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″N122°40′53.2″W / 45.521000°N 122.681444°W | |
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.
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.
Block 216 is a high-rise building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The 35-story building replaced the Alder Street food cart pod and parking lot between 9th and 10th avenues and Alder and Washington streets. At 460 feet (140 m) tall, it is Portland's fifth-tallest structure. Block 216 houses the Ritz-Carlton, Portland, a food hall, and other retailers.
E-san Thai Cuisine is a Thai restaurant with multiple locations in the Portland metropolitan area, in the United States.
Eem is a Thai barbecue restaurant and cocktail bar in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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Bing Mi is a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The original food cart specialized in the Chinese street food jianbing. The brick and mortar Bing Mi Dumpling and Noodle Bar opened in 2022 and focuses on Northern Chinese noodles and dumplings. The food cart closed in December 2023.
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