The People's Pig

Location: 2nd - 3rd & Stark

Type: Sandwich

Cost: $8.00

Food: cubano

Wait: Medium

Size: okay

Nope. Expensive (very!) and not good. Boring kaiser roll, strange pork melange filling. Too spicy for me. Not pick-up-able, juicy and sloppy. But the bun was too touch to cut and eat with knife and fork. It satisfied my food need, but not my foodie needs.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? no

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? no

BC2 (Bento Coffee Cookie) *brick and mortar*

Location: 5th & Madison (basement of the Portland bldg)

Type: bento

Cost:

Food: pot sticker bento

Wait: yes, but he warned me

Size: large lunch

The pot stickers are a wait, but he warns you and you know they're cooking them right then. Good brown rice for chopsticks. Lots of food (although I didn't turn any into leftovers). Points for composting the food cartons. Owner is a hoot (Chang's 401k, franchise for sign rights conversation). Good chocolate chip cookie, too.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? yes

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? maybe

Blue Plate

Location: 3rd & Washington

Type: American comfort

Cost: $7.00

Food: Northwest sliders (served with mashed potatoes)

Wait: restaurant normal

Size: smallish

Comfort food with a capital C. potatoes were buttery and had skins in the mash. Yum! Sliders were easy to eat, not greasy. Satisfying all around. They need bigger water glasses or my own carafe, though. Need to go back for milk shakes.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? yes

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? not a food cart

Saigon Food to Go

Location: 5th & Stark - Oak

Type: Asian

Cost: $12.50 for two

Food: #1 for Dave, plus spring roll & diet coke; #12 with orange chicken for me

Wait: not bad

Size: generous

Lots of good textured veggies in the chow mein. Had to wait a few minutes while they cooked it up, but we were there to hang with each other. It was not a grease fest, as I was potentially expecting. It made a great hangover meal.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? yes

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? he's already been, silly

La Jarochita

Location: 5th & Stark - Oak

Type: Mexican

Cost: $5.00

Food: Nachos con pollo

Wait: okay

Size: large

Aw, I should have practiced my Spanish. Good, not greasy, but a lot of food that I ate to much of. And no gooey, melted cheese like I was craving.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? sure

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? meh

Give Pizza a Chance

Location: 5th & Stark

Type: Pizza

Cost: $5.00

Food: sausage and mushroom slice & cucumber lime soda

Wait: small

Size:

Crust texture totally pleasing. Soda amazing (and just 75 cents with your own cup).

Repeat notes: Yes, I've been back here often. It's easy. It's the closest cart. it's quick to choose. Pizza is a breeze to eat quickly. And I brought it my own Beatles pint glass so I can become a fiend for their sodas.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? yes

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? yes

Hush Hush *brick and mortar*

Location: 4th & Washington

Type: Greek

Cost: $5.50

Food: Gyro sandwich

Wait: super fast

Size: Big

Yum. They produce your food with astonishing speed. And it taste marvelous.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? yes

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? unlikely, but only b/c its not a cart

The Original *brick and mortar*

Location: 6th & Oak

Type: American

Cost: $9.95

Food: Cup of soup & waldorf salad

Wait: -

Size: -

Horrible service! Long wait with zero acknowledgement at the front. Order all wrong, soup type, salad size.

Summary:

Would go again is someone else wanted to? no

Would take Dave there for a repeat visit? no, sir