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Good Food

Running a Restaurant in Ninety Square-Feet

Portland Oregon is home to hundreds of food carts. In the book Portland : The Mighty Gastropolis, co-authors Karen Brooks, Teri Gelber and Gideon Bosker chronicle the rich web of restaurants, food carts and artisans that make up the Portland food scene.

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Portland Oregon is home to hundreds of food carts. In the book

Portland: The Mighty Gastropolis

, co-authors Karen Brooks, Teri Gelber and Gideon Bosker chronicle the rich web of restaurants, food carts and artisans that make up the Portland food scene.

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Gillian Ferguson tags along with Brooks and Gelber on a trip to Portland's iconic food carts. Dubbed "culinary shanty towns," the make-shift shacks deliver high quality food and drinks from less than 90 square feet of space.

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