Food Carts Portland

Location: NE MLK at Lombard The Story: When I heard of this new truck’s name, I asked my friend to repeat it so I could hear the emphasis on the Yeah! Say it loud – Truck YEAH. Love the ingenious naming. Truck Yeah, a fully mobile truck for you looking for one to come to [...]

Location: SE 43rd and Belmont The Story: Take a bright fire engine red vintage travel trailer, create a menu of tasty panini style sandwiches and have owners who have been serving Portlanders for years and you get Rockabillies. And, just in time for summer night noshing downtown. [updated July 2010 - Rockabillies moved to SE [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Stark The Story: The food cart scene is starting to get crazy with spring in the air. When one cart closes, someone else is there to snatch it up and make it their own. Last year, we welcomed Stella’s on Stark only to see them close before the holidays. Just after [...]

Location: SW 8th and Yamhill in Director Park The Story: You know how when you plan something, you have all intentions of sticking with a schedule and finishing on time and all that jazz? Then someone or something throws a monkey wrench at ya. Well, that is what has been happening with the new Violetta [...]

Ever wonder what would happen when you take an item from one food cart and let another food cart “mash it up!” Well, my good friend Justin (@Nerdliness on Twitter) decided today was the day he would take a traditional meal and make it crazy delicious. Justin visited the brofamous Bro-Dogs and on SW 5th [...]

Location: SW 9th and Alder Description: Another field trip yielded yet another great cart find – The Frying Scotsman. This new fish and chips cart is located in NW Portland, away from the regular pods we normally see every day downtown. Yet, after a 10 minute bus ride and a block or two walk, I [...]

Location: SW 5th between Stark and Oak Description: Remember that first time you visited a really nice expensive steak house and were shocked that your steak didn’t come with anything but the steak on a plate? Those amazing mushrooms or curly fries or green beans were an extra $5 each. How could they do that? [...]

Location: SE 12th and Hawthorne Description: Ahh, 2am and you’ve had a couple of beers. Now what? You could stop on by any one of the late night 24hr fast food joints for “4th meal” and pay for it in the morning, or you could head on down to SE 12th and Hawthorne and get [...]