There’s a fairly common narrative in Portland’s restaurant world of food carts transitioning to a brick and mortar location—Fried Egg I’m in Love, Malka, Gumba, and GrindWitTryz are just a few examples in recent years. But a new story has started to emerge, which is that of pop-ups transitioning to more permanent locations, and Mitate is one of those stories. Starting sometime in early June, the vegan sushi pop-up will have a food cart at the Collective Oregon Eateries, or CORE, food pod.
Owners Nino Ortiz and Summer Ortiz first opened Mitate at Ruse Brewing before moving to the Mercado and, eventually, to Mestizo on SE Division Street.
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