Bake on the Run
Bake on the Run is a Guyanese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. The business was established in 2018. Bibi and Michael Singh operate the restaurant from a food cart, which has been installed in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood, the Hawthorne Asylum and Pan y Pueblo pods, and the Central Eastside district. As of 2025, Bake on the Run operates from The Heist in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood.
Bake on the Run was featured on Top Chef: Portland and was the only Guyanese restaurant on the West Coast, as of 2023.
Description
The family-operated restaurant Bake on the Run operates from a food cart in Portland, Oregon. The business serves Guyanese cuisine. The menu includes chow mein, bakes with savory and sweet fillings, and pastries. Among vegan options are yellow split pea dahl and chana aloo curry. The Chef Bibi's Famous Peppersauce has been described as a "yellow condiment that's more piquant than blistering". According to Eater Portland, the restaurant "is essentially an educational center for Guyanese cuisine, with lengthy descriptions and context for each dish posted on the cart’s facade".History
Mother and son duo Bibi and Michael Singh began operating Bake on the Run in 2018. The two have operated the food cart at the Piknik Park pod in southeast Portland's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood.In 2021, the business was operating at southeast Portland's Hawthorne Asylum pod. Bake on the Run was also featured in an episode of Top Chef: Portland, the eighteenth season of the television series Top Chef.
In 2022, the business announced plans to relocate to the Pan y Pueblo pod. Bake on the Run was still at Lil' America in 2023. According to Portland Monthly, the business was the only Guyanese restaurant on the West Coast at the time. Bake on the Run operated at the Wonderlove pod in Portland's Central Eastside district in 2024 and The Heist in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood in 2025.