Reviews for Erica's soul food in Portland, OR

It?s amazing! Happy to have a place like this as part of my first Portland experience!

Great food. We had wings with maple bbq and a croquette burger. Fast, friendly, tasty

I have been enjoying Erica?s wonderful food since the beginning of the year. She was kind enough to prepare lunch for my entire... office, which we all appreciated. Everyone chose something different, but we all were more than satisfied. Yesterday I triedher SHRIMP & GRITS, and was stunned at the terrific tastes and textures in the meal. I?ve had SHRIMP many times, and have alsoenjoyed GRITS, but Erica?s combination is truly NEXT LEVEL! Thanks Erica! So glad to be a patron of your fine establishment! Read more

Was so happy to finally make it over to Erica?s for lunch! I had the Fried Catfish sandwich with fries and everything was... perfectly seasoned and cooked despite the amount of orders. She also gave a drink recommendation from next door to pair with thefood if you need a cocktail or sweet tea to wash it down. This place never seems slow when I go by and I have no idea how shefits the flavor into this little cart. You can read all about how personable and talented she is through all the good localmedia coverage but I say just head on down and Erica will take care of you. Read more

I have been all over Portland looking for a place that had greens, fried chicken, cornbread, and Mac n cheese. Somehow I missed... this gem. Thank God my brother does Uber or lift or whatever because that's how he found this place. Erica's is THE ONLY placewhere everything I ordered was delicious. I have absolutely nothing but good things to say. Read more

We were in Portland for a 4-day visit, and the first restaurant we visited recommended we make sure we got a meal from Erica's... Soul Food Cart, and we are so very glad we did! My partner eats everything and orders the Salmon Croquette sandwich, wings,meatloaf and A LOT of sides. I ordered pretty much one of everything from the plant-based menu. Let me tell you.... when we gotinto the car, it smelled so good we knew we could not make it back to the Air BnB so we just ate in the car. I was taking somelast bites of my food, feeling very sad that it was almost gone, when I realized my partner and I had not spoken a word to eachother in over 15 minutes. THATS HOW GOOD IT WAS! Not that Erica needs to entertain us, but we also found our short conversationfull of laughter, and after speaking with her for mere moments, you can tell she is very passionate about what she does. Wewill be back on our next Portland Trip. Also, thank you to South X Northwest Restaurant for suggesting we try Erica's on ourjourney of trying "Southern American" Style foods. Read more

I?m from Atlanta and have had a lot of boiled peanuts and Erica?s are the best I?ve ever had anywhere, no doubt about it.... They?re spicy and they have rich, umami filled, salty pot liquor. Erica?s only southern restaurant I know of in Portland whereyou can get a sides plate and her sides are damn good. Her catfish is great too. Looking forward to trying her smothered chickenand shrimp and grits sometime. Plus, the way she supports community is endlessly creative and valuable. Read more

I am from the south and miss the food so much. So when I found Ericas food cart I had to try it. She did NOT disappoint!... Cornbread slightly sweet and moist. Greens perfectly seasoned. Catfish mouth watering good. Tip: don?t wait until she?s almostclosed because she might sell out that?s how good her food is!! Erica is also very kind and has an *incredible* inspiring story.The real ones know!! Read more