Spencer's Food Adventures

  • Golden Triangle Asian Fusion

    Golden Triangle Asian Fusion

    Golden Triangle is a food cart located at The Heist in Portland (4727 SE Woodstock Blvd). They just celebrated their 10 year anniversary and are on at least their 3rd location in town. I’m pretty sure I was a day one here because I used to go to their cart when they were on a…

  • Recent Faves

    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…

  • 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…