Portland Food Carts-Short5
Portland Food Carts-Short5
Portland Food Carts-Short5
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the food cart scene
The food cart scene is not new to Portland, just
the hype…seen as a very easy market to enter
and the regulations are not excessive
For perspective, in just the past two years there
has been a 40% increase in the # of food carts.
Today there are well over 450 food carts—
from mobile to stationary; concentrated
downtown, but growing in our urban
neighborhoods
They provide food choices from every
continent and almost every food group
They have a dedicated website—
www.foodcartportland.com, but no
organized voice
Offer interim uses on vacant lots, on
underutilized sites, and brownfields in our
neighborhoods; locate on surface parking
lots downtown.
An example of the growth…
Before (2008)…
4 carts
Today…
from 4 to 17.
…an old church in 1984 on Mississippi St.
Today…pegged, the Mississippi Marketplace
anchored by a bar and 10 food carts…likely bedfellows!