Food Carts Portland

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: E Burnside at 7th [updated August 2010] The Story: Another brilliantly reclaimed and well appointed travel trailer turned food cart has opened. As you roll up N Albina either driving or on your bike, you can’t help but snap your head at the bright green cart gleaming in the lot. Porridge is the work [...]

Location: N Killingsworth and Greeley The Story: Portland always gets teased by a false spring in late February and early March. The sun is out, the air warms and the crocus bloom. We start wearing short sleeves and begin sitting out on the deck at the local bar. Then, without much notice, winter returns with [...]

Location: SW 5th and Oak/Alder Parking Lot Description: The other day I was wandering around from pod to pod, trying to decide what to eat. I just couldn’t choose, so kept walking and enjoying the fall air and moisture. After checking out about 25 carts and pausing at a couple, I decided upon soup. It [...]

Location: N Williams at Shaver st. Description: North Williams street has become a new nexus of activity in North Portland. With in the influx of restaurants, salons, a dessert place and a brewery, it was only a matter of time before a food cart opened. And where it opened is important. The space where Che [...]

Location: SW 5th and Yamhill Description: No Fish Go Fish is one of those great food cart success stories. The cart, on the corner of SW 5th and Yamhill has been at this location ever since I can remember, serving up unique soups daily, along with their signature No Fish sandwiches. The success story is [...]

Location: SW 3rd, between Washington and Stark Description: When I was looking for some good spicy Thai noodles last winter, a few friends recommended a place named I Love Thai Food. They thought it was down off 3rd avenue, but when I went down there, I couldn’t find said cart. I opted for a different [...]

Location: SW 3rd between Washington and Stark Description: Portland is a great city to get fresh produce in. The city hosts a farmer’s market almost every day of the week in almost every neighborhood in the city. You would be hard pressed not to be able to find fresh veggies on a random Tuesday afternoon. [...]

Location: SW 4th and College Description: I was waxing poetic about another cart the other week on Twitter when one of our followers asked if I had tried the Portland Soup Company. I hadn’t, so we set a date. Thank you @sarahsthreads for introducing me to such a great cart. Upon arriving, I knew from [...]

Location: SW 9th and Alder (on Alder) Description: Sometimes, even during spring and summer, I want a nice warm soup. It has something to do with that feeling of your whole body warming up from the inside out. Add spice to the soup and I’m in heaven. In downtown, I have made an attempt to [...]