Street Food

Sweet Pea’s Brulee – Portland
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Sweet Pea’s Brulee – Portland

When life gives you diabetes, make crème brûlée. That’s exactly what owners of food cart Sweet Pea’s Brulee do nearly every day. Co-owner Tim Bergam was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes four years ago. As a way to cope with his new disease, Bergam and his wife, Kate Serpa, began making crème brûlée for friends. “I couldn’t eat our products, but we could feel the joy in serving people sweets which were loved,” says Bergam. As the requests piled in for them to make desserts for luncheons, dinners and parties, a friend suggested they start selling them. Serpa had spent …Read the Rest

Smokin’ Jim’s Bar-B-Que
Barbeque
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Smokin’ Jim’s Bar-B-Que

Smokin Jim’s is some good finger licking bbq. This is a mobile trailor but he is set up in this parking lot most everyday from noon to 7pm. Brisket sandwich was tasty with a lot of meat and comes with a side, either beans, cole slaw or potato salad for …Read the Rest

Cartopia : Portland Food Carts
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Cartopia : Portland Food Carts

WHATEVER EVENING ESCAPADES may have led you to be awake and hungry after midnight, there is one destination sure to satisfy your wee-hour cravings: Cartopia. In just two years, this once-empty lot at SE Hawthorne Boulevard and 12th Avenue has sprouted an array of carts that draw night owls like …Read the Rest

Portland Saturday Market Food
Hot Dogs
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Portland Saturday Market Food

While we were out visiting my family in Portland, Oregon back in October, there were two destinations in the city that we knew we couldn’t miss. One was Powell’s City of Books, the largest independent bookstore in the country, housing new and used books in a several-story building that takes …Read the Rest

Tabor Food Cart – Downtown Portland
Burgers
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Tabor Food Cart – Downtown Portland

I am really beginning to like PDX Gwailo’s Philosophy on Hamburgers: (edit: I see some are criticizing this comment. Hey, it’s a personal opinion, let’s all get along and share our burger love!) Portland Hamburgers – Read More>

Real Taste of India
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Real Taste of India

Not to be confused with New Taste of India located a few carts down on the same “cart strip”, this one has a giant menu (how do they have such a huge menu in such small digs anyway) and the standard 5 piece combo Food Carts Portland – Read More>

Aybla Grill
Greek
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Aybla Grill

Quality Mediterranean and Greek Food including lots of vegetarian and some vegan options. The Gyros especially, are highly recommended. Food Carts Portland – Read More>

Whole Bowl – Portland
Street Food
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Whole Bowl – Portland

As Sunset Magazine recently pointed out, Portland is becoming known for its fabulous food carts. I personally love the whole food cart experience. It’s the closest you can get to buying a cooked treat on a beach in Bali without leaving the state. It makes a person feel international or …Read the Rest

LITTLE BLUE WAFFLE WAGON
Breakfast
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LITTLE BLUE WAFFLE WAGON

When Cameo Cafe in Northwest Portland closed, newly unemployed servers Emmy Ervin and Andrea Hawk wasted no time plotting their future in breakfast food. They found a tiny travel trailer and a somewhat larger patch of gravel on Southeast Division Street, then last month opened a classically Portland-quirky waffle outlet …Read the Rest

The Fried Onion
Hot Dogs
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The Fried Onion

A few weeks ago, when I visited The Fried Onion’s neighbor The Frying Scotsman, I had the opportunity at the end of my meal to meat John, the owner of the ‘Onion. I commented on his choice of baseball team with a hearty “Go Yankees” and that got us talking. …Read the Rest

Best Eats at Portland Area Farmers Markets
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Best Eats at Portland Area Farmers Markets

The French term cuisine du marché translates roughly as “cooking from the market,” and it’s an apt term for how many of us in Portland cook and eat — local, seasonal, spanking fresh. Get to a market early and you can catch some of Portland’s best chefs prowling the aisles …Read the Rest

Brunchbox
American
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Brunchbox

It’s no wonder that Brunchbox has 100+ reviews and 4.5 star average…I can personally attest to the fact that the “Youcanhascheeseburger” special is worth the hype. Truth be told, it’s more of a “patty melt” than a “burger” since the beef patty is sandwiched in between 2 grilled cheeses on …Read the Rest

Gourmet Frontier
Street Food
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Gourmet Frontier

SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS POUTINE? Have a seat in one of Potato Champion’s rainbow-colored plastic lawn chairs, and that’s a question you’ll hear repeated again and again, though at times it’s drowned out by the sounds of ’70s classic rock, the sizzle of deep-frying spuds, and the antics of the …Read the Rest

Portland Food Cart Scene
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Portland Food Cart Scene

Who owns the best food-cart scene in America? Everyone is fighting over bragging rights these days, as a growing curbside insurgency is challenging mainstream dining, with edgy, affordable eats. No place can topple New York’s global street reach, but Portland is the new leader of the maverick street-food movement. No …Read the Rest