Archive for the 'RESOURCES' Category

Mar 02 2010

March Is Here – News!

Published by dieselboi under CART CULTURE, NEWS, RESOURCES

Some items from the foodcart-o-sphere:
Food Carts Portland would like to wish BrunchBox a Happy 1st Birthday. Yes indeed. One year ago today, BrunchBox landed giving Portland a new option for lunchtime burger madness. Head on down to BrunchBox today or this week and congratulate them on their success. BrunchBox is at SW 5th and Stark [...]

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Feb 23 2010

National Street Vendor Conference

If you are a street cart vendor, interested in becoming one, or even a person that advocates or works on food cart related issues, there’s a nifty national conference coming up in Los Angeles, May 14-15, 2010 at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
According to the Conference Materials,
In recent years, street vendors in the [...]

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Feb 13 2010

Northwest Mobile Kitchens

Published by dieselboi under CART CULTURE, NEWS, RESOURCES

Here is a new food cart spin-off industry and business in Portland. It is pretty cool that Portland’s food carts have grown to a point to warrant a whole new business model – custom built food carts.  Have you ever dreamed of opening your own food cart? Are you in the market for a new [...]

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Jan 25 2010

Reusable Containers and the Law

In most cases it’s against the law to bring your own reusable food containers to food carts. Read on…
Many of you have asked why Food Carts Portland doesn’t encourage people to bring their own reusable containers to food carts, and why we never mention the idea of cart discounts for customers who bring their own [...]

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Apr 02 2009

Follow Me On The Twitter!

Published by Cuisine Bonne Femme under NEWS, RESOURCES

It’s simple: You connect with me and I connect with you and I share my friends and you share your friends and we go back and forth connecting forever and ever.
Yes, I’ve finally taken the Food Carts Portland Twitter plunge. You can follow me:
@pdxfoodcarts
I’ll be adding a sidebar Twitter widget soon on this here blog, [...]

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Mar 30 2009

Cart Spaces for Rent

Published by Cuisine Bonne Femme under NEWS, RESOURCES

Spotted on NE Alberta Street between 15th and 14th next to an auto repair shop. Although I have no other info, it would be great to have some more carts on Alberta St. Except, no more Mexican or Thai eateries please, the street is already swarming with those choices. My ideas?

Vietnamese Pho and Noodle Bowls
Indian [...]

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Mar 11 2009

Audrey's Food Cart Map

I love maps. I really, really do. Sometimes I get these emails from other map lovers too. They generally sound like this,
Dear Cuisine Bonne Femme,
Have you ever thought about making one BIG map of all the food carts in Portland?
I usually answer,
Great Idea! I’m a bit too busy stuffing my face with a chile relleno [...]

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