Portland food carts are adding shelter and heaters in an effort to prevent business decline in the coming cold and wet months.
Portland food carts are adding shelter and heaters in an effort to prevent business decline in the coming cold and wet months.
Last winter some cart pods had covered seating areas, a few were even heated. Business, however, was still tough. “It was brutal,” said Michael Kennett, owner of Venezuelan cart Fuego de Lotus. “I was at Alberta. I had just opened so nobody knew me. I had some $5 days. My gray water froze.”
This year with his cart’s reputation well-established, he is more optimistic about the winter. He has moved over to the D-Street Noshery, a new pod at 3221 S.E. Division St. that he is managing. The lot, along with two others nearby, Good Food Here (at Southeast Belmont Street and 43rd Avenue) and À la Carts (at Southeast 50th Avenue south of Division) is undergoing some serious winterizing.
Read more at OregonLive.com.
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