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The Midtown Beer Garden (formerly known as the Southwest 5th Avenue food cart pod) is a food cart pod in Portland, Oregon, United States. The pod is the city's oldest, operating since the early 1980s. Following an update and renovation in 2023, the pod became known as Midtown Beer Garden.
The pod opened at Stark Street and 10th Avenue in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood in April 2023, [1] [2] in the space previously occupied by MidCity SmashedBurger. [3] Businesses in the pod are LGBTQ- and/or BIPOC-owned. [4] The project is a collaboration between ChefStable and the restaurant group Win Win.
The pod opened in January 2022 and includes several food carts, including Burger Stevens, Hunker Down, [2] La Taquiza Vegana, Matt's BBQ Tacos, Poppyseed, and Third Culture Kitchen. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Oathbreaker Pie began operating in the pod in November 2024.
The pod has hosted events. In 2023, the site hosted a floral installation, [ 6 ] as well as a dance party and ice cream social following the Pride Bike Ride. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 2024, the Cart Blocks hosted another dance party for Pride [ 10 ] and a Juneteenth market highlighting Black-owned businesses .
In 1965, the first food cart in Portland, which sold kosher hot dogs, was set up across from Portland City Hall. [1] In 1976, Portland opened up all of its downtown parks to competitive bidding. [2] A 2001 report in The Oregonian stated Portland was home to 175 carts, with fierce competition for the four cart spaces available since 1987 in the ...
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.
The Hawthorne Asylum is a food cart pod in southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. There are more than 20 carts, as of April 2021. [ 1 ] The pod also has picnic tables and fire pits.
Lonely Planet considered the GCG to be one of the top food carts of Portland. [12] In 2009, the GCG won the People's Choice trophy at the Eat Mobile, Willamette Week's annual food cart contest. [13] Rachael Ray recommended the GCG in her magazine Every Day with Rachael Ray. [14] Reader's Digest also called the GCG "the best grilled cheese in ...