Why wait until Tuesday? Celebrate Mardi Gras on Historic Mississippi Avenue both Saturday, February 13, and Tuesday, February 16.

Sadly, Lovely Hula Hands, one of my favorite Portland restaurants, will operate for the last time on New Years Eve, 2009.

Several of the food carts have been open a few weeks already, but the official Grand Opening of the Mississippi Marketplace (4233 N Mississippi, at Skidmore) takes place this Saturday from 1 until 6pm.
Roger Goldingay, the former NASL Timbers player and developer of the marketplace, has revealed also that there will be a special guest [...]

Speaking as a former, and future (come winter), resident of the neighborhood, the new food cart pod opening soon on Mississippi at Skidmore will likely be a great addition to the neighborhood – certainly better than a weed-filled vacant lot. Christened Mississippi Marketplace, the stated goal of the endeavor is to create [...]

The Mississippi Street Fair is so much more than mango-ritas and heat stroke!
It’s my favorite Portland street fair. It’s compact, only five blocks from Skidmore to Fremont, so you’re guaranteed to run into your friends. “Grandfather” Leonard Smith’s BBQ Rib-Off contest is unique to the festival, and this year the organizers have [...]

The cutest little food cart on Mississippi will be reopening for the season on Thursday, February 12th – Darwin Day!
We will be open on Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9am -3pm. Sorry no Sundays for now. I had to make the choice for our quality of life (I never get to spend a day off with [...]

I make a point of attending as many street fairs and festivals as I can and the Mississippi Avenue Street Fair is always one of the best. This year’s was no exception.

Moxie RX, the cute little food cart on Mississippi just north of the Shaver (and my next door neighbor), is featured on the USA Today website today as one of “10 great places to flag down a fabulous feast“.
“Fruit juice and smoothies are the specialties here, but you’ll also find inventive breakfast and brunch [...]

The Mississippi Ave. Street Fair is the best street fair in Portland. Five blocks of the avenue, from Skidmore to Fremont, will be closed to cars from 10am to 7pm. In place of traffic you’ll find “Live Music, Dance Lessons, Storytelling, Beer & Margarita Gardens, BB’Q Rib Off, Dunk Tank and much more.”
And [...]