Chezz C.
Yelp
Very pleasant surprise. I went to the cart pod thinking I'd get a final falafel from Wolf & Bear, but it turned out they closed early on their final day in business. So I tried Saint Burrito for the first time instead.
I usually think good Mexican food in Portland only comes from carts on the outskirts of town. (This is a cart, but kind of a fancy-hipster one, an old aluminum travel trailer -- looks cool but didn't seem to promise authentic Mex food.) I also prefer tacos (corn tortillas), and this place specializes in burritos (flour) of course. But I enjoyed it and I will return.
They don't provide a rap at the site or online about how they make them, but I think the tortillas are housemade or at least made by someone who knows what they're doing! They are thin and stretchy and with charred spots, similar to the ones I used to get at a few places in Arizona decades ago (the only time I would regularly eat burritos).
I didn't feel like meat. They have a veggie burrito on the menu but instead I ordered a bean-and-cheese and added grilled veggies for a buck. It was big and messy and yummy. They offer three hot sauces, in the three typical Mexican-hot-sauce colors, green, red and orange. As a pepper freak I usually go for the orange (habanero) at most places. The orange here is good and plenty hot, includes pineapple. But I tried all three and actually preferred the red, made with chile de arbol. All three were fairly hot, so if you're a wuss be careful! All tasted fresh and different from one another and from other restaurants' sauces.
The staff was friendly, and it's right next to a good beer truck. Overall a fine place to eat.