Food Carts Portland

Location: SE 12th and Hawthorne, Cartopia
The Story:
On Friday or Saturday night, I am a sucker for fries or a pizza or a pie – all the wonderful things available at Cartopia down on SE 12th and Hawthorne. Yet, sometimes, you have a craving for something a little different – maybe a po’boy or some BBQ [...]

Note: This a new series from Food Carts Portland focusing on the people behind the carts. We’ll be doing profiles, interviews and even a Q & A or two in the next few months with people who have helped make Portland’s cart scene what it is today. If you have any ideas for future profiles, [...]

If you are a street cart vendor, interested in becoming one, or even a person that advocates or works on food cart related issues, there’s a nifty national conference coming up in Los Angeles, May 14-15, 2010 at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
According to the Conference Materials,
In recent years, street vendors in the [...]

Aybla Grill is a Portland food cart success story. At my last count, they have 3 carts serving up great Mediterranean food and an additional cart (currently on the move) serving up Brazilian food. VendrTV was in town last year and shot the following.

Wow! We have some news for you.
Spudnik has landed! A week or so ago, I was able to see Spudnik in real life. I had heard about the new truck – Potato Champion’s new mobile cart – for awhile now and it was wonderful to see it rollin’ down the street and setting up for [...]

The hunger statistics are very grim in Oregon. According to the Oregon Food Bank from July 2007 though June 2008 in Oregon:

More than 200,000 people per month ate meals from an emergency food box. That compares to about 192,000 in 2006-07.
4-million emergency meals were served at soup kitchens and shelters.
87,000 people received food through [...]

Location: SW 5th and Oak
The Story:
A new cart has arrived at SW 5th and Oak where another cart left an opening. That seems to be the story of Portland’s food carts. There is always someone wanting to fill an empty spot. Taste of Poland isn’t a brand new cart though. They have [...]

Here is a new food cart spin-off industry and business in Portland. It is pretty cool that Portland’s food carts have grown to a point to warrant a whole new business model – custom built food carts.  Have you ever dreamed of opening your own food cart? Are you in the market for a new [...]

Location: N Killingsworth and Greeley
The Story:
North Portland is getting a second Pod. Up at the intersection of N Greeley and Killingsworth, a developer has taken an abandoned gas station building and turned it into a pizza place with a lot to support about 10 food carts. The first carts arrived back in December and I [...]

Some food cart specials we’re seeing from around the Internets:
Big A** Sandwiches on SW 3rd and Ash has a special of the week: “Buffalo Hot Hole:” fried chicken breast in Frank’s Red Hot with fries and homemade gorgonzola sauce, served cold. $8. Open for lunch daily and late night towards the end of the week.
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Spudlocker [...]