Alder Street food cart pod

Alder Street food cart pod
An E-san Thai Cuisine food cart and others at the pod in 2013
LocationPortland, Oregon, U.S.
Alder Street food cart pod
Coordinates: 45°31′15.6″N 122°40′53.2″W / 45.521000°N 122.681444°W / 45.521000; -122.681444

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, United States.

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]

The People's Pig operated at the pod.[11] Bing Mi and Shanghai's Best also operated at the site.

See also

References

  1. ^ Powell, Meerah (June 26, 2019). "Forced to Move, Portland's Alder Street Food Carts Are Planning for the Future". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "In Our View: Loss of food cart pod bite out of Portland culture". The Columbian. July 2, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Coleman, Patrick Alan (December 8, 2008). "Amazing Race Through Alder Carts". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  4. ^ Ramakrishnan, Jayati (May 30, 2019). "Alder Street food cart pod to close June 30". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Herron, Elise (December 20, 2018). "Goodbye, Alder Street Food Cart Pod. Hello, Portland's Tallest Hotel". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (December 3, 2019). "The Eliot Neighborhood Will Soon House a Brand-New Food Cart Pod". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Friedman, Gordon R. (June 24, 2019). "Portland officials have a plan to save the Alder Street food cart pod". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (July 18, 2019). "The Alder Street Food Cart Pod Has Nabbed Its New Home by the North Park Blocks". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Portland's famous Alder St. Food Cart Pod to move to North Park Blocks". KATU. July 17, 2019. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  10. ^ Russell, Michael (July 22, 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 July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  11. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (June 28, 2019). "Portland Reflects on the Impending Closure of the Alder Street Food Cart Pod". Eater Portland. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
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