its house margaritas. Allan's operates from a Northwest West Union Road strip-center location, with a full bar, a kids' menu, and a rotating list of seafood and steak specialties alongside its traditional plates. As of 2026, Yelp's listing for the restaurant carries reviews updated through August, and the business's Toast ordering page lists current hours and an active online-ordering menu, indicating continued operation at the same address featured on the show.