Joe Brown’s Carmel Corn

The best popcorn place in Portland! The closest thing to Garrett Popcorn in Chicago. The taste is very similar. I am so elated I have found this place. Do the Chicago style, caramel and cheese mixed, you will be glad you did! I have searched for an excellent Chicago mix pocorn, hoping I would find something that comes remotely close to Garrett Popcorn and I was blown away! THIS IS IT! I LOVE THIS PLACE!

I had a hankering for some caramel corn so I drove the few miles to try it out and I was not disappointed! I ended up getting both caramel and cheese popcorn (because who can say no to cheese?). Every bite was crunchy and sweet — a true flavor dance in my mouth!
They also have a variety of bulk candy options and I found some jelly bellies I’ve been looking for for a few months (pink grapefruit). I’ve literally looked in a dozen candy stores for this flavor and nobody else has it!
The best part of it all though was the friendly service. I was greeted right away even though there were a few others being helped. I was given samples so I could make my decisions and the women working there was patient and kind. I’ll be going back for sure!

«I will be an adult today. I have a job and a family and a mortgage, I don’t need it and I am stronger than it is. I will be a role model to my son and treat my body as a temple…» This goes through my mind every time I set foot in Lloyd Center, but it always happens, I find myself on the second level heading straight for this place. I am weak, but I am one happy weak man! Carmel corn, dude! How can you not?!?
To refer to Joe Brown’s as simply carmel corn is a disservice to this place and the product they serve. If there is a better product out there I would love to find it, but so far that hasn’t happened. It would be a disservice to Unilocal to stop looking, so I’ll keep working on that.
The mall is well suited for handicapped access, a solid A for that.

Joe browns is a jewel of the Lloyd Center. I remember walking from Benson High school, thru the field and to the mall… Joe Browns was almost a definite stop. The cheesy popcorn is unparalleled. Salted chocolate turtles are heaven. A range of sweets and drinks, a sweet tooth dream.

Alright so there’s not much to add on this but it’s the popcorn place inside of the mall. They do have some candy items but they have mostly popcorn. They have cheesy popcorn, Caramell corn, and regular popcorn. For each pampering they come in three different sizes but be careful because the specialty popcorn (cheesy and caramel) actually come in smaller boxes in the regular popcorn the only way I found that out was because I had gotten a box of caramel corn and I friend had gotten a box of regular popcorn in the boxes with different sizes and different prices. So obviously the specialty popcorn cost more and you get less when you think you’re buying the same size. The popcorn itself so good. Let me repeat that so good. But I love popcorn, all popcorn. It’s rare for me to meet a popcorn that I don’t like.
But I really didn’t like about the place, it was that it looked really dirty. They had things hanging over the walls and they were all kind of faded, and really really dusty and dirty. The probably shouldn’t have bought popcorn from there, but like I said I love popcorn.

I usually love this place but the last few times they were out of kettle corn, and today they had some but it was quite stale. Service here is always efficient and polite though. They have a nice selection of candies, and I think they still serve icees too.

I love this little popcorn shop in the Lloyd Center. We don’t have fresh popcorn shops in the UK and it makes me feel like I’m really on holiday when I visit.
Now, Unilocalers, listen close. I’m going to tell about something, which may sound strange but is in fact delicious. Chicago mix, which is an equal mix of cheese and carmel popcorn is a perfect blend of sweet and savoury. Try it. You’ll thank me!

Going to Lloyd Center during Christmas time was always so special to me as a kid. Way back in the day where it was still open air and the skating rink was the focal point (1970’s)… Watching the skaters and enjoying Joe Browns Carmel Corn was THE BEST. There was just no such thing as going to LLoyd Center and not stop by Joe Browns. It’s been many years since I’ve been to this place but I’m glad to see it’s still around. Thanks for the years of great corn and the memories that are attached.