Comments on: Destination: Portland, Oregon. Food Carts, Fabulous Restaurants & Fantastic Home Cooking

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:08 +0000

How does Portland manage to have so many carts and trucks when most areas struggle to have even a handful? A recent article in the Washington Post detailed some of the red tape faced by street food vendors, and it was mind-bending what goes on. Assuming that parts of Portland’s program are worthy of duplication (the mild weather, unfortunately, is not), it would be great for the street food community and the governments that are struggling to deal with the new interest in street food to write a resource guide that summarizes the best practices, proposes model permit codes, and has other ideas that can help food cart entrepreneurs. Perhaps this guide already exists?

The Washington Post article about red tape: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120100847.html

By: carla

carla — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:17:47 +0000

You are SO welcome! I had a blast and I’m so happy to have met all the great chefs and food cart owners, they where great!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:34:21 +0000

Thanks Patrick. Much appreciated, Lynne

By: Patrick Maguire

Patrick Maguire — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:12:09 +0000

Really enjoyed reading this. The food cart culture sounds awesome. I wish Boston would steal a page from that book!!

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a tremendous trip.