Alpenrose Dairy

Last updated
Alpenroselogo.png

Alpenrose Dairy is a dairy and home delivery company located in the Hayhurst neighborhood of southwest Portland, Oregon, since 1916. It was owned by the Cadonau family for several generations, until being sold to Smith Brothers Farms, a family-owned dairy located in Kent, Washington, in August 2019. [1]

Contents

The brand was named after the alpine rose ( Rosa pendulina ) by the Swiss-born wife and early co-owner of the dairy. Alpenrose is a "supplier of dairy products to retail, wholesale and ingredient customers in Portland and throughout the Northwest". [2] In 2020, addressing the growing demand for delivery services the company introduced Alpenrose Home Delivery, a weekly grocery delivery service that provides customers with Alpenrose brand dairy products and other locally-made grocery items. [3] Deliveries are facilitated by the company's fleet of milkmen and milkwomen, who deliver groceries by neighborhood and are unique to the service. [4]

The 52 acres (21 ha) grounds of the dairy include:

Alpenrose Velodrome Alpenrose.jpg
Alpenrose Velodrome

Products from Alpenrose include milk, ice cream, eggs, and various cultured dairy products.

Dairyville

Dairyville was added to Alpenrose sometime in the 1960s. As stated above, the replica frontier town consists of a few streets of false front stores, a doll museum, an ice cream parlor, a music shop and a 600-seat opera house. The theater's pipe organ was salvaged from the Portland Civic Auditorium. Dairyville is typically open to the public on holidays and during the summer months. [5]

For decades, Dairyville has hosted an annual holiday event called "Christmas in Dairyville." In addition to a gift shop and a house where children can have their photos taken with Santa Claus, there's also "Storybook Lane," an elaborate, walk-through attraction. Visitors wander through a snowy, moonlit mock-village inhabited by farm animals and displays based on Mother Goose's fables. [6] The attraction also includes a tiny fire station for kids to play in. Elsewhere on the property, choir groups from local schools perform. Dairyville's opera house also hosts nightly screenings of comedy shorts featuring The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, along with more contemporary entertainment like the 2004 film adaptation of The Polar Express . The event ended its annual run in 2005 but returned again for the 2011 Christmas season. [7]

Lawsuit

On March 4, 2019, a lawsuit was filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court by three members of the Cadonau family against two other family members, alleging they are planning to sell the dairy and immediately stop all community events at Alpenrose. [8] The family has since settled differences and dropped the lawsuit. In February 2021 the property was closed to events and all other uses. [9]

Future Development

Lennar Northwest, Inc, represented by Westlake Consultants, Inc. submitted [10] a "preapplication concept" for developing the Alpenrose property. The application "proposes a 193-lot single-family detached residential land division".

The proposal includes:

Related Research Articles

Tillamook County Creamery Association

The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a dairy cooperative headquartered in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The association manufactures and sells dairy products under the "Tillamook" brand name. Its main facility is the Tillamook Creamery located two miles north of the city of Tillamook on U.S. Route 101.

Braums American restaurant chain

Braum's is an American family-owned restaurant chain based in Tuttle, Oklahoma.

Plaid Pantry is a chain of privately owned convenience stores based in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. Of 108 locations, one is in the Seattle, Washington area, eight are near Salem, and the remainder are in the Portland metropolitan area.

Dari Mart

Dari Mart is a chain of convenience stores located in the U.S. state of Oregon. Dari Mart has 44 stores located exclusively within the Willamette Valley of Oregon, from Albany to Cottage Grove. It is most notable as a supplier of milk, ice cream, and other dairy products from Lochmead Farms, one of the largest independent dairy farms in the Pacific Northwest. Most store locations are in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area in Lane County, Oregon, while several stores are located in rural communities in Lane, Linn and Benton Counties. Lochmead Farms sells 1.5 million US gallons (5,700,000 L) of milk and 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L) of ice cream a year through the chain of stores, and the joint store-farm operation employs more than 450 people. The company has started selling dairy products internationally as well.

Double Rainbow is an American brand of premium ice cream, sorbets, and frozen desserts based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1976 by two childhood friends, the company has remained a family-owned and operated business for over 40 years. The company distributes locally and nationally at retail stores and grocery outlets nationwide. Dubbed as "The Official Ice Cream of San Francisco" by former Mayor Willie Brown, Double Rainbow has won numerous awards, including "Grand Champion" at the World Dairy Expo. Manufactured products include dairy, non-dairy, and soy-based products. All of their ice creams are certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union.

Francis Ermatinger House United States historic place

The Francis Ermatinger House is located in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Built by Francis Ermatinger in 1843, it is the oldest house in Clackamas County. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and has been operated as a museum.

Fentons Creamery Historic ice cream parlor and restaurant

Fentons Creamery is a historic ice cream parlor and restaurant located on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California, United States. Fentons is the state’s longest continually operating creamery, with a small herd of dairy cows in West Marin.

Ted Wheeler Mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States; former State treasurer of Oregon

Edward Tevis Wheeler is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Portland, Oregon since 2017. He was Oregon State Treasurer from 2010 to 2016.

Robinsons Magnolia Shopping mall in Quezon City, Philippines

Robinsons Magnolia is a shopping mall owned and operated by Robinsons Malls, the second largest mall operator in the Philippines. The mall opened on August 13, 2012. It is the 32nd mall opened by Robinsons and the third mall in Quezon City, Metro Manila. It has a gross floor area of 108,000 square metres (1,160,000 sq ft). Robinsons Magnolia is part of the four-tower Magnolia Residences where the iconic Magnolia Ice Cream production plant once stood.

Salt & Straw Ice cream company in Portland

Salt & Straw is an ice cream company based in Portland, Oregon. The company was launched in 2011 by cousins Kim Malek and Tyler Malek.

Sunshine Dairy

Sunshine Dairy was a dairy manufacturer and supplier in the Kerns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The company was founded in 1936. As well as a full line of dairy products, the company produced plant based yogurts at its processing facility on Northeast 84th Avenue and Halsey Street in Portland.

COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Portland, Oregon

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon on February 28, 2020.

Olympia Provisions Public House Small chain of restaurants in the U.S. state of Oregon

Olympia Provisions Public House, formerly known as OP Wurst, is a public house in Portland, Oregon owned and operated by Olympia Provisions

Pastini Chain of Italian restaurants in Oregon, U.S.

Pastini is a chain of Italian-American restaurants in the U.S. state of Oregon. There are eight restaurants, as of 2017. In 2018, the company was among the largest in Oregon owned by women, with approximately 300 employees, according to Portland Business Journal.

Alder Street food cart pod Former collection of food carts in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

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.

Fifty Licks Ice cream parlor based in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Fifty Licks is an ice cream parlor with several locations in Portland, Oregon.

Hodas Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Hoda's is a restaurant in Portland, Oregon.

Mi Mero Mole Defunct Mexican restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Mi Mero Mole was a Mexican restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States.

References

  1. ↑ "Farm based in Kent, Wash. acquires Alpenrose Dairy in Portland". KATU. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ↑ "Alpenrose". www.alpenrose.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  3. ↑ "Alpenrose Dairy revives old-school home delivery". KOIN.com. 2020-09-07. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. ↑ Reaume, Genevieve (2020-12-04). "The return of the milkman: Alpenrose brings back delivery during pandemic". KATU. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Alpenrose History". Alpenrose Diary. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Culverwell, Wendy (November 11, 2011). "Alpenrose Revives Popular Storybook Lane". Portland Business Journal . Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to Christmas in Dairyville". Alpenrose Diary. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ Plaven, George (March 19, 2019). "Alpenrose's future uncertain, could impact dairy industry". Capital Press . Salem, Oregon. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  9. ↑ Yohannes, Aron (February 23, 2021). "Alpenrose permanently closes its Velodrome, an institution for Portland's cycling community". The Oregonian . Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  10. ↑ "CITY OF PORTLAND REQUEST PUBLIC RECORDS". portlandor.govqa.us. Retrieved 2022-01-02.

Coordinates: 45°28′47″N122°44′26″W / 45.47972°N 122.74056°W / 45.47972; -122.74056

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.