Food Carts Portland

Location: N Greeley and Killingsworth Hours: Tues-Friday, 12-2pm, 5-8pm; Sat, 12-8pm The Story: The name of the cart actually defines what PDX671 serves. An ingenious idea – combine a location code with an area code to create a mystique. For PDX671, the 671 denotes the area code for Guam where the owners are from and [...]

Location: N Albina at Blandena The Story: Last week I made the mistake by proclaiming that another cart was the first sushi cart. I screwed up. While that cart is the first to serve Chinese, Zenbu should have received the kudos for being first on the scene with fish sushi as they opened in early [...]

Location: North Station, N Killingsworth and Greeley The Story: I know there are other colors for chickens and cows as I grew up in the country, but is that not the best name for a cart? I understand there is a joke behind that name, so I’ll need to ask Heather and Kevin the next [...]

Location: N Mississippi and Skidmore at Mississippi Marketplace The Story: Kevin Sandri’s Garden State cart in Sellwood has been around for years. His meatball hero is the talk of the town. His chickpea sandwich was showcased as a top street food choice by Good Morning America last year. In April, Kevin won the Carty Award [...]

Location: North Station at N Killingsworth and Greeley The Story: As my generation grows up, I think we’re rediscovering some of the comfort foods that got us through our childhood – PB&J, Tater Tots, and Mac & Cheese. Portland is lucky to have a restaurant that has been serving up tasty mac & cheese now [...]

Location: N Lombard at N Richmond at Crystal Temple [updated August 2010] The Story: Catfish po’boy. Need I say more? North Portland for me has always been a place to find good southern style food. Now, with the opening of North Station, we have Saucy’s doing up some amazing BBQ ribs and now Savvy J’s [...]

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: Mississippi Marketplace 4237 N. Mississippi The Story: Some people think sushi means mostly raw fish rolled into or placed on top of vinegar seasoned rice. This is a common misconception. Although the Japanese invented sushi and indeed love to eat just about anything that swims in the sea, sushi traditionally refers to the rice [...]

Location: N Killingsworth and Greeley The Story: There was a time North Portland offered little in the way of food cart options. There was often a forlorn roaming taco truck or two serving the industrial areas of Columbia Blvd and Marine Drive and a couple of fly by night BBQ trailers,  but outside of the [...]

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 [...]