Alder Street food cart pod

The Alder Street food cart pod was a pod of food carts at the intersection of Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street in Portland, Oregon.

Alder Street food cart pod
An E-san Thai Cuisine food cart and others at the pod in 2013
Restaurant information
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97204
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′15.6″N 122°40′53.2″W
Some of the pod's food carts, 2013

Description and history

Established during the 1990s, the popular pod hosted approximately 60 carts at its peak.[1] According to The Columbian, "The Alder Street food cart pod in downtown Portland over the years grew into a central piece of the region's culture."[2] In 2008, the pod appeared on the thirteenth season of The Amazing Race.[3]

The pod was the city's largest, before closing in 2019 for construction of Block 216.[4][5] In late 2019, Eater Portland's Brooke Jackson-Glidden wrote, "Earlier this year, the loss of one of Portland’s most notable food cart pods struck fear into the hearts of many local diners: The closure of the Alder Street food carts was seen as the potential death rattle of the city’s larger street food scene."[6] Some of the carts relocated to Ankeny Square, a section of the North Park Blocks south of Burnside Street.[7][8][9] The food pod Cart Blocks opened in Ankeny Square in 2021.[10]

Bing Mi and Shanghai's Best operated food carts at the site.

See also

References
  1. Powell, Meerah (2019-06-26). "Forced to Move, Portland's Alder Street Food Carts Are Planning for the Future". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. "In Our View: Loss of food cart pod bite out of Portland culture". The Columbian. 2019-07-02. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  3. Coleman, Patrick Alan (2008-12-08). "Amazing Race Through Alder Carts". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. Ramakrishnan, Jayati (2019-05-30). "Alder Street food cart pod to close June 30". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  5. Herron, Elise (2018-12-20). "Goodbye, Alder Street Food Cart Pod. Hello, Portland's Tallest Hotel". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2019-12-03). "The Eliot Neighborhood Will Soon House a Brand-New Food Cart Pod". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  7. Friedman, Gordon R. (2019-06-24). "Portland officials have a plan to save the Alder Street food cart pod". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  8. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2019-07-18). "The Alder Street Food Cart Pod Has Nabbed Its New Home by the North Park Blocks". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  9. "Portland's famous Alder St. Food Cart Pod to move to North Park Blocks". KATU. 2019-07-17. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  10. Russell, Michael (22 July 2021). "Cart Blocks, new home for downtown Portland food carts displaced by Ritz-Carlton, to hold grand opening Saturday". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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