Food Carts Portland

Location: SW 4th and Hall Hours: M-F, 11am-2pm The Story: Every so often, you just need a simple burger and fries. There are a few carts that offer some great burgers in Portland, but few offer the additional tasty additions we have come to enjoy. The Burger Jerk, a newcomer to the scene is here [...]

Location: SW 10th and Alder Hours: Daily, 12-11pm The Story: A venerable old cart, Snow White House has been serving Portland crepes and sandwiches for over 13 years. Even before the current owners took it over back in the 90′s, it was acting as a food cart downtown. Talk about the stories that cart may [...]

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: SW 4th and Hall Hours: Mon-Fri, lunchtime The Story: Meatballs from food carts isn’t new. There have been numerous carts over the years where meatballs have been a part of the menu, most famously, Garden State’s meatball hero. Now, though, we get a cart fully dedicated to the craft of the meatball and with [...]

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 [...]

Location: Dreamer’s Marketplace, NE MLK and Graham Hours: Tues-Sun, 11am-7pm The Story: When I first heard of Wet Hot Beef, I thought it was a sandwich name and not the actual name of the cart. I chuckled and then full belly laughed to learn that it was the cart name. Ingenious! Catchy! Memorable. One of [...]

Location: SW Stark, between 2nd and 3rd Ave Hours: Mon-Fri, 7am-2:30pm The Story: I chuckled the first time I heard this cart’s name. Happy Grillmore. What a great play on words. When I visited, I learned that Grilly Madison had been an early front runner. Granted, a cart isn’t just the name, but have a [...]

Location: NW 23rd and Kearney Hours: Wed-Sun, 11am-6pm The Story: Memories of childhood – the first thought I had when I saw PBJ’s Grilled at Willamette Week’s Eat Mobile! event a couple of months ago. What they offered though was much different than the PB&J I remember as a child. My parents never thought to [...]

Location: SW 4th and Hall Hours: Weekdays, 11am-2:30pm The Story: Simplicity may be the root of success. Pick an item you like to cook, source the right ingredients and prepare it well and you too can make it in the food cart world. Pastrami on Rye does that with their namesake sandwich. The cart is [...]

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 [...]