Must try the Delicious bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast bagel! They definitely don't skimp on the bacon--as you can see from my photo. Vin is super nice too. Come out and support this dope food cart! read more

Picone's Quality Deli - Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Bagel - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

If I could give this place no stars I would. How it has a 4.9 experience I have no idea. I had never been here before but based on the review, I thought I would try it. I ordered a tuna sandwich with everything on it. They make their own bread so it's on large medium size baguette. When I came to pick it up, the guy who was there (on Sun, June 21 at 2:15pm) said that the sandwich was "wet" and he wanted to let me know that ahead of time. I said what do you mean "wet" and he said just wet. So I paid the $16.00 and took it home (5 minutes away) and the entire sandwich was wet, the bread was sopping, and the sandwich just fell open and the entire thing was like a bog! I tried to call but there was no answer and no voice mail available. Then I drove back over there, right away, and the cart window said, "Closed." I knocked on the window loudly with no answer. Then I opened the window and threw the sandwich back in the cart. I walked away to try and find a manager about how awful this experience was. But the buy selling beer said each cart was responsible for themselves. Then I went back again to the car and the guy suddenly was there. OMG, if he is the owner, what a terrible way to treat a customer. If he is not the owner, what he needs to find another job. He was nice but obviously knew he shouldn't have even given me that completely wet sandwich and should have made me another one. Also it smelled really strong and fishy. So unappetizing. I asked him for my money back. And he said I should get it back in a couple of days. He did ask me if he could get something else for me several times but why would I want to order again when it was such a bad experience? If I don't get my money back, I will then file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau about this. I do NOT recommend this place at all. If there is another employee she or he may make a good sandwich but this guy was terrible. read more

I had never heard of this cart before but saw a thing about them on YouTube. This local guy was doing a thing about best sandwiches in Portland. We went there a few days ago and it was outstanding. We got a Italian with everything on it and a chicken parm hot sandwich. Both sandwiches were great We just had half and too the other halves home for later. I would go back here again for sure. The menu is pretty basic but I like places like that...they do what they do very well! read more

Came on a Sunday and right after we got our food, they closed for some reason even though that's not what their hours listed. Good portion of meat but overall, the sandwich was nothing spectacular. The bread wasn't my favorite, really hard and crusty exterior. read more

Picone's Quality Deli - Italian - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Great breakfast sandwiches. Friendly staff. In a cute food cart village with plenty of seating.

Had the taylor ham, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich for 7.50 which was really good. The sandwich stayed together with clean flavorful bites. Staff was nice and helpful if you don't know what a certain ingredient might be (i.e. the Taylor ham vs normal ham for me). Would give 5 stars but figuring out if they are going to be open or not seems near impossible for lunch or bfast. They don't maintain their IG and the chill n fill folks don't have their hours (and posted hours on sign aren't accurate). Was there last weekend hoping to get a sandwich as the chill n fill folks mentioned they should be opening around noon however couldnt say for sure so by one o'clock still closed. I ended going down the street to another sando place as did the table next to me. Was lucky today since chill n fill posted on their Instagram that Picones would be open this morning. read more

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My guy here is chefin up some real breakfast sandos and for the right price . If you are a New York transplant then this is the spot for you . Especially since they sell out by 10 am . Wake up early, go get you a nice BEC w SPK and Taylor ham and go kill your day . read more

Picone's Quality Deli - BEC SPK with Taylor ham - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Holy crap this place is good. I've tried most of the sandwiches and can easily say one would be hard pressed to find fresher ingredients or better execution in the area. read more

10/10! Incredibly fresh, delicious, and the owner is so nice. Plus freshly made bagels - Doesn't get any better. Highly, highly recommend! read more

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The wait is over... I was finally able to try Picone's today and it did not disappoint! Everything from the homemade bread to the perfectly sliced deli meat and oil/vinegar soaked lettuce I think this is the freshest sub I've ever had 10/10 read more

Picone's Quality Deli - Turkey and cheese - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Excellent sandwiches, friendly service and I know this is strange dimension, but the napkins are really substantial and nice! I think that is just one small reflection of somebody who really cares about what he's putting out there, and our total experience eating his sandwiches. I've had the tuna and the Italian and they both were amazing. Someday I hope the timing to work out so I can have a breakfast sandwich read more

Picone's Quality Deli - Tuna - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

Amazing sandwiches!! Bread is baked fresh in the cart. The Italian is my favorite so I rarely get anything else but the tuna salad is delicious too!! Fresh ingredients & toppings. Alwaysyfriendly service with a smile from Vic! My favorite Sandwich spot in Portland. read more

Picone's Quality Deli - Tuna salad - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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It's baffling that people from Portland keep going east to learn about bagels, only to come back and make the worst examples of bagels imaginable. It's mind-boggling that every time Taylor Ham/pork roll--a product made of pork scrapings--ends up on a menu here--the starting price is about $16. It's ridiculous that every "Italian" sub here has to have mayonnaise on sponge bread because "it's Oregon and that's just how it is here," right? Right. Jersey, Vin sees you. He knows you're sitting there wondering if this was all in your imagination and maybe the sandwiches, meats and cheeses you grew up with weren't like this and were just some weird regional delicacy. This cart exist to tell you that isn't the case. Vin knows the ingredients are out there. He knows that you don't have to have rolls shipped in stale from somewhere east of the Delaware just to have decent bread on your sandwich. He knows that a full bagel apprenticeship at Ess-a-Bagel means jack shit if the bagels you make couldn't compete with the day-olds from a place in Nutley. He knows that this town's patent refusal to offer a decent bacon, egg and cheese-never mind the blessed THEC--for less than $10 regularly bites it and its chefs directly in the ass. So it brings me great joy to see that he's out of almost everything half the time I visit him. I no longer go through the whole Proustian Madeline routine every time I bite into a sub without mayo on it and remember the sandwiches I used to bring to St. Mary's elementary school field day from Centanni's deli around the corner... or the Taylor Ham egg and cheese I'd get at Henry's deli after waiting for Yogi Berra to buy his newspaper and coffee. I come here and--surrounded by a cart pod and bar, in a neighborhood I love--I'm in two homes at once. Vin, from this Jersey expat and the countless others who posted their love before me, thank you. If you ever get the Shop--Rite logo shirts in again, I'll take five. read more

Crave worthy. East coast Italian sub. Highest quality. The real deal. Delicious! Great Yelp find while on Sauvie Island. Not too far to north PDX. read more

Finally, Portland has a legit Italian sub shop. House made bread for all of the sandwiches, fresh toppings all sliced super thinly, perfect ingredient ratios; it's by far the best Italian sub in town. I haven't even tried the other options because the Italian is so good, but I definitely plan to try the chicken parm and cheesesteak (only on Fridays right now). Also they do Taylor ham egg and cheese on a hard roll, but you have to get there before 10:00 am. Seriously quality stuff and the owner seems committed to excellence. read more

Great breakfast! I had the Taylor Ham/Egg sandwich with potatoes (embedded in sandwich). It's like an entire breakfast meal packed into one sandwich I could eat while driving. Great bread (made on-site), yummy ham, cheese, sauces, potatoes. He whips these up very quickly. I'll definitely be back! read more

Got the chicken parm and it was unbelievable. Very fresh chicken and ingredients, served on a baguette. I believe he was closing up but still served me which was nice. Definitely coming back read more

Best sandwiches in town. The bread is made fresh by the establishment and all of the ingredients are quality. All of the breakfast sandwiches are amazing, the Taylor ham in particular. The coffee there is solid too when you need a morning jolt. A sandwich shop's Italian sandwich is always my test of how good the shop is and the one at Picones is the best I've had in a long time. Every hot sandwich special I've had has been amazing as well, chicken parm, braciole, egg plant parm and my favorite meatball. The service is great as well. The owner is a super friendly guy who clearly cares about his food and the satisfaction of his customers. He is always thinking of new and interesting items to put on the menu that are sure to impress. The food is so good that it won a steamy award from Simpsons writer, food enthusiast and Portland resident Bill Oakley. The location is nice too b/c you can eat at the bar there (chill n fill) and pair your sando w/ a brew. I can't recommend this place enough! read more

Delicious. Found them at a food truck lot on a recent trip to Portland. Go get a sandwich!

I've never written a review before but omg that Italian sando was gd delicious, so stoked ya'll are in the neighborhood

Excellent sandwiches: tuna, chicken parmasean and Italian are favorites . They also do bagels on the weekend which are delicious! Super friendly and a great neighborhood essential take out. read more

Picone's Quality Deli - Fresh bagels on the weekend. - Food Trucks Near Me - Portland, Oregon

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Uhm, yes. More please. The Taylor ham was all you had to say to get me to give this place a try, but it's so much more than that. They make their own bread and it is AMAZING- nice and crunchy crust with a soft center that just hugs the meat and cheese and egg and s&p ketchup just perfectly. Do not skip the ketchup!! We had the breakfast sandos, but I can't wait to go back for lunchtime. Taylor ham is one of those Jersey staples that if you know, you KNOW. It was a little taste of my childhood and an absolute oasis of sandwich perfection. I kinda want to keep this little food cart a secret, but I'm not that selfish. Try it and go back for more. The owner is super-nice and the service was fast. Don't skip this place- just go. read more

Had the Italian sandwich and it was delicious. Will definitely come back again maybe for breakfast or to try another lunch option

This exceptional sandwich cart bakes its own bread and the extra effort goes a very long way. Equal parts crispy and chewy, the bread adds the perfect amount of texture when combined with relatively straightforward ingredients (meat, lettuce, etc). Portland has plenty of creative sandwich shops, but this is the only one I've found that truly elevates the basics and thereby taps into the essence of what a sandwich should be. I hope it's here to stay for a very long time. read more

I had a delicious mortadella sandwich, highly recommended. Customer service is great, and the wait time is usually pretty short.

I feel truly (hashtag) blessed that Vin opened his food cart here in Portsmouth just a short walk away from my home. I'm a New Jerseyan who has lived in PDX for 18 years and now that Picone's is here, we finally a spot that serves up the kind of Italian deli food I've been missing from home--plus a solid Taylor Ham egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. If you aren't familiar with this variety of pork product, do yourself a favor and snag one. The bread is homemade and fresh. There can be a bit of a wait at times and the goods often sell out before the set daily hours. However, the food is worth the wait. Just prepare to get there on the earlier side. The food cart pod has a bunch of nice indoor and outdoor seating too courtesy of Chill n Fill. read more

We eat here at least once a week. Best breakfast sandwiches in North Portland, plus we love all the hot specials for lunch.

The Italian sub was just what this south jersey ex-pat needed. Amazing bread, fresh ingredients and lots of meats and cheese.

Vin makes the best pork roll sandwhich in town! I live and work in St Johns and this has been my #1 lunch spot for a couple of months now.

Stopped after being at University of Portland. Everything on the menu looked good but I settled on a turkey and cheese sandwich. The bread was perfectly baked-crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and there was plenty of meat, cheese and lettuce on the sandwich. I had planned to eat only half because the sandwich was huge, but I ended up finishing the whole thing because it was so delicious. Will definitely be back to try more sandwiches. read more

one of my favorite food truck spots I've hit in Portland that prioritizes simplicity and flavor over gimmicks. the food truck scene has gotten so cookie cutter to me, taking away from what the traditional essence of what a food truck was, which to me is a community building restaurant that cuts out the middle man. with everyone and their dog wanting to dip their toe into the business of portland food carts, it feels that we have exchanged the original "KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD" concept for something that feels far more corporate. with the rapid expansion of VOODOO and SALT & STRAW, a non-locals perception of portland is funny desserts and riots. i know i am soap boxing - but my experience here with the fine gentleman who runs this establishment reminded me of what portland of yesteryear was like. not about flashy or a capitalistic aesthetic that feels like what AI generates when you give the prompt "weird." (soap boxing again) i believe this truck makes their bread fresh everyday, and the grilled cheese was the best of a lifetime. the special being ran was a FIVE DOLLAR grilled cheese... unheard of. if you're given any recommendation of how your sandwich can be spruced up, take him up on it!!!! you will NOT regret it... also, when they're serving coffee also take him up on it. lovely lovely lovely spot and the chill n fill is a excellent place to chill and/or fill TL;DR: classic portland, simple food, top notch quality. read more

Easily the best Italian sando you can get in the area. This has been our office's go-to lunch spot for the last 4 months (and counting!). The owner clearly gives a rip about what he's doing and the quality he provides. He makes own bread and is a genuine guy. 6 Stars read more

Italian sandwich was filled very full for the price, especially appreciated the thick chunks of mozzarella. Fresh ingredients. Quick around lunchtime. read more

He hand makes the bagels for the breakfast sandwiches. Do not skip! Such a great price as well. The quality of ingredients is amazing. I am from New York and this is one of the best East Coast sandwich styles in Portland. read more

Best breakfast sandwich in Portland, their coffee is great too! The owner is kind and it's such an easy location- highly recommend!

Finally a great Italian in Portland! It's shocking how difficult it is to find a good one, especially in North Portland. This place will continue to grow in popularity, fresh bread, arugula, taylor ham, and table stakes "Jersey style" that we've been desperately hoping for. read more