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How Portland’s Thai Food Queen Turned a Cart from Craigslist into an Empire
May 1, 2015 / 3:00 pm
BY BRENT CRANE
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Portland’s Nong Poonsukwattana found her first food cart in 2009 off an anonymous Craigslist ad. She had to drive way out into the Oregon boonies to make the purchase, and when she got there, the seller made her bid for it against another interested buyer (Nong won out, but ended up paying $400 more than the asking price). After she transported the rickety wooden cart back to Portland, she discovered that the inside was filled with moldy kettle corn.