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The Egg Carton

4.5 (178 reviews)
Closed • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Maja J.

Incredible food, incredible service, the owners are awesome! Lots of flavor, quick service and delicious. Cute food truck located at foster Powell food trucks! I got the Popeye subbed the bacon for the sausage and added the avocado and it was absolutely incredible. I don't think I've ever had a better more fluffier biscuit. 10/10 Will absolutely be back!

Poptart

This was one of the best sandwich (and poptart!) I have had in a while! The service was great, both people very friendly - I got their special pop, lock & pesto sandwich, so delicious and the biscuit was fresh, incredible all the way around.

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Kalub H.

Menu photo The food here is SO GOOD! Little family owned and operated cart and everything is incredible. I actually called them after we got home to thank them Because the food was so amazing. Absolutely recommend grabbing food here to go on your way to (or from) anywhere. I recommend the one with the jam on the sandwich!

Richard F.

Found this gem via an Eater article. Located in the Foster-Powell neighborhood What We Had: - 2 egg sandwiches on biscuits (Belmont and Bourbon Blues) Pros: - A menu that has a lot of options without being overwhelming - The cart owner came out to give us our food and napkins individually - Amazing biscuits. Possibly better than Pine State. - Located in a food pod with many other food options Cons: - Open only Friday to Sunday but I can live with that :) Overall: 100% will be back again even though it's a little farther away for us in NE. Solid food. Solid service. Thank you!

Ronald sandwich substitute Hot Mama sausage.
Cynthia K.

I still absolutely adore this food cart. Their breakfast sandwiches and potatoes are superior to any you'll find anywhere in Portland. My husband and I have been going her for probably 4 years now and always come back for more. We get the Hot Mama sausage on the Ronald sandwiches and it is delectable. Try it, you won't regret it. On top of amazing food, they are great people, so you get good food and support a very sweet local business. Can't get better than that.

Dave K.

This is why I love PDX. The food truck culture offers so much to owner and customer. We get maximum eclectic choice because the entry bar is lower for those who are driven to be their own boss. So people appear who want to shine doing a handful of dishes well. Now there are plenty of bad food trucks out there. But I like the FOSTER street pod. The vibe of the area as a whole is really cool. The sitting area outside of Bocci salon, for example, is sweetly real and unpretentious. It's also cool as beans. Anyway, the Egg Carton. The chef/owner/cook is very straightforward and cooks with care. I was sticking around, and so got my dish played it up. As you can see in the photo, that's a lot of care for food truck cuisine. I love that. All the components tasted good, the price was fair, the portion was fair. Coffee was from a French press, I don't remember the name of the local roaster, but it was enjoyable and respectable. I'm not in the Foster Street area as much as I was when I first moved to town, but when I am and it's mealtime, the Foster Street pod is a solid go to, and the egg carton will do you right by breakfast.

Breakfast Hash with pork belly, spinach, tomatoes & sweet potatoes.
Jaime T.

We live super close to Foster Food Cart pod and I finally got around to trying The Egg Carton after hearing good things about it. Quality ingredients and the flavors of the hash with the red pepper aioli, pork belly, spinach, tomato and egg tasted really good together. The downfall was that the sweet potatoes in the hash were unfortunately quite mushy and not crispy like I prefer my hashes to be. I haven't tried any of their sandwiches but I'm not sure that I would spend my money on their hash again.

Popeye Hash from the Egg Carton on Foster
Drake M.

We have driven by Egg Carton one trillion times but we rarely got a chance to eat there before the pandemic. I had forgotten how impressive it is. They know how to take orders in a safe manner and they are still plenty fast given the circumstances. I ordered the Popeye Hash meal because they were running out of the biscuits and gravy breakfast. Holy smokes this dish was incredible. Every bite was absurdly flavorful. It was even glorious to look upon (see exhibit A). At first I thought the amount of food in the dish wasn't quite worth the cost but I was so wrong. The proprietor was pleasant, efficient, and safe. Bravo!

Les B.

Was walking the area and stumbled upon this little corner with all the street food and this one looked and smelled the best so we ordered two sandwiches with no meat and sat down In the nice covered outdoor area. There was maybe a person in front of us before a big rush came, but we sat for a seemingly long time for a sandwich with only an egg to fry. When we did get them, they were cold. Not sure if that's how they're supposed to be served but it wasn't our cup of tea and we paid $8-9 a peice for something the size of my palm, that got wrapped in brown paper, and had one 50 cent egg in it/no "expensive" protein. Over-priced for what we got. Waited too long. (I think they prioritized phone orders, also their cooks bring out the food instead of calling names. Convenient, yes, but seems inefficient) An expected warm morning breakfast food was served cold. Wanted this one to be good but it wasn't for us. We might try again, but there's a lot of choices in Portland and this one didnt impress.

Lauren L.

Tastes even better than it looks. This is the Belmont on their biscuit. Quality ingredients and consistent.

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Great breakfast sandwichs with super friendly husband/wife run business. So glad to have them back in the neighborhood!

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