Food Carts Portland

Location: SW 3rd and Oak Description: There seem to be a ton of new hot dog and sausage carts cropping up of late. Historically, hot dog and sausage vendors were the only food carts in town. Here in Portland, other cuisines and carts have outnumbered them now for awhile, but the tenacious hot dog vendors [...]

Location: Government Camp, OR on Mt. Hood Description: I’ve been out on a roadtrip for the past few weeks seeing America. As we rolled through Oregon on the way home after 8500+ miles, I thought to myself – “hey, we should stop by Cobra Dog while we’re in the neighborhood.” I’m glad we did. Cobra [...]

Location: SW 10th and Alder Parking Lot Description: Bratwurst.  Brat.  The best known and most basic of German Sausages.  Everyone knows it and everyone has had one – even veggies brats.  Jameson Wittkopp, the owner of Altengartz has built a business behind the Brat.  Not the bier sausage, not the weisswurst, not the kielbasa – [...]

[Update Jan 2010 - Pirate Dog is no longer at SW 5th and Morrison. Unsure if they are still open] Location:  SW 5th and Morrison and SW 10th and Yamhill Spring is here and with spring comes baseball.  With baseball comes dogs.  Not little pooches, but hotdogs and sausages.  A few weeks ago, a new [...]

Location: SW Alder between 9th and 1oth Description: Coney Island Hot Dogs! Hot dogs are such a varied regional food. And trust me, people get a bit passionate and territorial about how a “proper” dog should be made and what kind of condiments should be served with it.  There’s Chicago style with its multiple condiments [...]