Food Carts Portland

Location: SE 33rd and Hawthorne The Story: Hawthorne, always a destination spot for many Portlanders, is now a destination for food cart lovers. With Cartopia at SE 12th and Hawthorne redefining late night nosh, and the venerable Whole Bowl up around 40th, Hawthorne knows food. Now, a new pod has spring up in front of [...]

Location: SW 3rd and Washington The Story: Twist and Shout! That’s what I wanted to do after eating at the newest cart from SW 3rd and Washington. Yet another cart has squeezed into one of the open spots at the SW 3rd lot and they are serving up some tasty Korean food…with a twist. Korean [...]

Location: N Killingsworth and Greeley in North Station The Story: Eat a lot! That is the saying in every Korean home when you sit down to a meal. I love it! I think it should be my mom’s dinner statement since she always tries to get one of us to finish off everything left on [...]

Location: SW 5th and Oak The Story: One of our oldest cart pods is seeing some new blood arrive this year. The pod at SW 5th between Stark and Oak has seen three new carts arrive since the holidays and Boolkogi Korean BBQ is the most recent addition. A bright yellow Step-Van that use to [...]

Location: SW 5th and Stark The Story: Portland was first introduced to the Korean taco by Koi Fusion in 2009. Now we have a new cart on SW 5th offering them up without you having to know where they will be from one day to the next. Welcome Bulkogi Korean BBQ. Korean tacos are usually [...]

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 [...]

Location: SW 4th and Hall Description: A coworker and I needed something hearty for lunch and wanted to try something new. We saw the shiny yellow cart named dosirak and decided to give it a try. Talk about simple ordering. This cart offers up one dish and one dish only – marinated chicken over rice [...]

Location: SW 4th and Burnside; SW 6th and College; PGE Park and all over the city Description: Koi Fusion burst on the scene a month or so ago on Twitter. By the time they had their “soft opening,” there were lines 30 people deep. Now that is marketing. Koi Fusion’s ace in the hole is [...]

Location: SW 10th and Alder Description: Oh Number 1 Bento, how you perplex me but still manage to draw me in. See, I know you are not Corn USA, as advertised on the side of your cart. I know you do not serve corn (updated: I guess they do sell corn afterall), nor are you [...]