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The city of
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
, United States, has experienced a boom in the number of
food carts A food cart is a mobile kitchen set up on the street to prepare and sell street food to passers-by. Food carts are often found in cities worldwide selling food of every kind. Food carts come in two basic styles. One allows the vendor to sit o ...
due to relatively low regulation compared to other North American cities.


History

In 1965, the first food cart in Portland, which sold kosher hot dogs, was set up across from Portland City Hall. In 1976, Portland opened up all of its downtown parks to competitive bidding. A 2001 report in ''
The Oregonian ''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 185 ...
'' stated Portland was home to 175 carts, with fierce competition for the four cart spaces available since 1987 in the
South Park Blocks The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. ''The Oregonian'' has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room". Twelve blocks in length, it is intersecte ...
. A bidding war in February 2001 led to a combined price of $192,000 for the spaces. There was also a large cluster, often referred to as a food cart pod, at Fifth and Stark street, and one food cart had been operating since 1980. In 2010 it was estimated that there are between 450 and 671 carts citywide.


Regulation

Most North American cities sought to make the street for cars in the mid twentieth century, and thus imposed strict regulations on food carts, which led to few food carts remaining. In comparison, Portland has low regulation, such as having nearly no requirement for a food cart to have a particular structure, which makes the cost of entry low, and thus leading to a proliferation of carts. Many regulations are also not enforced as long as health and safety are not impacted.


Notable pods and foods carts

Notable food cart pods in Portland include the
Cart Blocks Cart Blocks is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon's Ankeny Square, in the United States. History The pod opened in 2021, following closure of the Alder Street food cart pod in 2019. The city hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate ...
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Cartlandia Cartlandia is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description The pod is located near the intersection of 82nd Avenue and the Springwater Corridor in southeast Portland's Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood. Businesses have includ ...
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Cartopia Cartopia is a food cart pod (lot of many food trucks) located on the corner of SE 12th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard in Southeast Portland, Oregon. Description and history The Cartopia food pod was established in 2008 or 2009. Thrillist says ...
, Carts on Foster,
Collective Oregon Eateries Collective Oregon Eateries (CORE) is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon, United States. History Hanry Ho and Mandy Kao opened CORE on June 5, 2021. They had originally planned to open in 2018. Businesses have included: * BKK Pad Thai * Bre ...
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Hawthorne Asylum The Hawthorne Asylum is a food cart pod in southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. There are more than 20 carts, as of April 2021. The pod also has picnic tables and fire pits. History The pod opened in February 2019. Approximately a dozen c ...
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Nob Hill Food Carts Nob Hill Food Carts is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon. The pod opened in the Northwest District in 2019. Description and history In August 2019, Gregg Opsahl confirmed plans to open a 14-cart pod in November. Businesses have included: * ...
, Portland Mercado, and
Prost Marketplace Prost Marketplace is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Prost Marketplace is a food cart pod in the north Portland part of the Boise neighborhood. Businesses have included Bloodbuzz, Breadbox, Burger Stevens, Caspian ...
, and formerly the
Alder Street food cart pod The Alder Street food cart pod was a pod of food carts at the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Established during the 1990s, the popular pod hosted approximately 60 carts at its ...
(1990s–2019). Notable businesses which have operated as food carts in the city include: * Baby Blue Pizza *
Bing Mi Bing Mi (sometimes stylized as Bing Mi!) is a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The original food cart specialized in the Chinese street food jianbing. The brick and mortar Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar opened in 2022 and focuses on North ...
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Birrieria La Plaza Birrieria La Plaza is a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Initially operating from a food cart in southeast Portland, the business has announced plans to add a brick and mortar and a stall at Block 216. Description a ...
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Birrieria PDX Birrieria PDX is a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description and history The original Birrieria PDX operates from a red food cart on Division Street in southeast Portland's Centennial neighborhood, serving Mexican cuisine such as bir ...
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Chicken and Guns Chicken and Guns is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Chicken and Guns is a food cart at Cartopia, located in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood. The business specializes in grilled chicken with Latin spices. The "guns" are b ...
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El Cubo de Cuba El Cubo de Cuba, or simply Cubo, is a Cuban restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Starting as a food cart and later becoming a brick and mortar operation in southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, the restaurant serves Cuban street foo ...
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Deadstock Coffee Deadstock Coffee is a Black-owned coffee company based in Portland, Oregon. The business operates a coffee shop in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood and sells beans online. Description Deadstock bills itself as "snob-free" and uses the slogan ...
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Desi PDX Desi PDX, or DesiPDX, is an Indian restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Desi PDX serves Indian cuisine from a food cart in a pod called Prost Marketplace, in the north Portland part of the Eliot neighborhood. Fodor's and Michael Russell o ...
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Dirty Lettuce Dirty Lettuce is a Black-owned vegan restaurant serving Southern, Cajun, and Creole cuisine in Portland, Oregon. Alkebulan Moroski began operating as a food cart in 2020 and opened a brick and mortar restaurant in 2021. Description Dirty Lettuc ...
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E-san Thai Cuisine E-san Thai Cuisine is a Thai restaurant with multiple locations in the Portland metropolitan area, in the United States. History and locations There was a stationary food cart in Vancouver, Washington, as of 2015. The Vancouver had 36 food option ...
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El Gallo Taqueria El Gallo Taqueria was a Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Owner and chef Jake Brown established the business as a food cart in 2009, in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood. In 2015, El Gallo relocated and began operat ...
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Erica's Soul Food Erica's Soul Food is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Erica's Soul Food is a Black-owned restaurant serving Southern cuisine and soul food. The menu includes catfish, Atlanta-style chicken wings, meatloaf, and salmon croquettes w ...
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Fifty Licks Fifty Licks is an ice cream parlor with several locations in Portland, Oregon. History Owner Chad Draizin had graduated from NSU University School and studied beer brewing at the University of Florida before an internship at Portland Brewing. ...
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Flying Fish Company Flying Fish Company is a sustainable seafood company which operates a fish market, restaurant, and food cart in Portland, Oregon. Description and history Lyf Gildersleeve is the owner of Flying Fish Company, which began as a food cart on Divisi ...
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Fried Egg I'm in Love Fried Egg I'm in Love is a restaurant with multiple locations in Portland, Oregon. Description Fried Egg I'm in Love has been described as a "music pun-themed breakfast sandwich shop". The signature sandwich is the Yolko Ono, described as "oniony ...
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Gracie's Apizza Gracie's Apizza is a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon's St. Johns neighborhood, in the United States. Description Gracie's Apizza is a pizzeria in North Portland's St. Johns neighborhood. Pizzas use Cairnspring Mills flour from Washington. The re ...
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Holy Trinity Barbecue Holy Trinity Barbecue (sometimes Holy Trinity BBQ) was a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Kyle Rensmeyer established the business as a food cart in Southeast Portland, Oregon, southeast Portland's neighborhood Creston-Kenilworth, Portl ...
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Jojo Jojo, JoJo or Jo Jo is a given name, surname, nickname or stage name used by several people and fictional characters, including: People with the given name, nickname or stage name Musicians *JoJo (singer) (born 1990), American R&B singer, songwri ...
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Kee's Loaded Kitchen Kee's Loaded Kitchen (stylized as Kee's #Loaded Kitchen) is a soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Kee's is a Black-owned, soul food restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in northeast Portland's King neighborhood. The m ...
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Kim Jong Grillin' Kim Jong Grillin is a Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, as of 2022, and plans to expand with a stall in the food hall at Block 216. Description Kim Jong Grillin' serve ...
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Le Bistro Montage Le Bistro Montage, or simply Montage, was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description and history Characterized as quirky, and long a favorite of the late night crowd, it featured communal dining and eclectic Cajun fare such as a ...
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Matt's BBQ Matt's BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Boise neighborhood. Sibling restaurant Matt's BBQ Tacos, also located in Portland, opened in 2019. History In 2015, Matt Vicedomini opened his first food cart on Northeast Martin Luther Ki ...
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Nacheaux Nacheaux is a Mexican-Cajun fusion restaurant in West Linn, Oregon. Previously, the business operated in Portland. Description Nacheaux is a Black-owned restaurant in West Linn, which previously operated in Portland. The menu features Mexican ...
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Paladin Pie Paladin Pie is a ''Dungeons & Dragons''-themed pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. Description Paladin Pie is a ''Dungeons & Dragons''-themed pizzeria in northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood. Pizza varieties include the Druid (roasted mushro ...
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Shanghai's Best Shanghai's Best (also known as Shanghai's Best Street Food) is a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from the Pine Street Market, as of 2022, and has previously operated from Portland's Alder Street food cart pod and in ...
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Stretch the Noodle Stretch the Noodle is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Stretch the Noodle, most known for serving Chinese-style hand-stretched noodles, operates from a food cart in downtown Portland's Third Avenue Food Cart Pod, near the Morrison ...
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Tamale Boy Tamale Boy is a Mexican restaurant chain with multiple locations in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, in the United States. Description The menu has included tamales, burritos, enchiladas, mole, and posoles. History Initially operat ...
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Viking Soul Food Viking Soul Food is a Scandinavian restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Viking Soul Food (VSF) is a Scandinavian restaurant which has operated from an Airstream trailer on Belmont Street, in the Bite On Belmont food cart pod in southeast ...


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* {{Restaurants in Portland, Oregon