I really thought when we moved to Portland that we would spend all of our time trying the various vegan friendly food carts but honestly we have only been to a handful. While we are trying to make a better effort to diversify our food cart experiences we seem to keep coming back to The Cheese Plate.
Yes you read that correctly, The Cheese Plate.
It doesn’t seem like it would be a very vegan friendly place and at first I was skeptical of it as well but they actually have a lot of vegan options on their menu including an amazing cheese plate. This plate has a selection of their housemade crackers, housemade cashew cheese, Heidi Ho’s feta, housemade pickles and Missionary Chocolates.
I mean how could you not want to eat all of that? Plus they make two super delicious vegan grilled cheeses.
On top of that they are right next to our favorite Portland brewery Captured By Porches and if you aren’t into cheese there is an Indian cart (also vegan friendly) next door as well as a retro food cart.
Bonus on (at least) Friday nights and Sunday afternoons there are local musicians who come out to play in this little food pod area. We also love how baby/child friendly the area is so of course we will keep returning.
Although we love The Cheese Plate I guess we should try some new places as well, although we did buy two Living Socials’ for The Cheese Plate that we will be using. What are your favorite vegan friendly Portland food carts?
Thank you on the heads up for the cart. I am pretty thrilled to try it out. I have to admit to being burned out on food truck/cart culture being originally from L.A. and currently living in a city that was slow on the trend but in full swing of it now. We will head to The Montage and the Lebanese place near the outdoor gear consignment shop. Other than that I may have to pick your brain. We are also over Pok Pok having tried that yummy but overhyped spot last year.
That looks so yummy! Such a festive atmosphere too.