Category: Friday

La Sierrita Food Truck I visited this new food truck here in Hood River today, as of Oct 27, 2026 and I wanted to give a quick overview.  This food truck is up on the heights as of this writing open Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm currently. They do and are available for catering

About Pelinti Pizza in Hood River Pelinti Pizza here in Hood River is awesome, awesome food and never had a bad experience here.  Everything is either high quality or house made.  They are located right next to Lilos BBQ here in Hood River, right by the Wal Mart, there is a small strip mall next

About Lilos BBQ Hood River Lilos BBQ in Hood River is a Hawaiian Restaurant and they do an amazing job of BBQ for their meats such as their chicken, beef, and pork options.  They have a nice BBQ out there in front of their restaurant and here I will give location, menu options, and hours

About Mi Lindo Colima Mi Lindo Colima is a restaurant there in Odell, Oregon not far from the fruit loop on Highway 35.  It is in the middle of town, the “main strip” a somewhat small but great place to eat if you find yourself there in Odell.  It used to be the site of

About The Old Trunk The Old Trunk is an amazing place along the Hood River Fruit Loop.  They are located on Dee Highway and it makes for a great little stop to shop vintage and antique type things.  Many visitors absolutely love this place.  They are an amazing little place to shop for some hidden

About Sunrise Juice In Bingen Sunrise Juice is a local place across the river in Bingen where you can get healthy options, anyone into juicing, vegan, or vegetarian, even paleo eating will find this place amazing.  I personally love going there to get some healthy juice items I have occasionally got some of the bowls,

About Noyola Ice Cream Truck In Hood River This new ice cream truck is located up on what we call “the heights” here in Hood River.  Right next to Napa Auto Parts and close to Bendiciones Food Truck here as well.  The Ice cream is house/homemade and although I have not yet tried it, am

About Moby Coffee Roasters Moby Coffee Roasters is a unique and small, but charming coffee shop located on the Hood River Fruit Loop, about 25 minutes away from Hood River at the peak of the Hood River Fruit Loop.  They are located in Parkdale, OR and they roast their own beans as well.  They can

About the Chicken Truck A new food truck in Hood River, named The Chicken Truck, serving….chicken, along with homemade sauces.  I tried this yesterday and had a great experience, I was especially impressed with the homemade ranch sauce I got. *****Update as of Sept 1, 2026******** The following quote is from their facebook page: “The

About El Monte Taqueria Hood River El Monte Taqueria in Hood River is located up on what we call “the heights” here in Hood River.  Somewhat past the heights actually going a bit south as you climb a hill here in Hood River. It is located right next to Country Coffee and in front of

About The Start Up Coffee In Hood River This Coffee or Espresso and Coffee Stand is up on The Heights, here in Hood River.  They serve both coffee and tea and are located right across the street from the acai bowl place.   Feeling like a breakfast burrito?  They make them in the morning in the

Chicken Pho at Cauldron Cafe This month, August of 2026, chicken pho and beef earlier was available at Cauldron Cafe here in Hood River.  Both need to be slow cooked and slowly prepared but I must say I had both and both were Phonominal I guess you can say!   (Pun intended) Cauldron Cafe is located

About Country Coffee Country Coffee is a small chain of coffee drive through stands operating through the Pacific Northwest.  They roast their own coffee and have a coffee drive through available here in Hood River up on what is known as “the heights” here in Hood River.  Below we have their hours, menu, and other

Blush River Bowls in Hood River Aug 11, 2026   About:  Blush River Bowls in Hood River is an acai bowl food truck here in Hood River, great for those who are vegan and looking for something healthy and made strictly from plants.  They focus mainly on bowls and smoothies, so if you are looking

Update:  I realize they advertise that they grill chicken on Sunday but their hours do not reflect this, I will try to get the info soon and update this article! La Madrina Food Truck Hood River About:  La Madrina food truck in Hood River is a Mexican food truck, but recently as least as I

Breakfast at Kickstand I sat on this day, February 20, 2026, at Kickstand here in Hood River and wanted to show their Eggs Benedict with Avocado.   Kickstand is a popular local venue here open for breakfast and lunch and dinner options   Phone: (541) 436-0016 They are open 8am to 9pm everyday!   Instagram for

Taco Salad at El Puerto De Los Angeles Here in Hood River we have a great Mexican Restaurant called Puerto De Los Angeles, up on the Heights of Hood River. Located at: 1306 12th St, Hood River, OR 97031 Phone: +15413080005   Here is the taco salad below: The meal starts out with chips, beans,

Basil Pork Dish at the Taste of Thailand Food Truck Yesterday I had the Basil Pork from a Taste of Thailand Food Truck here in Hood River.  Now, according to the menu this dish has basil, garlic, chili and of course it comes with rice and cucumbers, a bit on the spicy side but I

A Taste of Thailand Food Truck in Hood River — Menu and Hours   As of January 2026, the Taste of Thailand Food Truck is now back open!  Hours are Monday through Friday from 11am to 6pm.  I know they were closed for a few months but they are back open and we do appreciate

Tea and Meal at Eat 14 in Bingen, WA Yesterday I had the pleasure of having some tea and a great meal at Eat 14 in Bingen, WA across the Columbia River from Hood River.  Eat 14 is a Korean restaurant just a few minutes from Hood River and I wanted to share some photos

Edeske Patisserie Sweetens Hood River with New Desserts, Coffee, and Extended Hours     Hood River’s beloved Edeske Patisserie, located at 512 Cascade Ave., is sweeter than ever with exciting new updates. Owners James and Tamara have been hard at work elevating the pastry shop’s offerings, making it an even more irresistible stop for locals

Bendiciones Mexican Food Truck: July 3, 2025 August 2026 Update:  Catering is available from this food truck! Location:  Bendiciones Mexican Food Truck in Hood River is located in the Napa Auto Parts parking lot here in Hood River, at 2002 12th St, Hood River Phone: +1-541-399-9856   DIrections (If you are not local). Go up

Eat 14 in Bingen Menu What is Eat 14?  Eat 14 is a Korean Restaurant located in Bingen, WA in which case you must cross the toll bridge to get to Bingen if you are coming from the Hood River side of the river. I love Korean food and saw this post and wanted to

T Quito El Hambre   Food truck in Hood River, located right next to the old Hood River news is T Quito El Hambre.  Open all week except Tuesdays!   Monday 11am to 9pm Tuesday Closed Wed:  11am to 9pm Thursday: 11am to 9pm Friday: 11am to 9pm Saturday: 11am to 9pm Sunday: 10am to

Big Jims In Hood River is Now Open! Went to Big Jims twice already and they have been open for a few days now. I have been really impressed with the burgers and am glad to see they are now in Hood River.   Location and Hours They are open everyday 11am to 9pm 7

About Remedy Cafe Hood River Remedy in Hood River is an excellent choice for healthy living and eating here in Hood River and has a great menu of fresh made to order juices, smoothies, and food fresh made to order.  It is conveniently located in downtown Hood River and they have a great breakfast such

Kobe Sushi Menu Gallery Just wanted to share the menu of Kobe Sushi here in Hood River, since looking online I found several menus but was a bit confusing, so wanted to share it here. Kobe Sushi is an Asian restaurant here in Hood River located right next to the local Hampton Inn and Suites

Twin Peaks Hood River Twin Peaks Drive In near the airport in Hood River is an amazing place and a sought after place as well.  I highly recommend this place if you wish to get a great burger.  They have good old fashioned burgers and fries and currently as of this writing this is my

Country Coffee In Hood River Now Open! Country Coffee is Hood River’s newest coffee drive through and is located at the entrance of The Build It Center. Country Coffee has several locations throughout Oregon including Bend, Beavercreak, and Sisters Oregon.  Hood River is glad to have such a growing coffee stand up just past the

Tropicali Fruit Bar Hood River Up on the heights here in Hood River there is a fruit bar that serves boba tea.  What is boba tea?  Its a drink generally I think more popular with the kids and high school students that has this jelly type bean in it.  Usually served with milk, its a

About The Mesquitery In Hood River The Mesquitery is another restaurant here in Hood River that is located on “The Heights” as it is known here locally, next to or right across the street from Puerto De Angeles here in Hood River.  What makes The Mesquitery so unique? Its one of the best restaurants here

Chicken and Teriyaki Hood River Chicken and Teriyaki Hood River is located up on “the heights” here in Hood River.  They do have a great menu which includes tacos, tamales, soups, and more!  Of course as the name says, they of course have the chicken teriyaki available also.  Indoor seating is great, very spacious and

About Pfriem Family Brewers Pfriem is a great brewery on the waterfront here in Hood River along a strip of buildings along the Columbia River.  The location is great!  Next to Pfriem you have a few other places to eat such as Solstice, Camp 1805, and Stoked Coffee.  They have a great menu selection of

About Golden Goods Sandwich and Bake Shop Golden Goods Bakery is a vegan bakery open for breakfast and lunch here in Hood River, located right across from Love and Hominy Tacos here in Hood River, they offer items such as avocado toast and salads.  They are located in downtown Hood River and they do have

About Love and Hominy Tacos Love and Hominy Tacos is a great place to eat in downtown Hood River that features very exotic tacos such as Vietnamese or Korean Tacos among other choices.  They have an open air space with artistic decorum in the restaurant and is a casual place but the tacos are very

About Fish People If you are looking for a place to get some high quality seafood in Hood River, check out Fish People here in Hood River.  This fish market has fresh fish and oysters as well as housemade items and high quality imported items such as soy sauce, sushi grade rice and other items

Pelinti Pizza Hood River Pelintis is a great place for pizza, they do deliver and they also have indoor and outdoor seating available.  They have lunch specials as well as happy hour from 3 to 5pm.  Everything in here has always been amazing and I highly recommend Pelinti’s ! Location and Directions Pelinti is located

About Monas Kitchen Monas kitchen is located on “the heights” here in Hood River, right next to a few other food trucks such as Orange Chicken and La Esquina Del Gorge.  The address is:  1503 12th St, Hood River, OR 97031   Website: https://monas-kitchen.business.site/ Phone number: +15414906575 Menu and Hours: Hours are 7 days a

Location and About Mugen Noodle Hood River Mugen Noodle is mainly a Ramen Noodle place, however, this restaurant while I believe it is mostly of Japanese inspiration for its dishes is more like a fusion of all things Asian, so they do have dishes such as the chili wonton which I had on this particular

About La Esquina Del Gorge I stopped in (21 March 2023) to check out La Esquina Del Gorge on my way into town and I knew they were relatively new and wanted to stop in and check it out. I pulled in up here on “The Heights” and looked over the menu and tried the

Short Post here but I wanted to add yet another place to catch a breakfast burrito here in Hood River and that is something that caught my eye the other day as I was going in for a burger.  El Cuate here in Hood River has breakfast burritos available and wanted to post as I

Indian Food Truck Biggs Junction Please note, I am aware this is in Biggs Junction, however, since this was such a great place to eat and since we don’t have much in terms of Indian Food in Hood River I wanted to post this for anyone interested in some great Indian Food. I was traveling

About Lilos Hawaiian BBQ Hood River Lilos Hawaiian BBQ in Hood River is an awesome place especially if you are in the mood for some great smoked meat such as either chicken or beef.  They do have a location in The Dalles as well, but I love coming to Lilos for the quality of food

Stoked Coffee Roasters Stoked is an awesome coffee shop located here in Hood River, especially if you are able to get to the waterfront park check out this awesome place to sit and have some fresh coffee roasted right in house! Location and Directions:   Hours: Open 7 days a week Opens 7:30 AM every

Mt Hood BBQ Hood River Mt Hood BBQ is located up on the heights at 1301 Belmont next to the both Click on the below link for the Google map to Mt Hood BBQ! https://goo.gl/maps/cWmKbYNjCJogvbbRA     Menu and Hours of Mt Hood BBQ         Contact Info Mike and Chris Bosse (651)

Freshies Bagels and Juice Hood River Freshies is a local juice and bagel shop with amazing breakfast sandwiches and located in the heart of Hood River it is well within walking distance if you are in town and in the mood for a nice sit down breakfast as well as either fresh juice or coffee.

Orange Fine Chinese Food Hood River Up on the “heights” here in Hood River you can find several food trucks at 1503 12th St, Hood River, OR 97031 Directions:  So, you go up “Hospital Hill” going towards what we call the “heights” here in Hood River and once you see a Shell Gas station on

About Treebird Family Market Treebird Family Market is an organic and natural market here in Hood River.  I love going here, they have all sorts of locally grown and farm raised products on top of fresh made juice and soups they make right there in store.  They have all sorts of organic products that you

About Lampoei’s Thai Food In Hood River Lampoei’s is a local food hut or cart here in Hood River, located right next to the Tum a Lum Lumber company you can find it at 108 OR-35 here in Hood River. It is located right next to another place called Treebird Family Farm and next to

About Fish People Food Truck Fish People is a market here in Hood River that offers some awesome fish and seafood products including to go orders like the crab rolls, which I recommend, as well as ready made dips, sauces, and other seafood items.  They are a high quality place to get many items for

Bestie Bowl Hood River Bestie Bowl in Hood River is now open and I just wanted to share the basic information about this new food truck in Hood River.  It is located next to NAPA Auto parts in the parking lot on “the heights”. If you need to plug it into your GPS just search

El Cuate Mexican Restaurant I highly recommend this Mexican restaurant because not only is it located in a very convenient location next to the local UPS and Papa Murphy’s here in Hood River but inside you will find everything is very neat and clean and they have a very nice selection of your favorite Mexican

El Monte Taqueria in Hood River is a great place to stop and grab some tacos or anything that hits the spot on this destination along the Hood River Fruit Loop. El Monte Taqueria Hood River: June 2022 El Monte Taqueria here in Hood River is a great food truck to visit for lunch or

 Location: Randonne Coffee Company is located in Mosier, OR.  Not far away from Hood River if you are traveling from Portland to Hood River it is about 10 minutes or so past Hood River to get to Mosier, just take exit 69 either before coming to Hood River from the East or going Westbound take

This is a quick post here about the breakfast burritos on the heights in Hood River. I wanted to quickly mention this place because you can get some great breakfast burritos at the Shell Station there starting around 6am I believe is when they open they have some of the best breakfast burritos in town. 

About Taqueria Mi Lindo Jalisco Contact Info: As you can see to order for take out:  541-806-3557   Just wanted to share the menu and basic business hours of this food truck/cart located just by NOBI’s gas station here in Hood River. The food truck is located just to the left of Nobi’s gas station

El Rincon Taqueria Hood River I just wanted to get some basic info on the El Rincon here in Hood River.  They are located across from Subway on Cascade Ave. Location:  1833 Cascade Ave  Hood River, OR Directions:  Cascade Avenue is a main road here in Hood River and to give directions if you are

Pesco Hood River If you are in the mood for some great Italian food, I suggest looking up Pesco here in Hood River, located next to Treebird Family Farm in the same parking lot look for Pesco. Address: 108 HWY 35 Hood River Further directional information:  Next to Tum A Lum and in the same

Just wanted to post this menu from Ground Coffee Shop here in Hood River as of May 2022.  They have a Boba Tea menu in here but off the top of my head not sure if this is permanent or not. About Ground: Ground is open daily from 6am to 5pm everyday.  I have visited

Just wanted to post this quick update on a local happy hour here in Hood River.  Outside of the China Gorge Restaurant they are advertising a Happy Hour from 3 to 5pm. I didn’t get a chance to check out exactly what discount you get from 3 to 5pm but I do recommend this restaurant

Just wanted to share a quick update on the new food truck up on the heights next to Napa Auto parts, I took a few pictures of the menu and hours of Loncheria San Juan and just wanted to post it here. Hours: The hours are 10 to 4 Wed through Sunday, they are closed

Dominos Pizza is another place that delivers here in Hood River.  I just wanted to post their times available and took a quick snapshot of the times available for delivery.

Previously I wrote a short article about the coffee stand located right across from Windmaster Market here in Hood River and wanted to update this info to reflect that the stand has been taken over by Moby Coffee Roasters from Parkdale. Weekday Hours are:   Open at 6am Weekends:  Opens at 7am   I will link

**** This food truck has closed permanently sadly!!!  ****** I am sorry to break the news but as of 2/3/2023 I did see a post that they are closing for good and will not be returning to Hood River.  I am so sorry to see them go!!! I do wish them the best!!!    

Taqueria Ayala Food Truck in Hood River The Taqueria Ayala Food Truck in Hood River is located at: 13th and, Taylor Ave, Hood River, OR 97031 and is located up on what locals call “the heights” up on Hood River. Phone Number: +15414902587   Food and Drink Menu of Taqueria Ayala Food Truck The following