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Portland Food Carts - Best Portland Food CartsLooking for the best Portland Food Carts? Portland is renowned for its extensive list of portable eateries known as food carts! At last count we had over 500+ licensed food carts in Portland. That's 500 tiny little restaurants serving up every manner of cuisine through their windows. Everywhere you look, Portland is mentioned in the press for great food, and lately it is all about the food cart explosion and our mobile cuisine. BudgetTravel.com recently listed Portland Oregon as the #1 destination for the World's Best Street Food. But, we've taken regular street food and given it our local Portland touch, raising it to an art form that even die-hard foodies will recognize and appreciate. Yes, you can get fried fast food at some food carts, but you can also find high quality healthy cuisine made with the finest local ingredients.
Locals know that some of the best food in Portland can be had at our food carts, including every type of ethnic food, burgers n' fries (Big Ass Sandwiches, Potato Champion), pizza (Wy'East), breakfast or dinner. We've got sweet or savory delights (Whiffies Fried Pies and Flavour Spot), appetizers, main courses and desserts, and traditional comfort food with a local twist (Portland Grilled Cheese Grill and Portland Soup Company). Let's not forget our Portland vegan food carts, and vegetarian food carts, and of course we have taco trucks galore in Portland. Really, we're not joking when we say there is something for everyone. And one of our favorite things about food cart eating? They're usually pretty cheap! The list of food carts is ever growing and changing, but we've tried to include some of the most beloved Portland food carts in town. There are pockets of food carts all over P-Town, but some of the most frequented are huddled in and around downtown Portland and in other food cart "pods" in popular neighborhoods, so you can grab a quick cheap lunch while you are on the go wherever you are: North Portland, SE Portland, SW Portland, and everyplace in between. Even the chi-chi Pearl District is getting into the food cart action. Other nearby towns such as Hillsboro and Aloha have their own food cart scene. Main Portland Food Cart PodsMany food carts are located in groupings called "pods", although the occasional destination food cart may be found standing alone just about anyplace in Portland. New ones are springing up all the time. Because keeping up with the Portland food cart scene can be a fulltime job, we also recommend you check out niche sites like the www.PortlandFoodCarts.com blog for the latest reviews and new food carts in Portland.
Because food carts can be temporary by nature (and might change their hours or location depending on the season), you might want to check to see if your food cart is open before you go. For roving food carts, follow your favorites on Twitter to find out where they will be parked each day. Or, better yet--just go exploring one of our food cart pods and see what you're in the mood to sample once you stroll around and take in the sights and smells of freshly made food. No place else will you find such a diverse and affordable sampling of cuisines all packed together in amazing tiny spaces. The food cart trailers themselves are often a creative work of art! Tip: Some of our food carts are cash-only, so you'd best be prepared with some bills in your pocket, otherwise you might be disappointed when you arrive.
Sandwish from Kate Reynolds on Vimeo. Downtown Portland Food Carts and Northwest Food Carts10th Avenue & Alder Street Downtown PSU at 4th Avenue (between College and Hall)
North Portland Food Carts and Northeast Portland Food Cart PodsMississippi Marketplace - N. Mississippi Ave Food Carts Area23 - 23rd and Alberta Street North Station at N. Killingsworth and Greeley Real Good Food Here - Belmont and 43rd MLK and Russell St. "Dreamer's Market"
East Portland Food Carts and Southeast Food Cart PodsCartopia - 12th and Hawthorne Food Carts
Overall Map of Portland Food Carts
Bing also has a searchable Portland Food Carts Map. Some of our Portland food carts were featured in a recent edition of Gourmet magazine, "Portland Street Food". Then there was the Oregon Live "Top 10 Portland Food Carts" list. The NY Times makes mention of our love affair with food carts in a recent Frugal Portland travel blog article. If you want to take your food cart home, Sunset Magazine recently did a feature on "Portland Food Cart Recipes". New mobile cuisine websites sites are springing up, dedicated to the street food scene. Pretty much every place you look in the media you will find mention of the growing street food scene in Portland. Portland Food Stands are a great peek into the culture of Portland. Above, Portland Soup Company - a popular PSU Food Cart in Portland Best Portland Food CartsWe all have our personal favorites, and with 500 carts growing, and moving, and changing constantly--we just couldn't list 'em all, but here are some of the most recognized stands on the Best Portland Food Carts list. Honestly, our top ten Portland food carts list could change pretty much any given month. So, be sure to check local reviewer's comments on Yelp.com Portland food stands pages for more insight and current buzz on the latest new carts. (Also check their Facebook page). Visit PDXStump's Food Cart listings page, or one of Portland's popular food blogs, ExtraMSG or PortlandFoodandDrink. You can also search Twitter for "food carts" to get up to the minute news. And there are tons of local blogs that mention our food stands as well. Or, just ask a Portland local: we're fanatical about our food carts and we've all got a favorite! East/Southeast Portland Food Carts
Leroy's Familiar Vittles -
BBQ
Central and Downtown Portland Food CartsBuilt to Grill - SandwichesSW 3rd and Washington Portland, OR 97204 (503) 789-3767 Nong's Khao Man Gai - Thai-style Hainan Chicken and Rice SW 10th & Alder St. Portland, OR 97209 971-255-3480 http://www.khaomangai.com/
4th and Ankeny
Bloop Oatmeal Cart -
Oatmeal
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