Another thing I love about Portland is that great things come in small clusters. Some places have food courts in malls, other places have tweeting taco trucks on the go, but Portland food carts take advantage of empty corner lots and the tendency for people to mozy and hang out on community picnic tables, eating a variety of delicious dishes.
Catching the sundown with fritters & friends
In our short visit, we hit up two clusters; the first was a short walk from Shannon’s friends house. The address is North Station at N Killingsworth and Greeley. I couldn’t really make up my mind, so tried a couple different places including Starchy & Husk for some corn on the cob, and the nice guy at the Thai place (can’t remember the name.) The carts were as varied and adorable as one would expect, and the people were chill.
 A view from the shade |  A cart after my heart... |
The morning we left, our friends recommended we grab a breakfast sandwich from their friends at The Big Egg. It was already hot out, and we were pretty hungry as we sadly pulled out of Amber and Kyla’s driveway. When we got to N Mississippi at Skidmore, it was blazing hot. We parked our rig easily on a nearby street, walked over and met the girls at The Big Egg. It looked really really hot inside their bright yellow trailer, and after we ordered, we waited in the shade. When my bacon & egg sandwich was ready, I knew after one bite why the Food Network Canada had picked them to feature on an upcoming episode. I can’t describe the joy I felt in my mouth that morning, but it was big. Shannon had some sort of burrito that made her pretty happy too.
On our way out, we were nosing around for some road snacks when we came upon Jimmy’s Nuts. We realized as quickly as we wanted the cinnamon-sugar coated almonds, we didn’t have a single dollar or even coins. He offered to trade me for my Wrigley Field cap, and I declined. Then we got to talking trailers, and he quickly warmed up to us and offered a free bag in exchange for us mentioning him on our blog. So, people, check out Jimmy and go nuts with his delicious products. We did, and we’d do it again!
 Ordering our last breakfast in Portland. |  Jimmy, what a nice guy! |