Portland Food Carts Tour: Discover Local Delights
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110 Ratings
Portland
Embark on a delicious adventure through Portland's vibrant food cart scene. Sample a variety of global cuisines, explore the city's historic neighborhood, and indulge in the local street art.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • CARTOPIA FOOD CARTS - Join Lost Plate Food Tours for a delicious foodie adventure through Portland’s colorful Central Eastside neighborhood.
What's Included
  • Small group experience (2-10 participants)
  • Expert local guide
  • Inclusive of all food & drinks at 5-7 food carts and a brewery visit
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Uncover the fascination with food carts in the city that made food cart pods a trend! With over a thousand food carts scattered throughout the city, we’ve done the legwork for you! Join us as we tour various food carts, all locally owned and operated, unwind on patios in the heart of Southeast Portland, and savor the cuisine that makes Portland a must-visit for food enthusiasts. On this walking tour, you’ll explore a variety of international cuisines, refresh with delectable drinks, and immerse yourself in the history of this vibrant neighborhood. We believe this is the ideal way to truly experience the idiosyncratic Portland scene, dine like a local, and enjoy yourself!

Highlights of the tour:

  • Sample generous portions of food and drinks from 5-7 different food carts, including a food hall and brewery. You’ll definitely have more than enough to eat!
  • Experience the flavors of various cuisines like Slavic, Mexican, Thai, and Burmese.
  • Explore Portland’s historic Eastside neighborhood, away from the typical tourist routes, with your resident guide and marvel at the local street art.
  • All special dietary requirements must be communicated at time of booking. We are happy to welcome vegetarians and pescatarians, but due to the diverse nature of food carts visited, please note not all stops can be made gluten-free, dairy-free, or vegan.
  • This is a walking tour, total walking distance will be approximately 1 miles. Please be prepared to walk in any type of weather. Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately including footwear and umbrella/rain gear.
  • This is a smoke-free tour.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
  • Everyone in your party must book a spot, including children of all ages.
  • No pets please.
Location
CARTOPIA FOOD CARTS
Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
Cartopia Food Carts: 1207 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland OR, 97214. There are two entrances, please use entrance on 12th St near the white bike racks. Your guide will be at a table there, or if wet/rainy will be under covered area, and will have a yellow sign and yellow bag on table.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nadia_h
Apr 7, 2024
Cool experience - We enjoyed the international food and drinks at 3 different pods. Herb was a great guide with fun anecdotes and trivia about the Portland pod scene.
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Getaway778373
Apr 6, 2024
Fun way to celebrate my 79th - The weather was typical Oregon, mixed bag. Our guide Herb was a real attribute. Funny and knowledgeable. A broad mix of food cultures and well worth the investment of time and monies
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Hannasa9904ma
Dec 31, 2023
This tour was the highlight of my trip! - I did this tour back in October, but I came back to write a review because I loved it so much. The tour guide Michelle was so friendly and knowledgeable, and she even helped us plan how to get to Multnomah Falls and back. We had no idea there were no Ubers out there, so she prevented us from getting stranded. The food and drinks were amazing, and there was so much to try. I would highly recommend this to anyone visiting Portland!
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Constanced664
Nov 21, 2023
Highlight of my year! - The Lost Plate tour was one of the highlights of my year. I've always known that Portland, OR was famous for our Food Trucks because of the quality and diversity of the food offered but until the tour, I had not experienced it. Now I am hooked! I will go again for my birthday and will always suggest the tour to friends and relatives visiting the area.
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Karen_k
Nov 20, 2023
This food tour was fantastic! Don’t miss it. - This was my first trip to Portland so I did a lot of research on various food tours. Herb’s name kept popping up as a great tour guide…so when we met at the start of the tour I was thrilled that Herb was our guide. He exceeded my (already high) expectations! Herb’s knowledge of Portland and the food carts was very impressive. The selection of tasty foods was a scrumptious of tastes from many different regions. Being able to try multiple items was perfect. The portions were plentiful. A huge thanks to Herb for making my trip to Portland so memorable.
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Kyra_l
Nov 13, 2023
Perfect Food Cart Tour - Michelle was amazing! Such a great, diverse pick of food carts and food. We had a wonderful time! We did not go hungry :)
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Explorer812794
Nov 12, 2023
Making the Portland Food Experience an Experience! - Great tour with a great variety of taste experiences. So much fun! Herb our tour guide was amazing and provided so much information about the history of Portland and Oregon that highlighted the food even more!
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Paulaos3029if
Nov 10, 2023
Fantastic Food Cart Experience - This was a great way to taste our way through the several owner-operated Portland food carts! Our friendly, knowledgeable guide did all the work, and we just enjoyed the journey.
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Derek_a
Oct 31, 2023
Yummy food. Lovely host - Evangel was our host and was the sweetest. Very bubbly personality and fun to be around. We went to Hawthorne Asylum Food Pod and that was really a treasure. I wished we had stayed longer to try ALL the foods!
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Hol_lover_9
Oct 22, 2023
Brilliant food tour and guide - This was a brilliant food tour, not only because of the quality/quantity of food but also due to the tour guide Herb. The 2 food pods we visited were excellent, and the food provided was amazing. Special mention to the Ukrainian Pelmeni (dumplings) and waffle (I'm not a dessert person, but this was something else!) We also visited a couple of other places including a brewery, both also really good. We did a number of tours on this trip and Herb was easily the best guide of all of them. Very knowledgeable, engaging and easy to talk to.
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