Posted by:
reinventinggrace
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Date: March 15, 2015 03:11AM
Eat at food carts. There'a 700 in Multnomah County, mostly in Portland. They're often grouped in "pods" -- someone with a parking lot rents out spaces to food carts to make a festive little setting with a variety of foods available. I've found that the pods on the east side of the river have more unusual varieties of themes, while on the west side its more of the sushi/thai/mexican mainstays.
More info here:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=zBwrQkvFyvi8.k7T1OA_J6anEhttp://www.travelportland.com/article/food-cart-pods/http://www.foodcartsportland.com/It makes for good eating because the overhead cost is very low, compared to a "brick and mortar" restaurant. So aspiring chefs can start a specialty restaurant and try out their unconventional food styles without much capital. & if it works, then they'll have a good time and usually expand, and if it doesn't they're only out a couple thousand $ and they had a good experiment.
Also, rent bicycles and bomb around inner east Portland. Follow the bike routes on side streets like Clinton, Salmon, Ankeny, Tillamook, 16th, 50s, etc. to see Portland up close and personal.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/2015 03:12AM by reinventinggrace.