Food Carts Portland

Location: SW Alder between 9th and 1oth Description: Coney Island Hot Dogs! Hot dogs are such a varied regional food. And trust me, people get a bit passionate and territorial about how a “proper” dog should be made and what kind of condiments should be served with it.  There’s Chicago style with its multiple condiments [...]

Spotted on NE Alberta Street between 15th and 14th next to an auto repair shop. Although I have no other info, it would be great to have some more carts on Alberta St. Except, no more Mexican or Thai eateries please, the street is already swarming with those choices. My ideas? Vietnamese Pho and Noodle [...]

Location: 3360 SE Division Description: No-Fuss, No Muss, No surprises Mexican taco truck in the heart of SE Division. Beloved by neighborhood residents, the employees from the fancy Lauro Kitchen across the street, and just about anyone looking for quality food at very affordable prices. Everything, from the whopping burritos to the double big-mac sized [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Ash Parking Lot Moved to SE 11th and Clay in Fall of 2009. Description: Look, a cart that goes by two different names! Turns out there is a “discussion” of sorts between the partners who own this cart. He says Headwaters Cafe, since that’s the catering company he’s been running since [...]

Location: SE Division and 50th (NW Corner Lot) Description: I love many things about Los Gorditos. I love their psychedelic spaghetti western inspired mural, I love the nice owners and staff, I love that they are open for dinner and on Saturdays, and I really love their tacos. This is no mere truck with a [...]

[Updated Nov. 2009: Best of Kazakhstan has closed. The cart has re-opened as Creperie.] Location: SW 5th between Oak and Stark Streets Sometimes I feel like eating at the many Portland food carts scattered about town is like being on a gourmet version of the It’s a Small World After All ride at Disneyland without [...]

Location: SW 4th Ave. in between College and Hall streets (near PSU) Description: I have no idea about the name Inter Selects and what it has to do with Thai food. However, I do know that this cart is pumping out one of the largest Thai cart menus with far from the standard Portland Thai [...]

Location: SW 4th Ave near Hall Street (near PSU) Description: Look at this lovely senorita and handsome senor in their pastoral surroundings. Don’t they look so happy to be plastered on the side of this spiffy white taco truck? I would be too, since the food at Taqueria Villanueva is some of the better Mexican [...]

Location: SW 5th, between Oak and Stark Description: Welcome to the strip Brunch Box. So excited for you to join us. The Brunch Box is a new cart in the 5th avenue cart pod where Matlocks used to be. They’ve only been open a couple of weeks now and you can see by their menu, [...]

[Updated January 2010 - according to reports, Junior Ambassador's is closed and will not re-open] CART CLOSED. Location: The lot next to 4734 N. Albina (on N. Albina near the corner of N. Blandena) Description: To describe this neat orange cart as specializing in “*panwiches and ice cream”, is to say Alice in Wonderland is [...]