Location: N Williams and NE Tillamook
The Story: This cart’s mission is an attempt to accomplish several things at once. It’s partially solar powered, sources most of its food from within a 200 mile radius, serves all manner of sweet and savory waffles to hungry Portlanders, and is also a non-profit training program for at risk youth in the community. Whew! From the Solar Waffle Works menu:
The SWW is a non-profit operation run in partnership by Portland Pubic Schools’ Community Transition Program and the SolTrekker non-profit. It is a vocational training program is socially responsible business and entrepreneurship, designed and operated by young adults in the community transition program. All proceeds go to support local education!
We are currently sourcing the majority of our food within a 200 mile radius. Our goal is to source it ALL within that radius within six months. We currently us 400-watts of solar modules to run about 50% of our electrical loads. We hope to add a total of 900-watts within 18 months.
Ambitious? Yes. Flavorful, substantial waffles? Most definitely. Vegan and Vegetarian friendly, and of course Solar Waffle Works is open for breakfast/brunch on the weekends.
Maple Bacon Waffle
Sample Menu: (Most waffles can be “veganized” for $1.00, and Buckwheat Waffles are an additional $1.00)
- The Wiffle Waffle – $2.50 Topped with butter and your choice of powdered sugar or cinnamon and sugar.
- The Old Fashioned Waffle – $3.00 Pure Maple Syrup Spread Caressing a Golden brown waffle. Deelish! One of our most popular waffles.
- The Luft-Waffle – $3.00 All natural peanut butter and your choice of jellies
- Becka’s Blueberry Pie Waffle – $4.00 Blueberry jam on top of cream cheese spread
- Make Your Own Waffle $2.50, plus $0.50 per topping. Nutella, Blueberry Jam, Raspberry Jam, Blueberry Syrup, Fig Spread, Chocolate Syrup, Toasted Hazelnuts, Whipped Cream, Mallow Fluff, Peanut Butter, Maple Syrup
- The Real Gouda $4.50 Garlic herb butter topped w/ veggie sausage and smoked Gouda cheese. Green onions optional. Add mushrooms $0.50
- The Good Gravy – $5.00 White gravy with your choice of veggie sausage, mushrooms, Gouda cheese, or any combination
- The Maple Bacon – $5.00 Five strips of apple wood smoked bacon on top of a maple spread.
Beverages – Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Juice Spritzers ($0.75 to $1.75)
Hours: 10:30-2:30 M-F
Phone: 503-351-4657
Email: soltrekker.outreach@gmail.com
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This place is great! Friendly and tasty!
Waffles are OKAY here… I’ve had much better ones a few blocks down the street at the place next to The Nest.
What irked me is that last time I was there, at 11pm. The sign says they close at 2:30. Lights on, nobody in the cart except two people sitting outside on the bench. Im standing there, for 5-10 minutes, waiting for someone to come back, thinking maybe the person had to use the restroom… Finally, after standing right in front of her this whole time, the girl says to me, that has been working on her inflatable raft the whole time, tells me she’s closed for the night. No sorry, no oh I didn’t see you. She saw me standing waiting and couldn’t be bothered to tell me she’s closed… RIDICULOUS.
I will go elsewhere for my waffle needs. To bad…
the Solar Waffle Works has moved to in front of Port City at “2124 North Williams Avenue Portland” . They still have your favorites but now they are making Sandwich out of local ingredients and fresh grown food from Project Grow a subdivision of Port City
Just wondered as we passed the Solar Waffle sign on Williams…..what’s “Solar” about it? We had a lot of ideas and comments flyin’ around…which was cause for great mirth the rest of the way home.
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uberVU – that doesn’t really tell the story in detail….are you saying the waffle makers are solar-powered….???