PORTLAND — Launched last summer, Toronto’s new and improved, city-authorized street-food vendors (dishing out Afghani, Persian, Greek and Eritrean kebabs, as well as kimchi, jerk chicken, pad Thai, spring rolls, biryani, baklava, samosas and injera), have been met with mixed reviews from the city’s hungry public.
While most lauded the city’s decision to finally green-light some culinary diversity to the hotdog and sausage street-food status quo that had existed for decades, many simultaneously criticized the all-too-lengthy process, not to mention the actual quality of the food.
But at least the denizens of Hogtown finally have options that the people in other leading cities around the world enjoy — or do they?
Courtesy of seriouseats.com, check out five of the most popular street-food vendors in Portland, Ore., a city well-known for its bounty of local ingredients and it’s thriving food and beverage industries.
It’s also known as a hot-bed for street food — thanks to some lax regulations around serving it, the city is full of ad-hoc culinary “pods”, which are basically food courts in parking lots and other open spaces. Guerilla-style gumbo, anyone?
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Officially launched last summer, Toronto’s new and improved, city-authorized street-food vendors (dishing out Afghani, Persian, Greek and Eritrean kebabs, as well as kimchi, jerk chicken, pad Thai, spring rolls, biryani, baklava, samosas and injera), have been met with mixed reviews from the city’s hungry public.
While most lauded the city’s decision to finally green-light some culinary diversity to the hotdog and sausage street-food status quo that had existed for decades, many simultaneously criticized the all-too-lengthy process of launching it, not to mention the actual quality of the food.
But at least the denizens of Hogtown finally have options that the people in other leading cities around the world enjoy — or do they?
Courtesy of seriouseats.com, check out five of the most popular street-food vendors in Portland, Ore., a city well-known for its bounty of local ingredients and its thriving food and beverage industries.
It’s also known as a hot-bed for street food — thanks to some lax regulations around serving it, the city is full of ad-hoc culinary “pods,” which are basically food courts in parking lots and other open spaces. Guerilla-style gumbo, anyone?
Too see the entire story, click here.
