Food truck operators in downtown Portland struggling to keep businesses afloat

One food cart owner said she is so discouraged by recent burglaries and citywide vandalism that she is closing down at the end of the week.

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Tuesday afternoon, at Southwest 2nd Avenue and Harvey Milk Street, Mayumi Sato was closing up her Veggie Bowl food truck for one of the final times.

“We love the people here but not anymore,” Sato said.

Sato cites two break-ins in the last couple of months and citywide vandalism as reasons why she is shutting down the operation.

“It’s so sad because we’ve been doing the food cart business in Portland for

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