Location: SW 3rd and Oak, SW 5th and Oak, SW 9th and Alder and a small pushcart hot dog stand in front of the County Courthouse on SW 5th. Description: Hot dogs, sausages and hamburgers. A couple of subs and a bowl of chili. The end. Um, oh yeah, they also sells chips and soft drinks. [...]

I went to the courthouse for the first time today and stood in line for the metal detector as everyone around me emptied their pockets of prohibited items. I looked up some case files and headed out into the sunshine again when I saw this entrepreneurial establishment:

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Attention cheapskates, bratwurst lovers and hungry jurists. A sign today on Matlock's hot-dog cart in front of Multnomah County Courthouse reads: "If you have a variable rate loan and the fed reduces the interest rate, how could this affect your payments? $.25 off order with correct answer." A small dog at Matlock's costs $1.50. Brats are $3.

RareMediumRare didn't get to cruise the Matlock Expressway, but Portland does have a Matlock Burger:

Matlock's is one of those carts down in "the pod" off SW 4th Avenue. I had walked by too many times and last week with the cold, just needed a $3.75 1/3lb burger to walk with me.

The burger was pretty good. Freshly cooked with chedder, a toasted bun and pretty much anything you want on it. I didn't really get to ask for it Medium, but in the end, it tasted pretty juicy.

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