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    Tabor food cart serves up home-style Czech food, fast and fresh

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    A monstrous crispy and freshly fried breaded pork loin, sweet sautéed onion, savory paprika sauce, creamy horseradish, and crisp lettuce, with only a Grand Central Bakery ciabatta roll to separate your fingers from the indulgent monstrosity, makes a wonderful “Schnitzelwich.” The establishment responsible for this veritable flying saucer of porky goodness is located in downtown Portland at SW 5th and Stark.

    Tabor has been a Portland food cart institution since 2006 and has been lauded as one of the best food carts in Portland by Portland Monthly magazine, Bon Appetit magazine, and even The New York Times.  Tabor offers a wide variety of Czech fair; goulash with Czech dumplings, bramborak (a massive Czech potato pancake), and a plethora of soups and sandwiches. They even offer a lighter version of the mighty Schnitzelwich.

    All of the dishes on the menu are under $10 except for the “Presidential Schnitzelwich,” which is a regular Schnitzelwich with a slice of decadent Muenster cheese on it, and includes a bumper sticker that reads “Schnitzelwich for President.” Although this may seem a little pricey for a sandwich, the serving size is big enough to feed two people and the sandwich is fresh and delicious. I especially enjoyed Ajvar, the paprika spread. It is addictive as a spread on sandwiches and Tabor sells it by the jar.

    Tabor deserves the status as one of the best food carts in Portland because not only it is offering us a cuisine not seen very often on the West coast, but it is delicious and fast. There were two orders in front of mine and my sandwich was ready in less than ten minutes. Tabor is the perfect place to try something different and for that reason I give it five out of five stars. The Tabor food cart is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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    Charlie Craft, Arts and Culture Editor
    Hand-delivering a golden owl to one of your heroes may seem like an impossible dream, but for Charlie Craft, senior, this is a dream come true. Craft’s favorite band, My Morning Jacket, announced a tour before his recent trip to Japan in the summer of 2012. Knowing the band has an obsession with owls and bears, he made it his personal goal to find an item to give to the band. While scouring various markets in Tokyo, Kobe and Osaka, Japan, Craft found the perfect golden owl. Craft was luckily able to obtain sound-check tickets where he met the singer, Jim James. After briefly talking, he handed James the owl and in return, received an owl of his own. Star-struck, he could do nothing but say “thank you.”

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    For now, Craft has to worry about repaying his parents for his Japan trip. Craft works at Bellagio’s Pizza where he is a self-proclaimed “Pizza Insider.”

    “A Pizza Insider does everything short of delivering pizzas,” Craft said.

    Being stuck in a terrible job is Craft's greatest fear, which is not the current case. Craft plans to work at Bellagio’s until college. He hopes to attend the University of Oregon, ideally majoring in media studies but he admits it could change at any moment.

    The college search process has been “weighing down on” him for a while and Craft is ready to finalize his future plans. Until then, he plans on protecting his coveted owl from his three cats and golden retriever and also “loving” his cat Curry.

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