Eat Mobile 2015 and Food Cart News

March 31, 2015

Eat Mobile 2015 and Food Cart News
Some tidbits of food cart news for you this first day of April.

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Eat Mobile is going mobile in 2015. Over the years, Eat Mobile has taken place under the Morrison Bridge and over at OMSI, but in 2015, the organizers wanted to shake it up and allow ticket holders to experience Portland's pods. The event, which takes place the evening of April 29 will take over two food cart pods in SE Portland with shuttle buses transporting attendees back and forth so they can enjoy the different offerings at each. Tickets go on sale April 1 and there are only 400 available, so get them soon. So excited to see the next iteration of one of Portland's street food festivals. More details at Willamette Week's Facebook Page
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The Portland Mercado celebrates its Grand Opening on April 11, but the food carts on site open on April 1. The Portland Mercado, located on SE 72nd and Foster is a wonderful addition to the SE Portland street food scene. The first Latino Public Market in Portland is a grassroots community development project of Hacienda CDC along with other community partners. Their mission is an economic development project based on Latino cultural heritage that brings together diverse cultures through entertainment, art, and food. As part of the public market, they have brought in a colorful array of food carts which will open April 1 featuring cuisine from Mixteca PDX, Fernando's, Los Alambres, 5 Volcanes Pupuseria and more. Indoor vendors will offer shopping. The facility also boasts the Micro Mercantes incubator kitchen and commissary. It has taken a few years to get this project off the ground and I'm eager to experience all that they have to offer. The Portland Mercado is at SE 72nd and Foster.

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Portland has an amazing street food scene. We know that. Did you also know that Portland State University has one of the leading urban development programs in the nation? Every year, city leaders and community development wonks from around the nation come to Portland to learn about how we do things so they can take the lessons learned back to their community. A few years ago, representatives from Waco, Texas were in town and the street food scene blew them away. Within a few months, they had successfully launched a growing food truck scene there and this past weekend hosted their first food truck festival
. 20,000 people attended, destroying everyone's expectations and showcasing how street food is a part of our collective culture. 36 food trucks from around the state including eight from Waco, the event was a huge success. I'm happy to say that Portland's street food scene played a small part in awakening the food truck scene down in Waco, Texas.

Enjoy April.
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