Willamette Week's annual food cart festival, Eat Mobile was held on April 28, 2012. The festival showcased 50 of the paper's favorite mobile eateries and drew a crowd of nearly.
Koi Fusion, PDX 671, Taco Pedaler Take Top Honors at Eat Mobile 2012
Food & Drink Over 3,000 hungry Portlanders flocked to OMSI's north parking lot Saturday to sample the wares of 51... More
Apr 30, 2012 01:25 pm by BEN WATERHOUSEWillamette Week's Fifth Annual Eat Mobile
Sample some of Portland's best food carts and learn the science behind the food on OMSI's Culinary Science Stage.
With more than 400 mobile eateries selling their tasty goods within our
city limits, Portland has become an international destination for mobile
eats. U.S. News Travel recently declared Portland to have the "world's
best street food."
On April 28, Eat Mobile, the part food festival, part cart competition,
will allow attendees to sample from 50 of Willamette Week's favorite
food carts as vendors compete for the coveted Carty Award.
Eat Mobile showcases the food, music and people that make Portland's
food scene so special. This year, Willamette Week is proud to announce a
partnership with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) that
will expand Eat Mobile to include food demonstrations and provide
attendees with a more hands-on food experience with the Eat Mobile Culinary Science Stage.
Tickets are now sold-out!
Thank you Portand!
Proceeds
from concessions benefit Mercy Corps Northwest's local economic
development program, which assists entrepreneurs in securing funds for
small businesses, including food carts.
What's new this year at Eat Mobile
Promotions
More Carts, More Room and OMSI's Culinary Stage
In addition to an increase to 50 food carts and new location, OMSI presents the Eat Mobile Culinary Science Stage.OMSI presents the science behind the food with demonstrations by local chefs and cart owners. Whole Foods Market brings culinary expert Ken Rubin of the Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts to show off his skills; and a butcher battle to break down a side of beef. ... More
Eat Mobile Carty Award Judges
Promotions
Eat Mobile isn’t just about sampling the wares of some of the city’s
best food carts. It’s also a competition—a 50-way showdown for the
kinda-sorta prestigious Carty Award.
There are three Carty categories: Judges’ Choice, People’s Choice and Style. Past winners include Whiffies Fried Pies, Garden State and Fifty Licks. ... More
Win tickets to Eat Mobile from Google Places!
Eat Mobile
Although we're sold-out of Eat Mobile Pre-tasting tickets, you can still win them from our partner, Google Places.
They
want to hear what you think about local places around Oregon, and to
help inspire you, they're giving you the opportunity to win VIP tickets to Eat Mobile on April 28th. With VIP tickets, that's a whole extra hour of enjoying samples before the crowds from Portland's best street-food vendors. ... More
Willamette Week's annual food cart festival, Eat Mobile was held on April 24, 2011. The festival showcased 39 of the paper's favorite mobile eateries and drew a crowd of more than 3,500 people.
Eat Mobile 2010: The Highlight Reel
Promotions Willamette Week’s third annual Eat Mobile food cart festival finally arrived Saturday afternoon, and it was huge. How huge? We squeezed 30 carts under two and a half blocks of the Morrison bridge and packed in some 1,900 hungry Portlanders (check out the line!), who between them drank 150 gallons of Pabst Blue Ribbon and ate every last bite of food. (Check out the big Eat Mobile photo slideshow by Roger Bong, too.) ... More
Feb 3, 2011 09:13 am by Promotions
