Food Carts Portland

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: 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 [...]

***New Cart*** Location: N Mississippi at Skidmore in Mississippi Marketplace Description: Mississippi Marketplace is now full. All the spots are taken and the final cart to open is Magic Beans. This bright yellow cart has been drawing curious eyes for the past month of people wondering what they are going to offer. The pod has [...]

Location: N Mississippi at Skidmore [updated 3/2010] I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kir Jensen towards the end of last week to chat with her about the grand re-opening of The Sugar Cube, her dessert baby. The Sugar Cube, a cart specializing in desserts and all things sugary and sweet was originally located [...]

***New Cart*** Location: N Mississippi at Skidmore in Mississippi Marketplace Description: When we were over at Mississippi Marketplace showing an out of town guest the carts, we decided to grab one of the dishes from Native Bowl, another vegan cart in the pod. The dish had what they called “crack gravy” a gravy so good, [...]

Location: N Mississippi and Skidmore as part of Mississippi Marketplace Description: This past week, at the grand opening of PROST!, a German pub that anchors the Mississippi Marketplace compound, we started to get a little hungry for something different. The pub did have menu items, but we wanted to take advantage of the entire lot [...]

Location: Mississippi Marketplace – N. Mississippi ave at Skidmore Description: Along with the numerous wonderful carts that make up Mississippi Marketplace is Dogfeather’s coffee and juice. Dogfeather’s was one of the first to open and has been doing well. Parked next to a breakfast cart as good as The Big Egg probably doesn’t hurt. Dogfeather’s [...]

Mississippi Marketplace up in North Portland will celebrate their grand opening in style with the guest appearance by former Portland Trailblazer Bill Walton. Bill Walton was a basketball king in the late 70′s when he led the Blazers to a national championship against the Philadelphia 76ers in 1977.  I remember going to the airport that [...]

Location: N Mississippi at Skidmore in Mississippi Marketplace Description: I won’t take up too much of your time introducing myself. But since this is my first post, I should take a moment to say who I am. I’m Anna, a sometimes blogger and lover of food carts who just spent the last two years getting [...]

Location: N. Mississippi at Skidmore in Mississippi Marketplace Description: Breakfast! The most important meal of the day. Isn’t that what we’ve learned all our lives? And yet, what do we eat when running out the door trying to get to the office or run that important errand – coffee, pastries… or something like that. I [...]