Food Carts Portland

Autumn has arrived with the cooler weather and some rain. That doesn’t mean the carts close, so keep on eating at them. Here is some news: There are some new carts out there that we just haven’t had a the time to get to. Carts are opening daily now all around Portland. Here are a [...]

Location: N Mississippi at Skidmore in Mississippi Marketplace Description: I won’t take up too much of your time introducing myself. But since this is my first post, I should take a moment to say who I am. I’m Anna, a sometimes blogger and lover of food carts who just spent the last two years getting [...]

Location: Ira Keller Fountain Park – SW 4th and Clay Description: Whenever I think of the first food carts I ate at, I harken back to the early 90′s and the carts that were available in Pioneer Courthouse Square. I forget about the love that we discovered when working down by PSU of the Hawaiian [...]

[Updated August 2010 - Cart has closed. Alberta waffle window still open] Location: SW 4th and Hall Description: A couple of years ago, I would never have thought that waffles could be the focus of a cart. That was because I wasn’t thinking outside the box. I was thinking of the waffles of my youth [...]

Location: N. Mississippi at Skidmore in Mississippi Marketplace Description: Breakfast! The most important meal of the day. Isn’t that what we’ve learned all our lives? And yet, what do we eat when running out the door trying to get to the office or run that important errand – coffee, pastries… or something like that. I [...]

Location: mobile  – most recently seen at Pioneer Courthouse Square Description: If you are an Oregonian, when you think of Burgerville, you may think of Walla Walla sweet onion rings or Blackberry shakes or Tillamook Cheeseburgers. Burgerville is one of those local chain restaurants that bucks the fast food trend and embraces what this city [...]

Location: SE 82nd at Holgate and SE Division around 123rd Description: I grew up in rural SE Portland out by Powell Butte, so venture in that direction every so often to visit family. When I do, I try to take a circuitous route traveling down those streets I haven’t been down since I was a [...]

Over the weekend, we welcomed a new “pod” into the fold of Portland’s Food Cart scene.  Mississippi Marketplace, up off N. Mississippi at Skimore did a soft opening on Saturday to show of their new cart lot and show the neighborhood what they plan to offer. I ventured down as it is down the street [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Washington Description: I was in a discussion with some cartivores the other day and we arrived on the topic of uniqueness for carts. There are some carts that offer a menu that while focused maybe on a type of cuisine, the offerings are so broad, it is difficult to choose one [...]

There’s some light discussion regarding Portland and New York’s cart scenes going on out there on the Internet after a story was published in the New York Post this week. After NBC News was here in August and interviewed Mayor Sam Adams about our cart scene, I guess Mayor Sam stated our carts are better [...]