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Cartopia is a food cart pod (lot of many food trucks) located on the corner of SE 12th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard in Southeast Portland, Oregon. [1]
The Cartopia food pod was established in 2008 [2] or 2009. [3] Thrillist says, "Cartopia is exactly as it sounds: a mecca of food trucks and foodies alike, all looking for the one that's going to do them in." [4] The pod has picnic tables, fire pits, and string lights. [5]
The site was slated for redevelopment, [6] [7] [8] after Vic Remmers submitted plans to construct an apartment building. [9] Instead, the landlord offered two-year lease renewals. [10]
Tenants have included:
Condé Nast Traveler has said, "The fact that this pod has its own Wikipedia page should give you some clue about its popularity and longevity." [24]
The city of Portland, Oregon, United States, has experienced a boom in the number of food carts due to relatively low regulation compared to other North American cities.
Roman Candle Baking Co., or simply Roman Candle, was a bakery and pizzeria–restaurant in the Richmond neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Duane Sorenson opened Roman Candle in 2013, with a menu offering wood-fired pizza and other Italian cuisine, including sandwiches, breads, green salads, pastries, and baked potatoes. Dan Griffin and Joshua McFadden served as the baker and chef, respectively. The bakery started supplying select menu items to Sorenson's Stumptown Coffee Roasters locations in late 2015. Roman Candle received a generally positive reception, with the pizzas and kouign-amann receiving the most praise. The restaurant closed in April 2018 for renovations, ahead of a rebrand as a gluten-free and vegan cafe called Holiday, which Sorenson launched one month later.
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Tabor Bread is a bakery in Portland, Oregon's Sunnyside neighborhood, in the United States. Tissa Stein opened the bakery at the intersection of 50th and Hawthorne Boulevard in 2012. The business relocated to Belmont Street in 2022. Rebecca Tosdevin has owned the bakery since 2023, following Stein's retirement. The bakery has garnered a positive reception.
The cart began selling pies from the Cartopia food cart pod at Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and 12th Avenue in 2009, with a menu of fried pies stuffed with unusual fillings such as marionberry, peanut butter creme and BBQ brisket and cheese.
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