Comments on: Portland Food Carts getting national attention http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/11/23/portland-food-carts-getting-national-attention/ A Guide to Food Carts in Portland Oregon Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/11/23/portland-food-carts-getting-national-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 William Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:08:47 +0000 http://foodcartsportland.com/?p=1735#comment-1413 oh, snap. oh, snap.

]]> By: Garden State http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/11/23/portland-food-carts-getting-national-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Garden State Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:17:56 +0000 http://foodcartsportland.com/?p=1735#comment-1409 Thanks Adam for going so far, far, FAR out of your way to make your point. Just keep sticking to your favorites. The only sad part is the people who take it all too seriously. The vote was simply a matter of twitter/facebook followers, and we were out-geeked by the Seattle crew. I mean, 3 of the anchors wouldn't even touch the winner's entry; it wasn't up to them. During the day the winners were somehow able to tweet vote tallies, and when we still led in the early afternoon, they told everyone how to vote again. It was 2000 and 2004 all over again. That's cool that we lost, I feel like I can do so much more as the runner-up, and avoid the backlash from being the champ. Oh wait, the backlash is here... Thanks Adam for going so far, far, FAR out of your way to make your point. Just keep sticking to your favorites. The only sad part is the people who take it all too seriously.

The vote was simply a matter of twitter/facebook followers, and we were out-geeked by the Seattle crew. I mean, 3 of the anchors wouldn’t even touch the winner’s entry; it wasn’t up to them. During the day the winners were somehow able to tweet vote tallies, and when we still led in the early afternoon, they told everyone how to vote again. It was 2000 and 2004 all over again. That’s cool that we lost, I feel like I can do so much more as the runner-up, and avoid the backlash from being the champ. Oh wait, the backlash is here…

]]> By: dieselboi http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/11/23/portland-food-carts-getting-national-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 dieselboi Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:02:16 +0000 http://foodcartsportland.com/?p=1735#comment-1405 Adam, One thing to point out was that this was a national competition run by Good Morning America based on what viewers put in as essays on their favorite cart. Portland could have organized a concerted effort to "essay" up a specific cart, but I don't trust the network that much. I'm glad Garden State represented Portland so well. Shows NYC that the west coast can bring it. It has been broughten! Adam,
One thing to point out was that this was a national competition run by Good Morning America based on what viewers put in as essays on their favorite cart. Portland could have organized a concerted effort to “essay” up a specific cart, but I don’t trust the network that much. I’m glad Garden State represented Portland so well. Shows NYC that the west coast can bring it. It has been broughten!

]]> By: Adam http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/11/23/portland-food-carts-getting-national-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 Adam Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:31:19 +0000 http://foodcartsportland.com/?p=1735#comment-1402 Kudos to Garden State for getting national attention. That said, of course it didn't win. It's far, far, FAR from the best food cart Portland has to offer. I mean, it's not even close. If I had to make a shortlist of the places I'd nominate, Garden State wouldn't be anywhere near it. Portland had a chance to show its stuff, and we blew it by championing Garden State instead of something truly great, like Nong's Khao Man Gai. Sad. Kudos to Garden State for getting national attention.

That said, of course it didn’t win. It’s far, far, FAR from the best food cart Portland has to offer. I mean, it’s not even close. If I had to make a shortlist of the places I’d nominate, Garden State wouldn’t be anywhere near it. Portland had a chance to show its stuff, and we blew it by championing Garden State instead of something truly great, like Nong’s Khao Man Gai. Sad.

]]> By: UP http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2009/11/23/portland-food-carts-getting-national-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 UP Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:07:37 +0000 http://foodcartsportland.com/?p=1735#comment-1370 Two new carts on SW 4th and Hall: one BBQ joint and the other seems to be a sandwich cart.. Two new carts on SW 4th and Hall: one BBQ joint and the other seems to be a sandwich cart..

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