Spencer's Food Adventures

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  • The Noshpit Sandwich Bar

    A new addition to the Portland sandwich scene as of late 2025, the Noshpit is serving chopped sandwiches. Their motto is “Chopped, Toasted, Loud” and that comes through in their sandwiches. Located in the old Backyard Social space at  1914 N Killingsworth St, they are open Tuesday-Sunday. Chopped sandwiches were new to me until a…

  • Desperados Sandwiches

    Last month I stumbled across a food cart slinging classy and highly delicious sandwiches made on house made focaccia bread. Located at 7339 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (just south of Lombard) at the “Park the Carts” food cart pod. I was visiting to check out Savage Soulfuleatz, a soul food cart which is…

  • Basilisk

    Basilisk is a “micro-restaurant” or “food stall” located in the Zipper on NE Sandy & 28th that serves the best fried chicken sandwich in town. Nobody ever came up with a good name for what to call this restaurant concept. “Micro-restaurant” was the original term back when they opened in 2016 and it was a…

  • FRYBABY

    Frybaby is a beloved food cart in Portland serving Korean Fried Chicken (KFC). Entering their fourth year, they are located at The Heist (SE Woodstock & 47th), Portland’s top food cart pod and truly a premier dining destination. Frybaby does one thing and one thing really well: Korean fried chicken! You can get wings, drumsticks…

  • Kim Jong Grilliin’

    Kim Jong Grillin’ (KJG for short) is a famous food cart in Portland, OR that serves Korean food. The brainchild of Han Ly Hwang, the cart has been in operation for 15 years, which in food cart years is like a century! Currently located at the Heist on SE Woodstock, KJG is on their 3rd…

  • New Restaurant Roundup

    In the last month I visited a number of new restaurants and food carts in Portland that are of note. They are either brand new or new within the last year or so. Two sandwich shops, soul food, burgers, and a Greek spot. Let’s get into it. Gabagool from Desperados Sandwiches. This is a cart…

  • New Sandwich Roundup

    This post is about my favorite new sandwiches in town, whether a new addition to the menu or a new sandwich shop. Four ones to talk about, let’s get into it. Smoked Chicken Salad Sando from HarBq. For those that don’t know, HarBq is a food cart posted up at Von Ebert Brewing in inner…

  • Picone’s Quality Deli

    This is a long overdue post about Picone’s, one of my favorite sandwich spots in town. For the past few years Vin Picone has been slinging some of the best deli-style sandwiches out of his cart in North Portland on Lombard. He makes his own bread in house (cart?), uses quality ingredients and runs daily…

  • 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…