SCOOP THE TRUE STORY: In June, the face of Portland screwed into a collective cringe of faux-disgust as MTV announced that our humble city...   More

Food Cart Reviews The Help ain’t got anything on the sentimental backstory behind Miss Kate’s Southern Kitchen. According to owner Charles Hude, the recipes for his Mississippi Marketplace comfort-food cart w   More

Food Cart Reviews It’s not about the bacon. Yes, wrapping a hot dog in breakfast meat gets people riled like that mutt in the Beggin’ Strips commercial. But, frankly, it’s insulting to the Sonoran dogs serv   More

Food Cart Reviews When news came that someone in Portland was raising money to open a cheese-and-cracker food cart, Willamette Week dedicated a whole paragraph of print space to mocking it as “artisan Lunchables,”    More

News Four food carts and a Masonic temple on North Mississippi Avenue were spray-painted last night with racist graffiti, including swastikas and the "N" word. Police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime.Ellis Bradley, the owner of Grass Roots Cafe at 3503 N. Mississippi Ave., says the front of his cart was painted in swastikas, while the side was covered with the "N" word. "They repeated the ...   More

Food Cart Reviews Kimberly and Roy Swope, owners of Retrolicious, believe the emotional benefits of comfort food outweigh the caloric costs. Roy’s father worked for an oil company, so he spent an itinerant childh   More

Food & Drink We're eating ice cream every day for 31 days and we're almost there! Today we visit a reader suggestion...Breakfast Lunch Today1313 NE Alberta St. Facebook.Price per scoop: $3Most popular flavor: OK, I forgot to ask AGAIN. I'm going to guess that whatever the special is is probably the most popular, just because it's displayed more prominently. I'm just guessing, though.The person in front of me: Some ...   More

Featured Stories Best Fantasy Espresso Machine How do you make a coffee shop stand out in a city full of them? Connect it to a motorcycle shop. Even better: custom-paint your espresso machine to resemble the colo   More

Food & Drink In the home stretch of our month-long ice cream quest, Scoops' out for Summer, we send intern John Locanthi to track down a roaming shave ice truck.Organic Island Snow Shave IceLocations vary, see Facebook for schedule.Price per scoop: $2 kid-size (8 oz); $3 adult (16 oz)Most popular flavor: GuavaThe person in front of me: I was all aloneBest for: An all-organic, sweet icy snack on your way to the ...   More

Food & Drink Two third of the way through our month-long ice cream odyssey, Scoops' out for Summer, Internet sensation Martin Cizmar braves the summer cold for an underrated food cart favorite.ScoopA La Carts pod, 4926 SE Division St.; and North Station pod., 2730 North Killingsworth St., scooppdx.com.Price per scoop: $3 Most popular flavors: Salted caramel The person in front of me: I opened the place up. The ...   More