One day after break ins at Portland Mercado, the Latino food cart hub and market, ten carts at a second, nearby pod were broken into, causing "heavy" damage to windows and doors.

According to Carts on Foster owner Steve Woolard, ten out of sixteen carts at his pod at Southeast 52nd Avenue and Foster Street, some 20 blocks from Portland Mercado, were damaged in the night.

"The damage came from them ripping doors and windows off," Woolard said. "Some of them it's going to be really hard to replace."

A similar scene took place at Portland Mercado on Monday, with business owners arriving to find an estimated $25,000 in damage to their carts. An online donation campaign is underway to help beef up their security.

Carts on Foster opened in 2009, and today is home to more than 10 carts, including Roadrunner BBQ, Bari (pictured above) and The Egg Carton, as well as the Pod Bar, one of the first craft beer bars to open at a food cart pod.

Woolard, who was waiting for police to arrive at the pod around 1 p.m., said the vandal or vandals didn't come away with much, though they did grab three iPads and a collection of Elvis memorabilia from hair salon cart Salon Bucci.

"It's not that people lost monetary things, it's all the damage that's been done," Woolard said. "None of us leave money in these carts. We're not idiots."

-- Michael Russell