Spencer's Food Adventures

  • Weekend Eats Part 2

    This is the second weekend of consecutive excellent eating spanning from Friday lunch through Sunday lunch. Most days I eat just one midday meal. I ate at Wonderboy’s Smokestack, Matt’s BBQ Tacos, Yum’s of PDX and checked out the new Hollywood Q food hall that had a soft opening this weekend. Pulled Pork Sandwich and…

  • Weekend Eats

    I had a great weekend of eating so for this post I decided I would post in order what I ate from Friday to Sunday. I ate at HarBQ, Fried Egg I’m In Love, Burger Syndicate, Red Sauce Pizza, and Pip’s Original Doughnuts. Chicken Salad Sandwich with queso mac from HarBQ. HarBQ is a BBQ…

  • Break Bread Sandwich Shop

    Break Bread is a sandwich shop that opened up in 2019. Tucked away in an office building in SW Portland, it’s primary role seems to have been to service all the office workers in that part of town where the World Trade Building is. Over time though the word got out that this is a…

  • Mahi Taco

    Mahi Taco is one of my favorite food carts located in the Piedmont Station Food Carts on NE Killingsworth St. Open going on ten years now, Jeff at Mahi serves up Baja style tacos and Hawaiian food. The common theme being the beach. These are some of the best Baja style fish tacos I’ve had,…

  • Laurelhurst Market

    Laurelhurst Market is a beloved institution in Portland on East Burnside (technically in the Kerns neighborhood but on the border with Laurelhurst). Open for over 15 years now, they serve as three distinct entities under one roof: Steakhouse, Butcher Shop & Lunchtime Sandwich Counter. As someone who constantly goes out to eat, I don’t have…

  • Hat Yai

    Named after the city in Southern Thailand, this venerable Portland restaurant focuses on the cuisine of that area, specializing in Fried Chicken, Curry and Roti. They have two location on NE Killingsworth and SE Belmont. Both have the same menu but run different specials. Open for 10 years now, Hat Yai serves incredible food that…

  • J’s Cuts & Wraps

    Tucked away on an unassuming corner on the south end of Mississippi Ave in Portland, OR is the food cart J’s Cuts & Wraps. Serving soul food out of an old black truck that has seen better days, J’s Cuts has become one of my favorite new carts (they opened up less than 2 years…

  • Stretch the Noodle

    Stretch the Noodle is a long time favorite downtown food cart in Portland serving house made hand stretched noodles and Sichuan fare. They have a limited menu of five items, all of which are delicious. I’ve had everything on the menu and planned to post a photo and do a review of each, but for…

  • Little Bloom Lao & Thai Cuisine

    Tucked away on N. Mississippi Ave near the intersection at Fremont is a tiny cart “pod” with two carts: J’s Cuts and Wraps & Little Bloom. Little Bloom has been open now going on 10 years. J’s Cuts has been around a long time as well. This was a place that I drove past for…

  • Red Sauce Pizza

    Red Sauce Pizza is a beloved Pizza restaurant on NE Fremont that has been open for over a decade now. Not too long ago they started selling their famous “Big Hank’s Hoagies” as a lunch special. Now they have added some other lunch specials like a $9 1-topping small pizza or a 1-topping Tavern pie.…