Food Carts Portland

CLOSED MARCH 2009
Update: May, 2009

Location: SE 12th and Hawthorne
This charming little cart relocated from SW 9th and Alder to SE 12th and Hawthorne, but sadly closed in early 2009.
However, the equally charming owner wanted to let everyone what’s been happening in her fine cooking universe.
“Dear CBF,
I wanted to update everyone about my situation. I know [...]

Closed as of Oct. 27, 2009. Cart now under new ownership.
Location: SW 9th and Stark (9th and Alder parking lot)
Description:
I was looking for something different for lunch on this beautiful sunny spring day.  One of Portland’s first of the year.  I had seen that some new carts had sprung up in the 9th and Alder [...]

Fork ‘N’ Spoon is currently closed for business. Updated July 20, 2009.

I was down by the 5th and Stark pod and ran into JD Khar of Fork ‘N’ Spoon Delivery, a new food cart delivery service downtown.  This group of guys will utilize their feet and bikes to delivery your favorite food cart lunch direct [...]

[Update Jan 2010 - Pirate Dog is no longer at SW 5th and Morrison. Unsure if they are still open]

Location:  SW 5th and Morrison and SW 10th and Yamhill
Spring is here and with spring comes baseball.  With baseball comes dogs.  Not little pooches, but hotdogs and sausages.  A few weeks ago, a new dog cart [...]

[Updated Nov. 2009: Best of Kazakhstan has closed. The cart has re-opened as Creperie.]
Location: SW 5th between Oak and Stark Streets
Sometimes I feel like eating at the many Portland food carts scattered about town is like being on a gourmet version of the It’s a Small World After All ride at Disneyland without all the [...]

[Updated January 2010 - according to reports, Junior Ambassador's is closed and will not re-open]
CART CLOSED.

Location: The lot next to 4734 N. Albina (on N. Albina near the corner of N. Blandena)
Description: To describe this neat orange cart as specializing in “*panwiches and ice cream”, is to say Alice in Wonderland is merely a book [...]

Update Oct. 22, 2009, Asian Station is closed.

Location: SW 10th and Alder
Description: A sample of Asian street food delights from Singapore to Shanghai! A few months back I received an e-mail from a woman interested in opening an Asian cuisine based food cart. She asked me what kind of food I thought she should serve. [...]

**** THIS CART CLOSED EARLY 2009****

Location: South Waterfront District (located on corner of SW Moody and Abernathy, near Portland Streetcar). Delivery available to OHSU for $2.
Description: If you are a fan of Balinese and Indonesian food, you may be excited to know that Portland now has exactly ONE outpost of these fine vittles. Indonesian [...]

***THIS CART CLOSED FEBRUARY 2009***

Location: SW 4th Avenue, Between College Street and Hall Street
Description: King of Rice may bill itself as “Middle Eastern” food, but that simply doesn’t do this cart justice. Sure, they serve a Vegetarian Plate made up of the typical hummus, tabbouli, stuffed grape leaves and the like. However, that’s about it [...]

***CLOSED MAY 2009***

Location: 4233 North Mississippi  Ave. near North Skidmore Street.
Description: The only cart in Portland that I know of to get a Filipino soul food fix. Located on a large lot just north of the hustle and bustle of the N. Mississippi strip, this little brown wood clad trailer compound is also [...]