Comments on: Homegrown Smoker Natural Barbecue

By: Andrea and Sheena

Andrea and Sheena — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:20:02 +0000

When we read that there was an all vegan BBQ food cart here in Portland, we immediatly planned a trip downtown. The food completly impressed us! They were very friendly , the establishment is also very clean. We will definatly be coming back to eat here again!

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:17:57 +0000

I’m not vegan. I’m not even vegetarian. I love this cart. The meatloaf sandwich, the SloMoFo, MacNoCheese . . . good stuff.

By: Fleagle

Fleagle — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:47:03 +0000

give it a rest, you ridiculous cheap sunglass, PBR swilling, tight jeans, ironic t-shirt hipsters. There’s PLENTY of opportunities for you to get together around some carcass and discuss how everyone else liked that show last night except you, because they’re now “too mainstream.” Meanwhile, for the rest of us, we like this place, and actually think it’s pretty good. Having a vegan option isn’t going to keep you up at night.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:02:28 +0000

I just went there today to look at the food stands and ended up going here.
I’ve been a vegan for a few years now and never really heard of a vegan bbq restaurant.
I got a MacNoCheeto and it was so freaking good I couldn’t believe it. I’m definitely going there tomorrow too!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:19:37 +0000

I just had this for the first time today. Amazing! The SloMoFo sandwich was incredible and I thoroughly enjoyed the MacNoCheese as my side. As a little dessert, my girlfriend and I enjoyed Coconut Battered Oreos. Those too were tasty.

My only “beef” with the cart is the hours… I would love to enjoy this same meal on a nice, slow Sunday afternoon.

Thank you Homegrown Smoker!

By: Tawny

Tawny — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:37:07 +0000

The chili with cheese and onions is delicious, and the portion was huge. Slaw was nothing special.

By: ms

ms — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:00:31 +0000

I know – vegan BBQ sounds weird, but their sauces are super tasty – and I’m not vegan.

I’m enjoying their new location downtown by PSU, as I now get to visit them for lunch. The best deal is their sides plate – for $5, you get a big portion of their sides: spicy slaw, baked beans, vegan mac-n-cheez, cornbread, and greens. Great value – plus it feels pretty healthy, as there’s two veggie portions and the mac-n-cheez is definitely less fatty than regular (so far it hasn’t been too dry, either – nice & saucy & flavorful – not quite the same as regular mac, but still good).

My only complaint is my experiences haven’t been consistent. Last week, everything was great on the place. Today, my beans were a little undercooked (it’s great that they’re cooking them from scratch – hopefully less sodium than canned) and the cornbread was a bit dried/overbaked (it was a corner piece, too, so maybe that’s why). However, great spice/heat on the beans!

By: homegrown smoker

homegrown smoker — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:53:03 +0000

Our corn bread has been GF since shortly after we opened in June of ’09. It is sweetened with molasses.
We closed the Alberta location in Mid November of ’09 and are now at SW 4th and College.
Jacob, sorry you don’t like it.
Hope this clears up the GF issue on the cornbread.

Other GF Items include:
Beans (now sweetened with maple & molasses)
Slaw
Greens
Sweet Tater Fries
Frito pie sub curls
Nachos
Soy Curls
Tempeh
Tofu
BBQ Sauce
Cheese Sauce
Daiya
Mellow Yellow Sauce
Remoulade
Chimichurri Aioli

Soy Free Items
Field Roast Sausage
Field Roast Meatloaf
Beans
Sweet Tater Fries
BBQ Sauce
Mellow Yellow

We are now smoking with Oak and Apple.

We are discontinuing breakfast items for now beginning 5-17-10

Many Thanks to all who have supported us and special thanks to the gang of FCP!

Jeff & Jared

By: Jared

Jared — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:51:09 +0000

Cornbread is and always has been gluten free.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:29:38 +0000

I have eaten here three times now and I find the food bland and many of the items have unbalanced flavors. Also I have been disappointed to find the corn bread to not be gluten free when I was told that it was.