Food Carts Portland

Sawasdee Thai, one of Portland’s venerable Thai carts up on SW Alder at 9th avenue, is showcased today on VendrTV. Our good friend Dan Delaney checks out the kitchen and tells you what you need to know about Thai food and the Sawasdee cart.

Check out our own profile of Sawasdee Thai food and happy carting.

Hey all, there’s a party in need of a food cart. BARISTA, Billy Wilson’s espresso joint, is having a one year anniversary party on Saturday the 13th and wanted to give people a sneak peak at their new location on NE Alberta. They want a food cart to feed the masses. Anyone want to help [...]

There are some  events coming up and we wanted to let you know about them. Some are looking for carts to participate.
Seattle is hosting their 3rd annual Mobile Chowdown this Saturday, March 13. This event brings the best of Seattle’s food carts to a single location for their customers to partake. They are dubbing this [...]

The rumors are true, Koi Fusion is going brick and mortar. Bo Kwon, the owner and energizer bunny behind Koi Fusion is launching a restaurant in NW Portland at what was know as SOLO. Koi Fusion plans to offer their signature food and cocktails. While Bo and his crew will still be behind the wheels [...]

Some items from the foodcart-o-sphere:
Food Carts Portland would like to wish BrunchBox a Happy 1st Birthday. Yes indeed. One year ago today, BrunchBox landed giving Portland a new option for lunchtime burger madness. Head on down to BrunchBox today or this week and congratulate them on their success. BrunchBox is at SW 5th and Stark [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]