Augusto Beato Swears Kind Coffee Cart Has Portland's Best Coffee

Augusto Beato, CEO of Portland SEO, is calling upon residents of Belmont area to sample one of Portland's best coffee at Kind Coffee Cart.

Kind Coffee Cart, located at 4255 SE Belmont St. will be holding an event called "Breakfast for Dinner" from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring treats by Chef Katie Buckley.

The proceeds will go to Outside In, a non-profit organization in Portland that helps homeless youth and marginalized people to attains improved health and self-sufficiency. "Portland was named among the best cities to put up food carts, and the quality of products that Kind Coffee Cart has to offer is also a result of the policies implemented by the city," said Beato.

A U.S. Chamber of Commerce study ranked Portland as the friendliest place to run a food card business. "Not only is it relatively easy to obtain permits and licenses but doing business in Portland is a clear and straightforward process," the study says. "There are no proximity restrictions or sales taxes."

Portland ranked eighth in the study for ease of setting up a food cart, with an average of $1,877 in fees paid (compare to $811 for Denver or $17,066 for Boston). But in the annual operations category, which measured "the rules a food truck operator must comply with to maintain legal compliance annually," Portland was at the very top, with an average of just $5,410 in fees.

According to the study, food trucks or food carts account for $2.7 billion in revenue in 2017, up from $650 million just 10 years ago.

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