Archive for the 'Hot Dogs & Sausages' Category

Aug 22 2010

Celtic Foods

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 [...]

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Jul 31 2010

Dog Eat Dawg

Location: SE 43rd and Belmont Hours: Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm The Story: Good Food Here. That is the name of the newest pod in SE Portland hosting food carts. I believe every pod could take on this title in this fine city with all the wonderful carts we have. One addition to the new pod is Dog [...]

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May 06 2010

Domo Dogs

Location: SE 26th and Belmont [updated May 2010] Tigard – in the parking lot of H-Mart on HWY 99 (See below) The Story: A few years ago, before food carts became a giant part of our culture and they were simply an alternative for a quick meal, I was in Vancouver BC for business. A [...]

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Apr 27 2010

Big Fat Weiners

Location: SW 3rd and Ash The Story: If you were walking down the street and saw a guy in a hot dog suit dancing in the sidewalk, what would you do? What would you do? Well, we stopped for a tasty dog. Newcomers to the Ash St Pod are David and Jason who opened Big [...]

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Apr 24 2010

Olympic Hot Dogs

Location: NE MLK and Graham at Dreamer’s Marketplace [updated August 2010] The Story: Do you ever wonder if an aspiring food cart owner would move to Portland just to open their cart and participate in this boom we are having? Wonder no more. Mark Simonds moved down from Tacoma to open his Olympic Hot Dogs [...]

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Feb 15 2010

Taste of Poland

Location: SW 5th and Oak The Story: A new cart has arrived at SW 5th and Oak where another cart left an opening. That seems to be the story of Portland’s food carts. There is always someone wanting to fill an empty spot. Taste of Poland isn’t a brand new cart though. They have just [...]

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Feb 11 2010

Saucy’s BBQ

Location: N Killingsworth and Greeley The Story: North Portland is getting a second Pod. Up at the intersection of N Greeley and Killingsworth, a developer has taken an abandoned gas station building and turned it into a pizza place with a lot to support about 10 food carts. The first carts arrived back in December [...]

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Jan 22 2010

Rollin’ Etta – Violetta

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 [...]

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Nov 09 2009

Smokin’ Pig BBQ

Location: SW 5th and Oak/Stark Description: Y’all like pulled pork? Then this is your place. Served up right – tender and juicy and slightly smoky on a plate or on a bun for a bargain price of $3.50 to $4.50. While this isn’t my favorite type of BBQ; ( I prefer North Carolina style smoked [...]

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Oct 23 2009

Beez Neez Gourmet Sausages

Location: SW 3rd and Oak Description: There seem to be a ton of new hot dog and sausage carts cropping up of late. Historically, hot dog and sausage vendors were the only food carts in town. Here in Portland, other cuisines and carts have outnumbered them now for awhile, but the tenacious hot dog vendors [...]

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