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***New*** Location: SW 9th between Alder and Washington Description: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice that’s what good pastry carts are made of. Much anticipated, and already comes equipped with a legion of fans. And I’m happy to report the Sugar Cube cart is worth the hype. Pastry chef Kir Jenson is the re

A giant car sized hot dog from Phish No Fooling. It really is National Hot Dog Month. (But I’m also including all kinds of sausages) Although a big juicy dog is fine any old time of year, there is just something about summer that screams out thick Polish or kielbasa versions, aromatic Italian sausages with grilled pep

It’s Official – the City of Portland Food Cart Study has arrived. Some things in the report are no brainers, there were a few surprises (people don’t really seem to care about the design of the carts for example) while other issues, such as neighborhood complaints and tensions over the carts remain unresolved. Iâ€

Location: SW 9th and Alder Parking Lot Description: Did you know Peru is thought of as having a distinctive, well regarded and of course delicious street food culture? I had no idea until I ate at Choza’s and tried it myself. Choza’s makes wonderful rice and noodle plates with distinctive Peruvian tastes and te

Any Guess What This Might Be? Spotted on SW 9th between Alder and Washington. Fresh pastries made by a very talented pastry chef and baker. More information forthcoming as soon as I’m done licking the buttercream chocolate frosting off my face.

Did you notice? Did you? Did you notice my new “hairdo”? Gracious thanks to one Mr. Guilty Carnivore, for supplying me with the above photo montage. Additional thanks to mmm-Yoso!!! for letting us steal, er I mean BORROW, some images.

Location: SW 9th and Alder Parking Lot (located on the corner of SW 9th and Washington) ***Readers Favorite*** Thanks to reader Derrek Wayne for providing me with the menu and photos and for pointing out how good this cart is. Description: Ok, confession time. I work within spitting distance of this cart. In fact, I work ri

Location: SW 5th and Stark Description: I’m impressed and surprised. You never know the quality of food from a specific cart if you have never eaten there before but this pizza was very good. In my humble opinion, better than most actual sit down pizza restaurants in Portland. Made with a half whole wheat and half [.

LeRoy\'s BBQ Description: In a shiny black and silver industrial cart with one serious looking smoker on the back, this cart is not only fitting of its somewhat industrial working class neighborhood, LeRoy’s looks primed to make some serious ‘Q. But don’t overlook the other menu items. LeRoy’s of

Well, what if you planned a party for 300 people and over 800 (hungry) people showed up? Well, it would be crowded for one thing, but you would probably run out of food 2 hours into it. And that’s exactly what happened at the 1st annual food cart festival held last Saturaday. Who knew so [...]