Food Carts Portland

Location: SW 3rd and Stark Hours: M-F 7am-5pm The Story: If visiting a cart where the individual serving you was wearing a kilt and had a strong brogue accent, wouldn’t you think it is pretty darn authentic? That was how we discovered a brand new cart – Celtic Foods. Donavon and Mike are the two [...]

Location: NE MLK and Graham at Dreamer’s Marketplace Hours: W-F, 8am-2pm; Sat/Sun, 9am-2pm The Story: There are so many types of breakfast foods available for someone in this city. Whether it be waffles or the greasy spoon or bagels or fast food, Portlanders have an abundance of choices. With the opening of Pepper Box, we [...]

Location: SW 2nd and Oak Hours: M-F, 8am-4pm The Story: Do you sometimes have a craving for a good wholesome breakfast or a traditional BLT lunch with fries? Well, now you can get that at your local food cart. The Lovin’ Spoonfull opened earlier this summer and will serve up traditional American fare with a [...]

Location: Lot 94, SW 3rd and Ash Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-1pm; Saturday, 10am-2pm The Story: There was a time, not so long ago, when there was a dearth of food carts serving the neighborhoods. Every so often, a taco truck would setup shop, but rarely would they become a mainstay. In the first decade of the [...]

Location: North Station, N Killingsworth and Greeley The Story: I know there are other colors for chickens and cows as I grew up in the country, but is that not the best name for a cart? I understand there is a joke behind that name, so I’ll need to ask Heather and Kevin the next [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Washington The Story: You may think Portland is over saturated with Thai carts, yet over the past few months, I have discovered that each cart has their special and unique item that sets them apart from the other. Now we have a Thai cart focusing on Northern Thai cuisine. Gin Northern [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Washington The Story: Most of us grew up learning that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. My breakfast usually consists of a couple of cups of coffee and maybe a mini Twix bar. I know, horrible. Working downtown gives me some opportunities for getting some nosh on the [...]

Location: NE 23rd and Alberta The Story: A beautiful cart! That is really all that needs to be said about Inspire, a new food cart up at Area23 on NE Alberta that is fashioned out of a vintage Portland street car. A beautiful cart. I had heard that the cart was coming yet couldn’t imagine [...]

Location: Area 23 Cart Pod 2314 N.E. Alberta St. 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 [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Washington (Sonny Bowl cart) The Story: “Feel Yummy! Be Healthy! Eat bloop!” That’s the slogan of a new venture downtown started by Kat and Matt, the owners of bloop, who spells their cart name with the lowercase b in case you were wondering. While Portland does have carts that specialize in [...]