Tag: recipe
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BLTs & Summer Salads
Summer to me is fresh produce, especially heirloom tomatoes and fruit. Living in the Willamette Valley, we are so lucky to grow so much excellent produce. This summer really hit home for me how much I love heirloom tomatoes and how, moving forward, non-seasonal tomatoes just won’t do for me anymore! This year’s crop seemed…
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Wonderboy’s Smokestack
Wonderboy’s Smokestack is a food cart specializing in Midwestern BBQ. Located in the Alberta Carts at 1027 NE Alberta. Meat options include Brisket Burnt Ends, Pork Ribs, Pulled Pork, Smoked Chicken Thighs & Sausage Links. Sides include Potato Salad, Mac n Cheese, Coleslaw, Cornbread Muffin, Chips and Queso & Smoked Beans. The quality is high,…
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Recent Faves
Here are the best things I ate in the last two weeks. Pictured above is a plate from Botto’s BBQ. Pork Belly Burnt Ends is their Saturday special, Spicy Mac & Coleslaw. Botto’s offers up some of the best BBQ in Portland. They have a really deep menu, all the meats and sides are stellar,…
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Recent Faves
“Strawberry Fields” salad from Farmer and the Beast. Oregon Strawberries, Fromage Blanc, Pickled Fennel, Roasted Spring Vegetables, Cucumbers, Spring Greens, Almonds, with Strawberry Vinaigrette and Balsamic Drizzle. This is a really incredible salad. They ran it last year too and it really blew me away so I had to get it again this year. Oregon…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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