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Food Carts of Portland Bike Tour: local flavors and stories

By Around Portland Tours
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is $95 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
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Overview

Portland’s famous food carts are scattered all over the city's five (now six) quadrants, over 600 in total, in over 60 pods — collections of food carts! Starting at our shop, 833 SE Main Street #124, we'll put you on one of our lightweight bicycles and guide you on a 8-12 mile (11-17 km) culinary experience through some of our best-loved chefs and makers, sampling everything from Oregon farm-to-table delights to snacks appropriate to late-night cravings.

Our focus is on locally-owned businesses with a great story; we’ll take you to a few of our favorites, many of which were important in creating the food cart scene as it exists today. Without these unique and passionate people, we may not have even half of what Portland offers to residents and guests alike. Expect flavors and fusions that tell not only a culinary, but also a cultural, tale. Bikes, helmets and plentiful food samples provided.

We keep groups small, so you'll have an intimate experience with your passionate guides!

Activity location

  • Around Portland Tours
    • 833 Southeast Main Street
    • 97214, Portland, Oregon, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 833 SE Main St
    • 833 Southeast Main Street
    • 97214, Portland, Oregon, United States

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Food Carts of Portland Bike Tour: local flavors and stories
  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m
    3h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00am
Price details
$95.00 x 1 Adult$95.00
Total
Price is $95.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedUse of helmet
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedUse of bicycle
  • What's includedWhat's includedSamples at every stop that will span the gamut from breakfast-style snacks, to lunch, to a sweet treat at the end
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips (always appreciated)

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Allergies and dietary requirements must be communicated at booking. We can accommodate the needs of vegetarians and pescatarians, but changes may be made to the itinerary for gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegan needs. We are sorry that peanut and other nut allergies cannot be safely accommodated.

Activity itinerary

Around Portland Tours
  • 10m
We'll start by fitting you for bikes at our shop at 833 SE Main Street #121, before we head out on the day's excursion.
Ladd's Addition
  • 30m
In the Ladd's Addition neighborhood is the heart of the original food cart scene and we'll set the scene by trying some of our favorite coffee and discussing our route for the day.
Matt's BBQ Tacos
  • 30m
One of the most iconic sorts of food carts in Portland is a fusion between traditional cuisines. Matt's is one of the ultimate: take Southern US-style barbecue and place it in the best tacos anywhere. (For vegan and vegetarian guests, we'll choose a different but equally awesome first stop!)
Mt. Tabor Park
  • 30m
In the neighborhood anyway! We'll ride up in the direction of Mt. Tabor (one of four extinct volcanoes within the city's core!) toward another food cart pod, this one the descendant of our dearest departed collections of food cart -- RIP Tidbit. Luckily the carts themselves live on, especially some fun and beautifully executed versions of favorite snacks from our childhood. These are made with sustainable ingredients, interesting and delicious flavor combinations, so we'll sample these and maybe we'll teach you a few new words, too!
Hawthorne
  • 30m
Hawthorne Boulevard is part of our hometown story: the heart of all that's delicious, funky, and hippie, a thoroughfare with a street food soul! We'll ride into our personal and the city's foodie history (this goes back over a century!) and stop at a special coffee food cart made in a unique vehicle. Here we'll get some caffeinated beverage (if that's what you like) to begin our day!
CARTOPIA FOOD CARTS
  • 10m
Well visit Cartopia or another nearby pod! Cartopia was the first-ever permanent food cart pod in the city. This one is the epicenter of the food cart craze. We'll talk about how the food cart explosion began (a story told uniquely by us) and visit either Cartopia or its next door neighbor, the Hawthorne Asylum.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAround Portland Tours
    • 833 Southeast Main Street
    • 97214, Portland, Oregon, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE833 SE Main St
    • 833 Southeast Main Street
    • 97214, Portland, Oregon, United States

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