Bari Food Cart Serves Up Italian Street Food in Southeast Portland

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In this pizza-obsessed city, how do you choose the doughy, cheesy staple to the following stage? Just ask Trifone Walter Ferrante—he goes by Walter—who serves a Southern Italian street meals seldom observed stateside called panzerotti out of a Foster-Powell foods cart. 

In its essence, panzerotti is essentially like a fried pizza or calzone. New dough will get rolled out by hand and loaded to get with tomatoes, cheese, and options including anchovy-caper (Ferrante’s favourite), gentle spicy Southern ‘nduja sausage, or our select, the carciofi (artichoke). Then, it is lovingly deep-fried right up until golden brown, where the dough puffs up and gets crispy while someway not absorbing way too significantly grease. Magic! It is ethereal, flavorful, and delicately crunchy—think Chinese fried dough stick or frybread. Slice open a panzerotto to reveal the stretchy mozzarella within just, and don’t overlook to grab a freshly piped, lemon zest-loaded cannolo for dessert.

But if panzerotti and cannoli by yourself aren’t enough reason to visit, then Ferrante himself is just as a great deal of a attract. Born and lifted in a compact city in the Apulia region, he delivers that Southern Italian heat and hospitality to each customer conversation. “How are you?” he reported, popping his head out the window although I was ending having to pay with the cashier throughout my first visit to Bari. “I’m energized to prepare dinner for you!” When my panzerotto was ready, the cashier squeezed a bicycle horn, drawing curious stares and laughter from all the other meals cart patrons. Later on, a neighboring food cart proprietor arrived above, gave Ferrante a huge hug, and questioned, “Can I do the horn?” He tooted the horn rhythmically, and before long the complete cart pod was cheering, “Walter! Walter!” Occur for the puff, keep for the social gathering. 

Bari Meals Cart (shut July 23 – September 1 for family vacation), 5205 SE Foster Rd, barifoodcart.com