Alder Street food cart pod
Former collection of food carts in Portland, Oregon, US
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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.
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Alder Street food cart pod | |
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An E-san Thai Cuisine food cart and others at the pod in 2013 | |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
  Alder Street food cart pod | |
| Coordinates: 45°31′15.6″N 122°40′53.2″W | |
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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.
