Eat Mobile, Willamette Week's seventh annual food cart festival, has announced its 2014 cart roster. (Buy tickets here.)
To bring you the best grazing grounds and taste of the Portland food-cart scene, the list spans a variety of cuisines, locations and years in operation. Participating carts include:
808 Grinds
Bamboo Café
Bardo's Grill
Bro Dogs
Creperie du Lys
Dalo's Food Cart
Fifty Licks
Gonzo
Hapa Ramen
Hungry Heart PDX
Kalua Pig PDX
Kesone Asian Fusion
KOI Fusion
Little Boba Truck
Love Belizean
Maine Street Lobster Co.
Mama Chow's Kitchen
Masala Pop
Mildred's Sweet Treats
Mix N Match Creamery
Moberi
Momo Cart
Native Bowl
PDXSliders
Sila Thai Food, LLC.
Sivad's House of Soul
So Cold
Southern Belle's
Taqueria La Merced
Thick Deep Dish Pizza
Thrive
Topped IKC
The overall available number of tickets to Eat Mobile 2014 is nearly one-third less than in 2013, even though the festival always sells out, reducing total attendance to 2,200. The festival team has promised shorter lines and even more samples for participants.
Eat Mobile takes place in OMSI's parking lot on Sunday, April 27 from 1 to 6 p.m., with VIP admission beginning at 1 and general admission at 2:30. Tickets are on sale now here.
Carts will vie for the coveted Carty Awards in three categories: People's Choice, Judge's Choice, and Style. For the first time, attendees will use Instagram to determine People's Choice winner. With repeating carts like KOI Fusion and Garcelon's (who have both won past People's Choice awards) and carts brand new to the city like Mama Chow's Kitchen and Thick Deep Dish Pizza, the well-rounded roster brings culinary variety to the Eat Mobile stage.
WWeek 2015