In March of 2020, a food cart opened on specializing in Italian snacks and sandwiches. It couldn’t have been a worse time to open a food business: Coronavirus was starting to spread through Oregon, and even food carts were encountering a slowdown in business. Within a few weeks, however, L’Unico — owned by Portland native Caitlyn Hamel-Spencer and Italian chef Lanfranco Paliotti — hit the radar of Portland diners, floored by the cart’s meticulously crafted pastas and standout Sunday brunch menu.
Despite its growing fame, Paliotti and Hamel-Spencer announced Sunday that the cart had closed for good. “Every beautiful stories (sic) have an end, but in life every ending
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