La Sangucheria Location: SW 3rd and Ash Hours: Tues-Thurs, 10:30am-3:30pm, Fri/Sat, 12-7pm The Story: I comment regularly about how one can taste the flavors of a region by visiting the different mobile vendors here in the city. Falafel and salad rolls are perfect examples. La Sangucheria does Peruvian, allowing us now to expand our tastes to South America. La Sangucheria translates to sandwich shop in Peru. Mary, the owner, has a catering business in Peru and came to America about four years ago with her family and opened her cart here in Portland at the end of 2012. The sandwiches on the…
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Food Carts Portland15 May 2013 | 10:54 am
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La Sangucheria
15 May 2013 | 10:54 amLa Sangucheria Location: SW 3rd and Ash Hours: Tues-Thurs, 10:30am-3:30pm, Fri/Sat, 12-7pm The Story: I comment regularly about how one can taste the flavors of a region by visiting the different mobile vendors here in the city. Falafel and salad rolls are perfect examples. La Sangucheria does Peruvian, allowing us now to expand our tastes to South America. La Sangucheria translates to sandwich shop in Peru. Mary, the owner, has a catering business in Peru and came to America about four years ago with her family and opened her cart here in Portland at the end of 2012. The sandwiches on the… -
Chikpeadx, Addy’s, Water Ave Coffee – News
14 May 2013 | 7:48 amChikpeadx, a new food cart opening up on N Interstate will host a pop-up at the Portland Penny Diner downtown on Wednesday, May 15. Chef Yair Maidan is pursuing his dream to open his own NW influenced falafel cart. Yair has some culinary chops, having worked behind the scenes at many of Portland’s best restaurants including Clyde Common and Beaker and Flask. Born in Israel and raised in Florida, Yair will focus on showcasing the chickpea, one of the northwest’s largest crops. The pop-up will take place at the Portland Penny Diner at 410 SW Broadway Wednesday, May 15 at 5pm. His… -
Guero
13 May 2013 | 8:18 amGuero Location: SE 28th and Ankeny Hours: Tues-Sun, 11am-9pm The Story: A food cart born of passion, travel, friendship and…well…good cuisine. I give you Guero Tacos and Tortas. Over the years, I have met food cart owners who are parents or boyfriends and girlfriends or fathers and sons. While most of these small businesses are single owners, many are the hard work of a few who have banded together to pursue a dream. I have fond memories of younger years when I and friends worked together to fullfill a collective dream. Granted, none were as ambitious as a full service… -
El Taco Yucateco
9 May 2013 | 10:33 amEl Taco Yucateco Location: SW 3rd and Stark Hours: Weekdays, lunch The Story: Elloy Martin makes an amazing panucho. Simple, satisfying and oh, so flavorful. Elloy Martin has been making Mexican street food magic in his cart El Taco Yucateco for a couple of years and now comes to serve the downtown eaters. I first met Elloy a year or so ago when he was at Green Castle. I made the mistake of assuming his cart was the same as a similar named vendor out east. Lucky for me, it wasn’t a huge error as it was his brother’s cart I had visited. After some ups and downs at Green Castle,… -
Kargi Gogo
8 May 2013 | 2:00 pmKargi Gogo Location: SW Washington and 10th Hours: Weekdays and Saturdays, lunch- late afternoon. The Story: Grab your passports and your geography books, Kargi Gogo serves a cuisine we rarely see in Portland and they do an outstanding job of it too: The foods of the Georgian Republic. No, this is not fried chicken, grits, okra and peach pie found in the Southern United State of Georgia. This is food from the COUNTRY of Georgia. Located on the Black Sea, nestled under Russia, and surrounded by Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, Georgia is a culturally and geographically diverse country with…
